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This issue of Talent Edge Weekly covers:
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The AI Future: A Strategic Guide to AI In Workforce Planning | Deloitte | A new 13-page paper helps rethink how SWP continues to evolve, especially in the context of AI. I share where this fits alongside my own SWP resources and the practical approach I continue to reinforce.
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For Good and for Bad: The Distinctive Effects of Successors’ Leadership Behavior on Collective Engagement and Organizational Performance | Journal of Applied Psychology | A recent study with implications for how the scenario a successor inherits shapes their readiness for the role. I expand on how succession planning can account for this.
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AI Transformation Requires Redesigning Work, Not Cutting Roles | Harvard Business Review | A new article shares evidence that AI-driven layoffs are often falling short of expected results and offers tactics for making better workforce decisions. I also share one of my bonus cheat sheets related to the topic.
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Human–AI Collaboration at Scale: Task Criticality, Agency, and Friction Across 250,000 Conversations | Stanford SALT Lab | A new Stanford study analyzes 250,000 real Claude conversations to reveal how people actually delegate work to AI and where the collaboration breaks down.
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The Value of Prompting Skills | IZA Institute of Labor Economics | A new study with German hiring managers measures the actual hiring and pay premium for AI prompting skills, and finds they raise the bar for a role rather than replacing core expertise.
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