As we prepare for these juggernauts to go public, I’m reminded of Yahoo, Excite, and AOL who dominated the first four years of the internet. Despite their lead, Google stole the market away. Could the same thing happen again? The argument is not that these companies aren’t powerful, but rather that they’re so committed to their current path that they may miss the big opportunity in the future. If you look at HR 2030 and what we want to do with enterprise AI, the ability to generate code, graphics, and text may not be what we need. And our new research on Galileo business modeling is starting to pan this out. Now that AI prices are high, we all have to look for bigger use-cases for agents. In this podcast I explain what “Dynamic Enablement for Growth” really means and how LLMs only take us so far, with a new...

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Here’s my brief recap of the amazing Irresistible 2026 (photos coming), and my discussion with clients about many things, including the new insane costs of AI. I just read a study that Ramp (credit card) did, discovering that the top AI users are spending $7500 per month per employee on AI. (Yikes!) That aside, the conference was spectacular and we all learned a lot. Stay tuned for a more detailed article on the Pacesetters and other major research we unveiled. In the meantime here’s my update on economics and AI maturity (companies are maturing and learning about this stuff quickly), as well as my heartfelt thanks to everyone who participated. (PS a small set of data from our AI Excellence study, available to Galileo users.) Additional Information Announcements: The Josh Bersin Institute, HR 2030, And The Global HR Excellence Certification. HR 2030: Overview and Detailed Blueprint for clients and Galileo...

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Welcome to IRRESISTIBLE 2026 at USC in beautiful Los Angeles! Today we welcome 450 of our closest friends and introduce The Josh Bersin Institute Global HR Excellence Certification (GHRE). This is all focused on preparing you for HR 2030, which we also introduced today. Additional Information Josh Bersin Institute Launch Video HR 2030 Launch Video Details On Launch And New Galileo Capabilities      

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This week we welcome 450 senior HR leaders to our fifth annual Irresistible Conference at the beautiful USC campus in Los Angeles. I want to highlight the big announcements we’re making. First, the launch of The Josh Bersin Institute and the Global HR Excellence Certification Program. Yes, we’ve taken all our research, case studies, maturity models, and vendor information and put it into an experiential, case study based Certification Program to teach you the world’s best practices in all areas of HR. It’s called the Global HR Excellence Certification, or GHRE. This is not only a training and certification program, but much much more. Developed in partnership with the USC Marshall School of Business, the GHRE (Global HR Excellence Certification) gives participants real-world, hands-on experience with complex problem solving issues in HR. Through business simulation and cohort-based learning you experience real situations, industry examples, and learn about our maturity models...

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As we prepare to launch the HR 2030 Initiative next week, I pose an important question. What IS the real role of Human Resources in a world of AI, automation, and business acceleration? As you’ll hear, we believe HR is no longer the policy police, recruiting, training, or pay department. In a world of Agents, a new role has emerged: Dynamic Enablement for Growth. Today I discuss the historic role HR has played over the years, why many people distrust or misunderstand HR, and how HR emerges with an even more important role in the future. And in a world where CEOs believe automation will eliminate many of their workers, HR’s job is not to fight the trend, but rather accelerate it. And the result will be business growth, new career opportunities, and plenty of new jobs. This coming week at Irresistible 2026 we launch HR 2030 and also The...

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One of the most interesting (and disruptive) aspects to enterprise AI is the simple fact that AI Agents and Superagents (read our HR 2030 architecture for more) are not “systems” or applications in the traditional sense. They are “your systems” that learn, grow, and “become your company.” In other words, an AI Agent that does recruitment, or training, or employee service delivery gets smarter and smarter about your company’s uniqueness over time. In an enterprise setting this has massive implications. Think about the “tacit knowledge” or historic experiences, policies, and practices you have. These things, many of which are implicit but not written down, are your competitive advantage. Many of these include policies, cultural behaviors, rules, risk management processes, or just basic “how we do business.” What we’ve done with Microsoft is embedded our entire Galileo intelligence into MS Copilot, and the system “injested and retrained itself” on our intellectual...

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