Hosts: Elena Brooks & Samir Gupta

In this episode:

• Good morning. It's Thursday, May 7, 2026, and this is Pivot Talent. I'm Elena Brooks.

• And I'm Samir Gupta. Today, three stories that should change how you're planning headcount, hiring controls, and equity reviews this quarter.

• Let's start with the one landing in a lot of board decks this week. Companies that cut staff betting on AI agents are quietly walking some of those de...

• The pattern is consistent. Agents handle the easy 60 to 70 percent of a workflow well, then fail on edge cases that require judgment, context, or esca...

• What leaders should flag: if your FY26 plan assumed double-digit productivity gains from agentic automation, you need a sober look at realized savings...

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