Josh Bersin: The Future Workforce Will be Driven by Talent Intelligence

According to Josh Bersin, the time to implement a strategy backed by talent intelligence is now.

As one of the world’s top HR industry analysts and advisers, Bersin is leading the Global Workforce Intelligence (GWI) Project. Powered by Eightfold AI, GWI is a first-of-its-kind, innovative, large-scale initiative designed to help HR leaders better understand major workforce trends to shape their companies for the future. GWI delivers research and analysis leveraging billions of data points collected by Eightfold AI’s powerful Talent Intelligence Platform.

Together, this new approach to talent strategy will be game-changing for business leaders and HR professionals across all industries.

5 can't-miss quotes from the episode:

- "So I'm very sympathetic to people who get laid off, are confused about their careers, don't know what they want to do next, hate their jobs. I completely understand where they're coming from, and I think there's always a path out of that.” - Josh Bersin [05:13]

- “Most of the companies I talked to are still growing. They're seeing demand. People are still buying and going on vacation. The constraints of supply chains are all messed up, but that's all getting fixed. So I think we're going to be in a period of slowing growth.” - Josh Bersin [08:02]

- “Recruiting, reskilling, retaining, and re-engineering—they're not separate things anymore; they are all interrelated. Those four things have to be stitched together. They have to be interlocked with a talent intelligence strategy.” - Josh Bersin [14:52]

- “Intelligence is bringing these groups together and giving them a better data system so that they can make better decisions as a group. This talent intelligence team is going to become essentially the nervous system of the body.” - Josh Bersin [18:50]

- “We can see very clearly the kinds of skills, job titles, and roles in existence in high-performing companies versus lower-performing companies. So it's a perfect roadmap for organizations on what they need to do next.” - Josh Bersin [22:01]