Futuresinfocus

We are living in extraordinary times when it comes to human capital. At one end, increasingly intelligent AI systems and machines are reducing the number of mundane tasks we need for humans in everything from the food industry to legal processes and even complex software design and deployment. Yet unemployment appears to be at a near-all-time low. Our need to keep, develop and even recruit people is more stressful than ever before. The question is. Are we at the start of a new human capital era, or is this a hiccup in traditional supply and demand dynamics that will help even themselves out over time? Our guest, Lenwood Ross, believes that this will be a dramatic moment for change in how we think about human capital and a moment where industries like headhunters and the recruiting industry could be under very significant threat as we head to a world where personal, ongoing relationships will engender the right type of recruiting when and where the company needs people. We move from a world of labor marke