Dani Burger

One of the giants of deal-making is Brookfield, and its CEO, Bruce Flatt, is an industry titan in his very own right.

This morning, the company announced that Flatt will be stepping down from his post leading the company's $1 trillion asset management business.

He, of course, will stay on as the chair and as well as CEO of the parent company.

I'm pleased to say that Bruce Flatt joins us now for the big picture, an elevated look at the strategies and trends shaping corporate action.

Bruce, thank you so much for joining.

We're so thrilled to have you as our inaugural guest.

I was going to say, there's no one else we'd want to kick things off with.

And what a way to kick things off with this announcement that you're handing, at least for the asset management business, the reins over to Connor Teske.

I have to say, in a lot of your industry, not only are there issues with succession plannings, rarely do they lay out such a clear path.

Why do this and why now?

I was going to say, how do you see your role evolving with this?

So does this mean the timeline speeds up for Connor to take some other of your roles for Brookfield Corp CEO?

I'd love to get your philosophy on talent more broadly, because clearly it's something that's near and dear to you as a leader of this industry leader.

There is this moment right now, we've heard from other financial services companies like Goldman, that growth is going to be slowing in talent hiring because of things like AI.

Do you see the same thing ahead?

So at the same time, you mentioned it, just the real asset business that you have and this really big bet on AI infrastructure that's been evolving at Brookfield.

Everything from mega deals with the hyperscalers to creating your own cloud company.

There's a lot of really interesting work you're doing.

If I could borrow a phrase and kind of bastardize it from Alphabet Sundar Pichai, what is the risk right now?

Is it under or over investing?