Future Ready Leadership With Jacob Morgan Experience Is Now a Liability? CEOs Turn Cautious, and AI Takes Over Reviews
Oct 30, 2025
The podcast dives into how companies are shifting away from hiring overqualified candidates, revealing biases that challenge traditional experience. Executives share growing concerns about geopolitical instability overtaking inflation as a top risk. A fascinating discussion highlights JPMorgan's use of AI to draft performance reviews, emphasizing its impact on management. Walmart's CEO underscores AI as a critical leadership tool, advocating for tech fluency in the workforce. Together, these insights paint a picture of a rapidly evolving business landscape.
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Experience Is Being Misread
- Companies are overcorrecting for agility and rejecting highly experienced candidates as 'too experienced.'
- Jacob Morgan argues experience must be translated to show adaptability, not discarded.
Rebrand Experience As Adaptability
- Rebrand your experience by emphasizing adaptability, continuous learning, and digital fluency.
- Demonstrate experimentation with AI and a track record of resilience instead of defending longevity.
Uncertainty As A Leadership Skill
- Leaders face a new 'reluctant optimism' as economic pessimism doubles and geopolitical risk rises.
- Morgan likens modern strategy to chess: uncertainty is a skill to develop through pattern recognition and planning.
