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This issue of Talent Edge Weekly covers:
- Designing the Thinking Organization: 5 Focus Areas for CHROs as AI Reshapes Work | IBM Institute for Business Value | A new 52-page report identifies 10 capabilities and five priority areas CHROs can focus on to turn AI-created capacity into business growth.
- How AI Is Changing Talent, Not Just Tasks: Rethinking Where Human Judgment Matters Most | HBR IdeaCast | A new 33-minute podcast conversation with Salesforce’s Paula Goldman on how AI is rewriting the talent playbook. I zoom in on work redesign.
- Succession Planning: Successor Readiness Considerations Across 8 Scenarios | Brian Heger | An expanded version of my recent one-pager on eight succession scenarios, with examples and questions to guide readiness and development discussions.
- Source Matters: Comparing Employee Reactions to Human, AI, and Hybrid Performance Feedback | Frontiers in Psychology | A new study compares anticipated reactions to identical performance feedback described as manager-written, AI-generated, or a combination of both, raising questions about how managers use AI in performance reviews.
- The Vanishing Advantage of Specialization: AI, Knowledge Utilization, and the Boundary of the Firm | Brookings Papers on Economic Activity | A new 25-page draft paper examines how AI may shift specialist work, such as consulting, from outside firms to in-house teams. I share questions to consider.
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