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Podcast: HRchat Podcast
Episode: AI, Middle Managers, and the New HR Mandate with Brian Kropp
Description: What if the biggest AI disruption isn’t at the entry level, but right in the middle of your org chart? Bill Banham sits down with Brian Kropp, VP of Global Insights at Heidrick and Struggles, to explore why the winners are treating AI as a people and change problem, not a tech project—and how that shift rewrites HR’s mandate.We start with speed. Startups jump from idea to pilot in 30 days; large enterprises often take 270. Training alone won’t fix that gap. Brian lays out a concrete path: give teams specific tasks and roles to exper...