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Tune in to Frontier: Work, Rewired, a podcast from the Acme Work Lab with researchers, operators and authors on how AI is changing the way teams decide, learn and get work done.
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Jun 22, 202635 mins
EP 6Leading through the AI shift: voice, skills and the long game
Good AI leadership is less about rollout speed and more about listening: who gets trained first, how jobs get redrawn and what the team looks like in five years.
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Jun 22, 202635 mins
Play episodeEP 6Leading through the AI shift: voice, skills and the long game
Good AI leadership is less about rollout speed and more about listening: who gets trained first, how jobs get redrawn and what the team looks like in five years.
May 26, 202633 mins
Play episodeEP 5Who decides now? Ownership and accountability when people and AI split the work
A new tool changes little by itself. Real shifts come when teams rewrite processes, name clear owners and treat it as a people project.
Apr 16, 202632 mins
Play episodeEP 4From license to habit: why handing out AI seats isn't the same as people using them
Plenty of companies have bought AI seats; far fewer see them used every day. Our hosts talk with a venture partner who researches how new tools turn into routine, and why the first month after launch says more…
Jan 30, 202633 mins
Play episodeEP 3HR after AI: what is really happening behind the talk of flatter companies
Is AI actually reshaping HR, or just the slide decks about it? Our hosts compare what they hear in boardrooms with what they see on the ground: the roles quietly changing, the ones growing, and why a flatter or…
Jan 30, 202622 mins
Play episodeEP 2Do we still need managers? Rethinking the role in an AI office
If software can book the meetings and chase the updates, what is a manager still for? An early-stage investor who writes about technology and management joins our hosts to map the parts of the job that never ap…
Jan 30, 202634 mins
Play episodeEP 1Season opener: the year's smartest moves with AI
Expertise, team structure and even job titles are shifting under AI. Our hosts walk through the hundred smartest moves they watched companies make this year, and what those patterns hint about where work is hea…
Your hosts
Dr. Nora Castell
Head of the Acme Work Lab
Dr. Castell leads research at the Acme Work Lab, where she studies how AI is changing the way people and teams work.
Dr. Felix Brandt
Professor Emeritus at Northwind University
Dr. Brandt is a workplace researcher and author whose books cover meetings, incentives, team design and how companies absorb new tools.
Read new work from the Acme Work Lab
The Acme Work Lab is an independent research team guided by scholars and operators who study how jobs are shifting. We turn field studies into checklists, templates and plain guidance that managers can try with their teams this quarter.
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