Liberal Arts Makes A Comeback, CEOs Freeze Hiring, & GDP Sees Ghosts
March 18, 2026: Two-thirds of CEOs are freezing hiring while betting billions on AI — and a gender economist argues they're cutting the very people needed to make those bets pay off. A 7,000-word Subs...
18 Maalis 41min
Meta's Layoff Math, FedEx's Agent Army, & A Crazy AI Productivity Forecast
March 17, 2026: Five major AI models shipped in a single week in February. Your company's training budget grew 5%. Cathie Wood told Bloomberg this morning that AI is already pushing productivity above...
17 Maalis 52min
The New Rules for People Leaders in an AI-Integrated Workplace - Emily Field, Chief People Officer of LPL Financial
Many managers today spend more time on paperwork and individual tasks than actually coaching their teams. This lack of true leadership hurts the employee experience and stops a business strategy from ...
16 Maalis 53min
The Hidden Cost of AI Nobody Is Counting & Why Tesla Is Hiring While Others Are Firing
March 13, 2026: Most companies are cutting headcount to fund AI — but do they actually know what AI costs? When agentic AI runs autonomously overnight, the compute bill can hit $120,000 to $270,000 a ...
13 Maalis 38min
Why Companies Only Talk About AI Fear And Never the Opportunity
March 12, 2026: Companies are failing to communicate the real promise and potential of AI to their people. Sam Altman stood in front of BlackRock and admitted nobody knows what to do about the labor-c...
12 Maalis 43min
Amazon Workers Say AI Is Making Their Jobs Harder, Oracle Confirms AI Layoffs, and the Safety Net Isn't Ready
March 11, 2026: Amazon corporate workers say the company's AI push is creating more work, not less — with surveillance dashboards tracking every click and promotion criteria now tied to AI adoption. O...
11 Maalis 38min
Hired to Train Your Replacement, Bosses Stealing AI Time, and the CEO Headcount Formula Nobody's Talking About
March 10, 2026: AI is generating real, measurable productivity gains at major companies. Workers aren't seeing any of it. A new survey of 100 major CEOs finds only 9% plan to cut jobs because of AI th...
10 Maalis 48min
How Lumen Is Preparing Leaders for Humans + AI Agents (w/ EVP & CPO Ana White)
While many companies focus only on buying new AI tools, the real secret to success often lies in changing how leaders think and act to drive a massive business turnaround. In this episode, Anna White,...
9 Maalis 51min
