October 22, 2025: In this episode of Future Ready Today, Jacob Morgan unpacks five powerful stories defining the next era of leadership and work:
1️⃣ Amazon’s 600,000 Robots – A leaked roadmap shows how automation will replace or reconfigure hundreds of thousands of jobs, raising urgent questions about reskilling and purpose.
2️⃣ OpenAI’s New Browser “Atlas” – The company behind ChatGPT is reimagining web navigation with built-in reasoning. For HR, it signals how internal AI layers could soon connect every system and agent inside organizations.
3️⃣ Global Petition to Ban AI Superintelligence – Over 3,000 global figures, from Richard Branson to Steve Bannon, call for limits on AI’s cognitive reach.
4️⃣ Gartner’s Report on HR Resilience – The top priorities for CHROs in 2025 include embedding adaptability into culture and responsibly operationalizing AI.
5️⃣ The AI Rebellion Inside Electronic Arts – Employees are pushing back on AI mandates they don’t trust, revealing the widening gap between leadership enthusiasm and workforce skepticism.
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