Jason Averbook - Why Data Fitness is More Important than an AI

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Jason Averbook is a Senior Partner at Mercer and a global leader in HR
transformation. He has more than 25 years of experience in the HR and
technology industries, and he has guided industry-leading companies
through strategic HR transformations.
In this episode, Jason presents his takeaways from 2023 and talks about
how current HR trends will shape the future of the industry.
Chapters
[0:00 - 5:10] Introduction
• Welcome, Jason!
• Today’s Topic: Perspectives on HR and Emerging Technologies
[5:11 - 20:51] Jason’s takeaways from 2023
• 2023’s geopolitical events had significant mental health implications for
American workers
• Many organizations who have ignored their data are just now starting to
uncover its flaws
[20:52 - 29:20] Is 2024 the year of mass AI integration for HR?
• Generative AI will help us see where our data problems are, but we may
still need to solve the problems themselves
• Data fitness should be prioritized before a generative AI rollout
[29:21 - 35:20] How will emerging technologies affect HR one year from
now, in 2025?
• HR will be doing much less “hands work” and much more “heads work
and hearts work”
• Will HR roles be replaced by new technologies?
[35:21 - 36:24] Closing
• Thanks for listening!
Quotes
“AI has exposed the fact that organizations that don’t have good data can’t
use [tools like large language models].”
“The unlearning effort of 2024 to prepare for 2025 is more than the
technology effort—it’s more than the data effort.”
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