Future Ready Leadership With Jacob Morgan Layoffs, AI Eating Cognitive Work, and a Leadership Capacity Crisis
Dec 10, 2025
The discussion dives into the significant layoffs hitting the U.S. job market and how automation shapes labor dynamics. Experts highlight AI's growing role in performing cognitive tasks and its impact on job security. Bank executives foresee AI reconfiguring talent pipelines, while engineering leaders emphasize the widening performance gap. New leadership models emerge to integrate AI effectively, tackling the challenges leaders face in a rapidly changing environment. The conversation emphasizes the need for clarity and continuous development for future-ready leadership.
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Structural Cycle Of Leaner Workforces
- Mass layoffs in 2025 are structural, driven by automation and AI rather than revenue collapse.
- Companies are becoming leaner because technology lets them operate with fewer people, not just because of downturns.
Make Growth The New Job Security
- Invest in continuous learning so employees gain capability-based job security rather than role-based stability.
- Build growth pathways that teach judgment and adaptable skills that AI cannot easily automate.
Financial Services Preview For White‑Collar AI
- Banks are deploying AI to absorb foundational tasks that trained junior staff for decades.
- This shifts talent pipelines and forces organizations to create new apprenticeship approaches focused on judgment.
