Up Next @ WorkTech: Reading the Room on AI During Grad Season

About this episode

George LaRocque and Kate Achille discuss the impact of AI on the workplace and education, along with the shifting dynamics of employer benefits and the role of big tech in human capital management.

Welcome to another packed episode of Up Next @ WorkTech, the crossover podcast featuring George LaRocque and Kate Achille. In this edition, George and Kate break down the rapidly shifting intersections of AI and the technological developments redefining the modern workplace. The Gen Z Dilemma: The hosts dissect a recent viral commencement speech where graduates booed a corporate narrative praising AI and billionaires. Forced Tech Adaptations: AI is reshaping academia. Princeton University has phased out its 133-year-old unproctored honor code to combat AI cheating, while a massive Instructure Canvas outage recently derailed finals week at Rutgers and other schools. The Benefits Scale-Back: Major employers like Zoom and Deloitte are cutting 401(k) matches and parental leave. Kate and George consider how leveraging the current employer market power to slash benefits risks cultural backlash when the talent market swings back. The Solopreneur Illusion: Reviewing the new Workday, Anthropic, and LISC accelerator, Kate and George argue that giving 15 solopreneurs just $10,000 and limited Claude AI credits is more of a corporate goodwill exercise than a structural business accelerator…

People in this episode

Hosts: George LaRocque, Kate Achille

Topics covered

• AI in the workplace
• Gen Z reactions
• Tech adaptations in education
• Employer benefits
• Solopreneur challenges
• Big Tech in HCM

Keywords

• AI
• Gen Z
• education
• employer benefits
• solopreneur
• HCM
• technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Princeton University, Rutgers, Zoom, Deloitte, Workday, Anthropic, LISC, Intuit, ADP, Paylocity

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