Alex Buder Shapiro, Chief People Officer at Jasper, joined us on The Modern People Leader.We talked about how AI is reshaping organizational design, the shift from early-career jobs to early-career talent, and how HR teams can lead through experimentation and workflow innovation.---- Sponsor Links:🔗 Get in contact with the Career Sandwich team.🔗 Request a demo of ChartHop.MPL Links:🔗 Buy your ticket for MPL Live New York.🔗 Go sign up for MPL Build.---- (11:11) First AI Workflow: School Calendar Automation(12:53) What Jasper Does & Their AI-First Approach(16:44) AI Adoption vs Transformation Across the Org(18:29) Provocation: HR Isn’t Leading—It’s Catching Up(21:25) The Lightbulb Moment: AI's Workflow Implications(23:21) Induced Demand & Why Work Will Expand, Not Shrink(26:33) Efficiency Creates Possibility: Redefining Roles(28:31) Reskilling at Scale & Changing Comfort Processes(31:09) Why Top-Down Reskilling Won’t Be Fast Enough(33:34) Real-Time Learning Through LLMs(34:45) Platform Gaps in Vibe Coding & Training(35:49) Experimentation Culture at Jasper(37:22) Prototyping in EPD vs People Teams(38:40) Early Prototypes in L&D: Podcasts, LM Tools, Interactive Sites(40:40) How Jasper Unblocked HR to Prototype with AI(43:45) Entry-Level Work Is Changing, Not Disappearing(45:17) Learning, Not Losing: The Early-Career Advantage(47:36) Literacy, Writing & Resistance to New Tech: Historical Parallels(49:22) Soccer Formations & Reimagining Org Design(50:45) Beyond the Pyramid: Nimble, Equally Leveled Teams(51:32) Rapid Fire Questions---- 📬 Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get episode recaps💡 Follow The Modern People Leader on LinkedIn😊 Follow Daniel Huerta on LinkedIn😊 Follow Stephen Huerta on LinkedIn

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