What happens when AI makes you more productive—but less capable? Jim Stroud explores the hidden “cognitive debt” of outsourcing your thinking, the growing divide between AI-fluent workers and passive dependents, and why recruiters can no longer trust polished resumes as proof of real ability. The new hiring challenge: finding candidates Continue Reading
A model spends 300 milliseconds on your resume and the decision follows you for years. Courtrooms are fighting over whether hiring algorithms tilt toward some candidates or against others, and both sides are arguing about the wrong thing. This episode makes the case that the real scandal is not the Continue Reading
In this episode: One in five LinkedIn users has rewritten a job they already left. A new Stanford study caught “time travelers” adding AI skills to old roles, deleting DEI, and letting chatbots ghostwrite their pasts. What the edits reveal, and why a freshly polished old job is the loudest Continue Reading
Jim Stroud speaks with Susan Anderson, Chief Services Officer for Mitratech’s HR Solutions Division, about why human judgment, accountability, and transparency still matter in an AI-powered workplace. They discuss AI-driven hiring decisions, workplace policies, employee productivity, algorithmic management, compensation, and whether AI agents should be treated like workers. Susan explains Continue Reading
What does fairness at work really look like, and who is responsible for creating it? Jim Stroud speaks with Hanna Hasl-Kelchner, author of Seeking Fairness at Work, about workplace expectations, manager accountability, employee engagement, unwritten rules, and when it may be time to address a problem or move on. Connect Continue Reading
