Ep 761: What Happens When Recruiters Embrace AI?
Discussion on how recruiters are adopting AI and where judgment boundaries still matter.
RESEARCH & INSIGHTS
The people decisions that shaped and destroyed major companies.
Original analysis from Dr Ali Raza on leadership failures, hiring science, and why traditional psychometrics keep getting it wrong.
Context Mismatch8 min read
Ron Johnson at JCPenney: When Apple Genius Becomes Retail Catastrophe
Johnson was a Harvard MBA who created the Apple Store and generated $4,032 per square foot. Traditional assessments would have ranked him best-in-class. The role demanded the opposite of everything he was.
$4.3BRevenue lost in 17 months
Leadership Failure7 min read
WeWork and the $39 Billion Cost of Mistaking Charisma for Competence
Adam Neumann passed every traditional leadership assessment with flying colours. High extraversion, high openness, visionary ambition. The traits were never wrong. The context was missing entirely.
$39BValuation destroyed