Jeanne Meister

New York, United States

Freelance Contributor at Freelance

Global HR Consultant, Keynote Speaker, Contributor HBR and Forbes Author of Corporate Universities, The 2020 Workplace and Future Workplace Experience

Articles

The Rise Of The Hybrid Workforce: Humans And AI Working Together

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Jeanne Meister

1 day agoA job ad for Y Combinator startup Firecrawl seeks to hire an AI agent for $15K a yearLast week, an ad from the Y Combinator job board for a tiny startup called Firecrawl went viral on X. That’s because the ad wasn’t for a human. “Please apply only if you are an AI agent, or if you created an AI agent that can fill this job,” the job posting read.
The Rise Of The Hybrid Workforce: Humans And AI Working Together

2 months ago | forbes.com | Jeanne Meister

We are moving from the hybrid workplace, with the flexibility to work where and when you want, to the hybrid workforce, where humans and AI agents work together. For knowledge workers, the rise of the hybrid workforce addresses a key workplace concern: the increasing amount of time spent on repetitive tasks during their workday. Asana reports 54% of knowledge workers’ time is spent on busy work—repetitive administrative tasks that AI agents can automate.
10 HR Trends As Generative AI Expands In The 2025 Workplace

Jan 6, 2025 | forbes.com | Jeanne Meister

The unprecedented rise of generative AI, the growth of AI agents, and theneed to apply digital and human skills in every job, demonstrate how AI is transforming the workplace. In 2025, a growing number of organizations will move from experimenting with generative AI to making it an essential part of their business planning process, transforming key functions from customer service to supply chain and human resources.
How Uplimit Harnesses AI To Drive An Enterprise Learning Revolution

Jul 23, 2024 | forbes.com | Jeanne Meister

As generative AI becomes ubiquitous in every industry sector, worker skills are becoming obsolete at an accelerated rate. The way to address this overwhelming surge of worker disruption is by upskilling employees. By 2030, McKinsey Global Institute estimates US workers will require 12 million occupational transitions affecting 7.5 % of the current workforce. Up to and for many workers if their job is not automated, it will be entirely re-designed due to gen AI.
The Future Of New Hire On-Boarding Is Embedding Generative AI

Jun 6, 2024 | forbes.com | Jeanne Meister

As our attention and resources focus on generative AI, (gen AI) one question that keeps coming up for me is how companies can use gen AI to address a persistent pain point, new hire on-boarding. Nearly every company, regardless of size or industry has some process for new hire on-boarding, but Gallup research finds only 12% of new employees strongly agree their organization does a great job on-boarding new hires. That’s 88% who are feeling let down just days or weeks into their new job.
13 HR jobs of the future

May 22, 2024 | hrexecutive.com | Jeanne Meister

Humans and AI co-pilots working side by side, an increased focus on building gen AI literacy and a permanent expectation for workplace flexibility are coming together to form what author Thomas Friedman calls our collective “Promethean moment.”As Friedman says, âPromethean moments are not driven by a single invention, like a printing press, but rather by a technology super-cycle.
The Future Of Hybrid Work: 3 Ways To Re-Invent Working From Anywhere

Mar 28, 2024 | forbes.com | Jeanne Meister

As the hybrid work debate continues, one issue that gets lost is what employees want when they come back to the office. A Cisco global study of 14,050 workers across 19 countries entitled, The Race to Re-imagine Workplaces and Workspaces, reports that while 72% of employees are positive about returning to the office for some portion of time, only 47% believe their workspace is suited for hybrid work. Employees want workspaces that include a mix of spaces, instead of a one-size-fits-all approach.
Renowned HR Author Discusses Impact of AI in the Workplace

Feb 22, 2024 | capterra.com | Jeanne Meister

Nearly every discussion around generative AI over the past 18 months has centered around AI replacing human jobs. But what about the other side of the equation? “The fact is that the explosive use of AI is a catalyst for job replacement, job creation, and job redesign—all at the same time.
5 Principles To Make Generative AI Your New Work Buddy

Feb 13, 2024 | forbes.com | Jeanne Meister

Today, “how” we work and “who” we work with are the defining transformations in the workplace. Soon, every human team member across departments as varied as human resources, sales, customer service, and engineering will have their own GenAI co-pilot, customized to their role and key responsibilities. Conversational AI has led to a myriad of new use cases where GenAI is our new work buddy. We have several specialized AI powered assistants working side by side with human workers.
The Top Ten HR Trends That Matter Most In 2024

Jan 4, 2024 | forbes.com | Jeanne Meister

Rapid use of Generative AI, the emergence of a new blended workforce of humans and digital workers, and increasing employee fear of being obsolete (FOBO), together prove what Intel co-founder Gordon Moore (and the author of Moore’s Law) said, at any given point in time, “change has never been this fast and will never be this slow ever again.”Resiliency, agility, and adopting a “test and learn approach” will mark the winning strategies for 2024.