Episode 3: Fear of Becoming Obsolete – Jason Averbook, Senior Partner and Global Leader of HR Strategy at Mercer

Update: 2025-02-14

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In this compelling conversation, host Phil Fersht speaks with Jason Averbook—renowned HR leader and Senior Partner at Mercer—about the seismic changes reshaping the modern workforce. They explore the looming “humanistic recession” driven by AI, and how leaders must shift from “change management” to “change leadership.” Averbook warns that organizations failing to integrate human and machine teaming risk irrelevance, stressing that HR must move beyond counting heads to making heads truly count.

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Episode 3: Fear of Becoming Obsolete – Jason Averbook, Senior Partner and Global Leader of HR Strategy at Mercer

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Episode 3: Fear of Becoming Obsolete – Jason Averbook, Senior Partner and Global Leader of HR Strategy at Mercer

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Episode 3: Fear of Becoming Obsolete – Jason Averbook, Senior Partner and Global Leader of HR Strategy at Mercer