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Oct 15, 2026
Big Bets vs. Bad Bets: AI Lessons from the C-Suite
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Nichol BradfordHOST
So to continue with lessons learned, Kathleen, has there been a moment where AI surprised you in an HR context, whether it worked better than you expected or revealed challenges you hadn't anticipated? And walk us through what happened and what you took away from it.
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12:10Kathleen PiersonGUEST
And one of the biggest lessons that I learned early on was during a prompt-a-thon I did with my team.
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12:15Kathleen PiersonGUEST
So we had a HR coordinator call one day and self-reported, and she said, Kathleen, I need to call and tell on myself.
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12:27Kathleen PiersonGUEST
And I said, okay, what happened? I mean, no CHR ever wants to hear that, right? And she said, what'd you do? And she said, you know...
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12:36Kathleen PiersonGUEST
At this point, you know, there was very limited use of AI in the workforce, and she's like, I was under the gun, and I used ChatGP to write a job description.
