Future Ready Leadership With Jacob Morgan Why 600 Quit Paramount, Palantir Rejects College, and IT Joins HR to Manage AI
Nov 11, 2025
IT and HR are teaming up to tackle AI chaos in the workplace. A new gig economy is rising, where professionals are paid to train algorithms. Paramount faces backlash as 600 employees opt for severance rather than return to the office. In India, workers embrace AI for career flexibility, while Irish parents debate the value of coding versus creativity for their kids' future. Palantir disrupts traditional hiring by favoring high school graduates over college degrees, reflecting a growing trend of employers becoming educators.
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AI Requires Organizational Rewiring
- AI is dissolving the line between human systems and technology and will be treated as a colleague rather than a tool.
- Organizations must rewire structure and culture to fully leverage AI rather than simply automating tasks.
Build Human-Digital Orchestration Skills
- Design roles and reporting so humans and AI can collaborate, not just automate workflows.
- Develop leaders fluent in both people and data to integrate empathy into algorithms and trust into systems.
The Uberization Of Expertise
- Specialized professionals are being contracted to teach models complex tasks, creating a new white-collar gig market.
- Talent competition will shift from who you employ to who you can access on-demand.
