Thanks to eQ8 for sponsoring this issue. Workforce planning has just gotten easier. Check out eQ8’s AI Workforce Agent. It analyzes your business plans and strategy documents to quickly build workforce forecasts and scenario models. This issue of Talent Edge Weekly covers: Strategic Workforce Planning: Testing Demand Before You Add Headcount | Brian Heger | …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. Stanford’s Digital Economy Lab just released an updated 140-page research paper, Canaries in the Coal Mine? Six Facts About the Recent Employment Effects of Artificial Intelligence. Using ADP payroll data through mid-2026, the authors examine employment shifts since ChatGPT’s release. One …
❓️ Are you an internal HR practitioner? Learn about my private community for internal HR practitioners, Talent Edge Circle This issue of Talent Edge Weekly covers: Canaries in the Coal Mine? Six Facts About the Recent Employment Effects of AI (August 2026 Update) | Stanford Digital Economy Lab | Updated research shares six findings on …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. Most of the current AI-and-jobs conversation, including my own recent coverage, has centered on entry-level role impact and the risk of failing to develop the next generation of leaders. But there are also impacts at the other end of the career …
Thanks to 365Talents for sponsoring this issue. Download 365Talents report, 2026 Skills Toolkit, which includes 14 ready-to-use templates to build your skills strategy. This issue of Talent Edge Weekly covers: Executing More Actionable Talent Reviews: 3 Related Tactics | Brian Heger | My cheat sheet on the three interrelated tactics that determine whether a talent review …
Thank you to Draup for sponsoring this issue. Download Draup’s paper on Which Skills Stay Durable When AI Can Do the Task This special Best of July issue includes 13 of the most popular resources—plus bonus resources— from the July issues of Talent Edge Weekly. They are organized into three sections: Reinventing the Early-Career Pipeline …
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If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. A few weeks ago, I shared a 42-page report from the World Economic Forum that included a framework to help leaders understand the impact of AI on entry-level roles and potential responses. One component was redesigning entry-level roles to fit an …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. As HR practitioners help their organizations implement AI across a growing number of use cases, clarity about the value each one is expected to create makes it easier to measure whether it delivered. This new report, based on interviews with 30 …
Thanks to i4cp for sponsoring this issue. Download i4cp’s, The AI-Enabled HR Operating Model. This issue of Talent Edge Weekly covers: Two Futures for Jobs in an AI Era: 2026 Global AI Jobs Barometer | PwC | A new report with a section on how AI is reshaping certain entry-level roles to require more senior-level …
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