The Josh Bersin Company

News Corp, with more than $9 billion in revenue, is one of the most important and iconic media and digital real estate companies in the world. The company owns mastheads like The Wall Street Journal, Barrons, The Times, The Sun, New York Post, California Post, Factiva, Realtor.com, and other media and digital businesses that we rely on for news, information and commerce. News Corp also owns Harper Collins, a $2.3 billion publishing empire.

With around 22,000 employees, News Corp provides much of the news, information, insights, and perspectives we consume around the world. The company has major intellectual property holdings in its book, media, and real estate businesses.

How does News Corp view AI and its opportunities and threats? As you’ll hear from Ruth, News Corp sees AI as a distribution channel, not a competitor. And as we discuss, one could argue that News Corp is a critical part of the AI industry since they feed the AI tools we use. Without News Corp’s content, AI wouldn’t be very useful.

Ruth Allen, global CHRO, is responsible for global talent and leadership, real estate and facilities, and corporate communications and security. Her vantage point, as a senior executive, gives you a clear perspective on the ongoing role that journalism, media, publishing, and informed opinion play in the new era of AI.

Ruth also explains how News Corp hires, manages, attracts, and engages its high powered journalists and publishing professionals in this changing world of content.

Additional Information

News Corp Company Overview

News Corp Q4 2026 Investor Call

 

 

Chapters

(00:00:00) - Introduction to Ruth Allen and News Corp
(00:00:37) - News Corp's Business Segments and Global Reach
(00:02:33) - Culture and Decentralized Organization
(00:05:51) - Leadership Development Strategy
(00:08:05) - Global Mobility and Organizational Agility
(00:08:31) - News Corp as an AI Inputs Company
(00:11:12) - Content Value vs Technology Commodity
(00:11:48) - Attracting and Retaining Journalism Talent
(00:13:50) - Coordinating HR Across Business Units
(00:14:36) - HR Technology Platforms: Workday and ServiceNow
(00:17:21) - AI Adoption Mindset and Training Culture
(00:20:04) - AI Empowerment and Debating with AI Tools
(00:20:35) - Scaling AI Innovation Across Business Units
(00:21:41) - Early Career Hiring and Development in the AI Era
(00:24:31) - The Global CHRO Role and Risk Portfolio
(00:27:21) - The Future Relevance of HR in an AI World
(00:28:40) - Closing Remarks

Perspectives on AI safety and alignment, and what you as a business leader need to know.  I’m attaching a good set of resources for you to read, this is a fascinating issue.

Second, I introduce the idea of Business 2030 – the new, ai-powered operating model for business, which is coupled with HR 2030. As you’ll hear, the new world of HR is going to become essential to your company’s AI business operating model in the coming years. So all the details in HR 2030 are urgent.

Reading and Background

AI Doesn’t Need to Slow Down. The AI Industry Needs to Grow Up. (substack)

HR 2030: How AI Superagents Transform HR From Service Delivery to Dynamic Business Enablement

Galileo Pluto Release: Enterprise HR Intelligence in Any AI Agent

“Superpowered,” our new book that explains the positive future of work

AI Alignment Approaches

OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning’ A.I. Behavior

Google DeepMind launches institute to widen the AGI debate

Claude’s New Constitution

Microsoft AI’s “Code of Conduct”

OpenAI’s Model Behavior Spec

Is AI Conscious? (Sam Harris, Cameron Berg – worth watching)

 

 

Chapters

(00:00:00) - Intro: Europe trip and today's topics
(00:00:39) - AI safety as an engineering problem, not research
(00:03:01) - Regulatory capture, money incentives, and business legitimacy
(00:04:16) - Aligning agents as a corporate buyer
(00:04:56) - HR 2030 reference blueprint and agent architecture
(00:06:21) - Business 2030: dynamic enablement and AI transformation
(00:08:08) - Case study: software vs organizational readiness
(00:09:10) - Superworkers, embedded AI, and idea constraints
(00:10:46) - HR becoming business-centric
(00:12:13) - Client example: beverage company restructuring
(00:13:19) - Career opportunities and upcoming events
(00:13:49) - Galileo Jupiter release and closing

Today we launch the Jupiter release of Galileo, which we call “HR Intelligence for the Enterprise.”

In this podcast I explain the history of Galileo, its evolving and new technical architecture, and how AI agents can revolutionize every aspect of an employee’s work life. As you’ll hear, Galileo is now the most trusted, efficient, portable source of global HR and management intelligence, available on:

Microsoft Copilot

Workday

ServiceNow

HiBob

Gloat

ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and open source AI agents.

I explain how our business model of research, advisory, education, and consulting has been transformed by Galileo, and how Jupiter gives you the most amazing new experience for your managers, employees, and HR teams.

Listen in, and here are more resources for your information.

Galileo Jupiter Resources

Galileo Jupiter Introduction Blog

Jupiter Release Technical Whitepaper

Jupiter Explainer Video

Galileo Jupiter Overview and Q&A

Galileo for Microsoft Copilot

Galileo for Workday

Galileo for ServiceNow

Galileo for HiBob

Galileo for Gloat

 

Chapters

(00:00:00) - Introduction: 30 Years of Human Capital Research
(00:01:47) - The Research Membership Business Model
(00:04:46) - Why This Work Matters More With AI
(00:05:56) - Building Galileo: From Prototype to Full Tool
(00:08:09) - Making Galileo Portable Across AI Platforms
(00:10:16) - Rethinking the Corpus: Birth of ARC
(00:12:19) - Benchmarking Accuracy and the Jupiter Release
(00:15:02) - New Data, Faster Delivery, and a New Website
(00:16:04) - Beyond HR: Galileo for Managers and Employees
(00:16:38) - Deep Microsoft Copilot Integration
(00:18:15) - Ecosystem Support and Real-World Use Cases
(00:20:16) - Closing Thoughts and What's Next

We are all living in a world of “beta products” from AI vendors, and whether we like it or not we’re stuck with the risks. Today I weigh in with my perspectives about what’s going on and how we, as consumers and builders, need to push back on Frontier Labs and force them to “fix” these issues.

Lots to debate and I look forward to meeting many of you this Fall as we travel the world discussing our new book Superpowered and our exciting new announcements around Galileo.

(Major launch tomorrow, stay tuned!)

References

“Superpowered,” our new book that explains the positive future of work

“1873: The Rothschilds, the First Great Depression, and the Making of the Modern World,” the history that’s repeating itself

Anthropic’s List of AI Cyber and Swarming Hacks

Dario’s “We Must Pace The Frontier” Article

Sam Altman Postpones OpenAI’s Public Offering Because of Safety Issue

 

Chapters

(00:00:00) - AI Doomsday Warnings and Corporate Hypocrisy
(00:00:50) - AI Values Reflect Society's Flaws
(00:02:35) - Comparing AI Risk to Boeing and Product Safety
(00:04:05) - Corporate Liability and Legal Risk of AI Vendors
(00:05:16) - Who's Responsible When AI Causes Harm
(00:06:15) - Design Flaws and the Jupiter Launch Preview
(00:06:59) - Defense, Ethics, and the Oppenheimer Parallel
(00:09:16) - Commercialism, Greed, and Historical Parallels
(00:10:29) - Railroad Era Comparison and Financial Mania
(00:11:05) - Political Divide Over AI and Data Centers
(00:12:55) - Data Center Politics and Mobility of Capital
(00:13:49) - Software Builders' Dependence on Reliable Models
(00:14:24) - Everyday AI Mistakes and Acceptable Risk
(00:15:50) - We're All Part of a Giant Beta Test
(00:16:25) - Closing Thoughts and Jupiter Teaser

Guess what. There is no AI jobs apocalypse, there’s an AI-fueled labor shortage. And this means human capital and leadership strategies will be more important than ever as we transform our companies around AI.

It also means that you, as a professsional or frontline worker, are going to see yourself become Superpowered, as we discuss in our new book. And the world of HR is moving quickly away from “HR as policy police” to “HR as a growth function.”

Listen in and you’ll see how HR 2030 and AI are reinventing our jobs, careers, and HR operations toward what we call “Dynamic Enablement for Growth.”

Additional Information

Our New Book “Superpowered,” Launching in October

US Workforce In 2035: A Few More Workers, A Lot More Output

Despite Massive AI Investments, HR Jobs Are Booming. Why?

HR 2030: How AI Superagents Transform HR From Service Delivery to Dynamic Business Enablement

 

Chapters

(00:00:00) - The AI Labor Shortage Thesis
(00:01:21) - Jobs Boom Driven by AI Infrastructure
(00:02:26) - Shrinking Labor Pool and Retention Challenges
(00:03:00) - Introducing HR 2030 Blueprint
(00:04:42) - Redesigning Jobs and Functional Silos
(00:06:00) - Managing AI Agents as Superworkers
(00:07:36) - Redefining HR's Mission as Growth Enablement
(00:08:53) - Asking About Business Growth Strategy
(00:10:32) - Retail Case Study: Growth-Aligned HR
(00:12:25) - HR as a Growth Function, Not a Cost Center
(00:13:56) - Closing Thoughts and Upcoming Galileo Release