Where cutting-edge research meets real conversation. Join us as we debate the findings from the Nexus Institute—exploring how AI is reshaping work, leadership, and organizations. Each episode brings rigorous insights to life through dynamic discussion, helping you navigate technological transformation while building workplaces where innovation and human potential flourish together.
Latest episodes
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24 min
Enrich, Don’t Extract
Organizations frequently deploy artificial intelligence with a productivity-first approach that focuses strictly on maximizing output and reducing headcount, which often leads to e…
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26 min
The Experience Advantage: Age-Inclusive AI in the Workforce
Modern organizations frequently exclude older workers from artificial intelligence capability development due to persistent technological stereotypes and biased algorithmic hiring…
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20 min
The Displacement Shadow: Fear of AI Replacement and Workplace Conduct
This research examines how artificial intelligence adoption generates widespread workplace anxiety about job and occupation obsolescence, ultimately undermining employee conduct an…
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25 min
Bridging the AI Dividend Gap
The AI dividend gap describes the uneven distribution of generative artificial intelligence benefits in the workplace, where advantages flow primarily to college graduates, manager…
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23 min
The AI Hiring Arms Race
The modern recruitment landscape is experiencing an arms race as generative artificial intelligence floods employers with an overwhelming volume of polished applications while simu…
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25 min
The Cloned Voice at the Top
This research investigates the growing threat of deepfake executive impersonation, wherein bad actors leverage generative artificial intelligence to convincingly clone the voices a…
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23 min
Managing AI-Assisted Performance Reviews
Generative artificial intelligence has quietly permeated workplace performance evaluations, as a vast majority of corporate managers utilize these tools while keeping employees lar…
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24 min
The Time Dividend Trap
Generative artificial intelligence is frequently advertised as a tool that returns hours to employees, but empirical evidence reveals that these efficiency gains rarely translate i…
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23 min
Designing for Hybrid Intelligence
Although organizations heavily invest in artificial intelligence, many fail to see meaningful returns because they mistakenly view technology as a human replacement rather than a c…
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25 min
Mental Models of AI Error Boundaries
This research explores how human-AI collaboration relies heavily on the ability of people to build accurate mental models of artificial intelligence error boundaries rather than so…
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26 min
AI-Era Workforce Reallocation and Mobility
This research examines workforce reallocation driven by artificial intelligence and automation through 2035, challenging the common narrative of widespread job destruction by highl…
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24 min
Mapping AI Adoption Across Career Areas
Labor market data reveals that artificial intelligence adoption is unevenly distributed across the economy rather than advancing uniformly. To effectively prioritize workforce prep…
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23 min
AI Workforce Strategy
Organizations integrating artificial intelligence into their operations frequently make the strategic mistake of prioritizing workforce automation and headcount reduction over huma…
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25 min
Understanding AI Error Boundaries
When organizations deploy artificial intelligence to assist with high-stakes choices, high standalone accuracy does not automatically guarantee superior team results. Instead, succ…
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22 min
Preventing AI-Driven Misalignment in HR Systems
This research explores the alignment paradox in human resources, where the integration of artificial intelligence can unintentionally sever the link between workforce behavior and…
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22 min
Leadership Micro-Experiments and AI
This research explores how micro-experiments and artificial intelligence are revolutionizing leadership development by bridging the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical…
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23 min
From AI Enthusiasm to Accountable HR Adoption
This research explores the necessity of ethical governance and human accountability when integrating artificial intelligence into human resource management. Drawing on research fro…
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27 min
The Dual-Edge Sword of Organizational AI Adoption
This research examines the psychological and operational impacts of integrating artificial intelligence into the modern workplace. It highlights a critical tension between increase…
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28 min
Three Steps After AI Workforce Reductions
This research outlines a strategic framework for redesigning organizational workflows following workforce reductions driven by artificial intelligence. Rather than focusing solely…
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25 min
Recalibrating Trust and Purpose in the Age of AI
This research explores how higher education is adapting to a volatile landscape defined by generative artificial intelligence, decreasing public trust, and financial instability. A…