AI for HR Weekly Podcast, brought to you by Barry Phillips
A weekly summary of AI developments relevant to HR in no more than 5 minutes
Episodes
132 episodes
GenAI Usage in the island of Ireland – a close look at the stats
This week Barry Phillips takes a close look at GenAI usage in the workplace and the stats that indicate it has really taken root
Healthy AI Adoption Rates… but is Your Job Description Keeping Up?
With this week's news of ever-increasing AI adoption rates in Ireland Barry Phillips asks whether job descriptions are stuck in the past and it’s time for a rewrite.
AI Is Coming for HR Jobs. Except, Apparently, It Isn’t.
This week Barry Phillips suggests that we’re all a lot safer in HR than we’re led to believe.
Bias In, Bias Out: But are you the problem?
This week Barry Phillips argues that a lot of bias in AI is more to do with human prompting than biased data or algorithms.
AI Slop in the Workplace: One Employer’s Response
This week Barry Phillips considers how one employer is dealing with the problem of AI generated slop in the workplace.
AI at Work: Enhancing Employees or Replacing Them?
This week Barry Phillips argues that latest stats suggest that AI is enhancing the role of employees rather than replacing them.
Is It Misconduct to Waste AI Tokens?
As so much of AI use is now switching to tokens Barry Phillips asks how HR should be regulating it.
Hello, Can I Speak to a Human, Please?
This week, Barry Phillips asks whether AI is quietly taking the “human” out of Human Resources. As automated systems increasingly influence recruitment, employee support and workplace decision-making, are organisations becoming more efficient a...
AI and “Power Skills” in the Workplace
This week Barry Phillips notes how humans are going to need to become even more human to work best with AI.
Alphabet Soup - Six AI Acronyms HR is Getting to Know
This week Barry Phillips looks at the AI jargon that is becoming common parlance for the HR professional
The Top Five GenAI Tools for HR
This week Barry Phillips revisits his top five GenAI tools for HR and notes some new contenders for the top spot
Data Centres, Water, and the Danger of Big Scary Numbers in the Workplace
This week Barry Phillips calls for better critiquing in the workplace of the big stats relating to AI and Data Centres
The Forthcoming AI Token Crisis – What’s HR got to do with it?
Barry Phillips argues that HR has an important role in helping to reduce token usage in organisations
Is Your Organisation AI Aware or AI Feral?
This week Barry Phillips asks a difficult question and suspects he already knows the answer…
The Ghost in the Machine…. and Who Owns It
This week Barry Phillips notes that the world’s biggest law firm plans to use AI to bottle its lawyers' genius. He asks what does this mean for the people inside?
The High-Risk HR AI Delay: Why the EU AI Act Still Matters
This week Barry Phillips explains why he’s still behind the purpose of the EU AI Act.
Workplace Misuse of AI – more cases more work to do in HR
This week Barry Phillips, reviews two more cases this month of AI misuse and calls for a firm response from HR
The New Job Types AI Will Create
This week Barry Phillips takes a look at the new jobs types AI will create and it may be very different to what you think.
From Fax Machines to AI Agents: The Productivity Trap We Keep Falling Into
This week Barry Phillips asks whether AI is actually likely to make us busier and closer to burnout than ever before.
The Rise of the AI-Enabled HR Professional
This week Barry Phillips considers the rise of the significance of the AI-enabled HR professional and what it means for the workplace.
Why a Human in the Loop Just isn’t Good Enough
This week Barry Phillips makes a cri de coeur and argues for the use at work of one important word that changes everything.
The Fog Machine: Why HR Needs Clarity on AI Before It Needs AI
This week Barry Phillips argues that many organisations just aren’t providing HR with the clarity needed to do a good job implementing AI
AI Slop at Work: When Nobody Stops to Think
This week Barry Phillips argues that AI slop isn’t a technology problem, it’s a human one that is quietly damaging trust, judgement and legal compliance at work.