The Josh Bersin Company

Four big topics in this podcast. First I give you more detail on jobs and careers in the AI age, and explain why MORE jobs than ever are being created. (Read the details here.) Then I discuss the huge disruption about to take place in the software integration and middleware market. (A multi-billion dollar space for vendors and consulting firms.) Third I discuss the pioneering work by Findem and how human data labeling (and automated labeling) is the next frontier in search, recruiting, and talent intelligence.

Finally I talk about my sincere and humble “thank you” to all of you that follow us and how we built Galileo to scale our work.

(Join us at Irresistible 2026 to see the top 15 AI Pacesetters in HR.)

Additional Information

Why AI Is A Massive Job Creation Technology

Workday and Sana Unveil A Bold New Strategy For AI

Agents, Superagents, and Intelligent Orchestration: 2026 Imperatives for Enterprise AI

The L&D Revolution Has Arrived: AI Enables Dynamic Enablement For All

Get Galileo, the AI Superagent for HR

 

Chapters

(00:00:00) - Jobs and the job market
(00:02:48) - Will the Self-Driving Car Change Your Career?
(00:04:25) - The Future of Interconnections in HR Software
(00:08:22) - How AI is Affecting Recruitment
(00:17:46) - A message for the AI Technology community

Today I move beyond a discussion of AI products and technologies to the real business problem: finding ways to USE AI to further your company’s particular, unique business strategy.

There’s a strange phenomenon going on: companies think AI itself will improve productivity “just because it exists.” Well nothing could be further from the truth. As these three examples point out, you should focus on “HOW” you’re going to use AI to forward the strategy, not build a strategy around AI.

As these tools become more common this will be clearer and clearer. And the AI vendors (particularly the big ones) are making us crazy with stories of AI “strategies” that feel generic and unachievable.

I hope this helps you feel grounded and ready to focus in this crazy world of new tools, platforms, and vendors.

I also want to invite you to the Transform conference in Vegas where we’ll be talking about a new partnership we’re starting with Leena.ai, a vendor that delivers a new generation of employee services by connecting tools like Galileo to more than 100 different applications and internal systems.

Additional Information

What Is AI Orchestration And Why Is It So Important?

Workday and Sana Unveil A Bold New Strategy For AI

Agents and Superagents: 2026 Imperatives for Enterprise AI

The L&D Revolution Has Arrived: AI Enables Dynamic Enablement For All

Get Galileo, the AI Superagent for HR (experience Sana for yourself)

Chapters

(00:00:00) - Employee AI: Business Cases
(00:01:22) - The Skills Taxonomy for Large Services Companies
(00:07:02) - Six steps towards an AI-driven bank
(00:10:23) - The 3 challenges of L&D training

Today we are introducing the Mars release of Galileo®, the AI Superagent for HR.

We’re calling it a Superagent because it’s now fully programmable, open to integration with Workday and other systems, and is even more intelligent with new models, new content, industry data, and exciting features for learning, content development, and orchestration. I explain what all this means in the podcast, so listen in.

Galileo is now used by more than 1,100 companies so it’s becoming the industry standard AI agent for HR, with lots of fans, new solutions, and features. And as a Superagent, Galileo can now coordinate user’s needs across many back-end systems, through Sana’s integration with Workday as well as Galileo for ServiceNow, which talks with 60+ corporate apps.

The Galileo Suite includes Galileo Agent and Galileo Learn, and includes Galileo for Managers.

Read about it in our press release here.

Exciting launch video here.

Get Galileo here!.

Additional Information

Workday and Sana Unveil A Bold New Strategy For AI

Agents, Superagents, and Intelligent Orchestration: 2026 Imperatives for Enterprise AI

The L&D Revolution Has Arrived: AI Enables Dynamic Enablement For All

Get Ready For A Wild Time In HR Technology (where HR Tech is going)

 

Chapters

(00:00:00) - NASA's Galileo Release 4.7
(00:06:10) - ServiceNow: Connecting with Galileo and Workday
(00:10:00) - The next area of AI HR: Agents and Super Agents

Today Workday unveiled its “Front Door to Work” strategy and products with Sana. Here is a brief overview and more to read below.

Additional Information

Workday and Sana Unveil A Bold Strategy for AI (detailed article)

Video Overview of Workday-Sana Announcements

The New, Wild, Redefined World of HR Tech (advanced AI use-cases)

Experience Sana Yourself: Galileo, the AI Agent for HR

 

 

 

Chapters

(00:00:02) - SANA Announcement with Workday
(00:04:12) - Workday Adding SANA to its Productivity Platform

HR Technology is on a collision course with AI companies, desktop productivity tools, and middleware providers. Where is all this going?

In this podcast I explain why this is a question of “back-end” vs. “front-end” and how the ERP software architectures of the past (present) are colliding with the AI tools and interfaces of the future. The bottom line is not “who wins” but rather how well do you think through the use-cases and employee experiences you want to provide?

Read this article for more details and stay tuned for a bunch of announcements this week that will bring much of this to your company.

Additional Information

Get Ready For A Wild Time In HR Technology

The World of Corporate Training Lurches Toward Enablement

Digital Twins Are Here, And They Make You More Productive

Get Galileo. We put ALL our research, case studies, and models in there. It’s like the Bloomberg Terminal, Encyclopedia Britannica, and HR Expert with new research, vendors, and case studies every day.

 

 

 

 

Chapters

(00:00:00) - HR Technology: The Future of IT
(00:11:00) - The Future of HR IT Is AI