Nov 17, 2025

Email 1 Summary:

Subject: Recruiting Brainfood – Issue 475

Key Points:

– Quantum Black State of AI 2025 highlights growing AI adoption across departments with productivity gains, though scaling AI Agents remains limited.

– The sourcing landscape is at a tipping point in 2025 due to LinkedIn’s dominance and integration with AI tools.

– 10,000 frontline workers are using GoPros to train AI on fine, detailed assembly work, reflecting how AI impacts future work and value distribution.

– Insights into leadership, workforce automation, recruitment operations, and remote work are featured.

– Events from TATech and SIGNAL conferences were discussed with shoutouts to contributors and attendees.

– Upcoming Brainfood Live session on Recruitment Advertising with AI Agents is scheduled for November 21, 2 pm GMT.

– A poll invites readers to weigh in on the future relevance of Skills Based Hiring in 2026.

Email 2 Summary:

Subject: New reporting tool released for identifying drivers of pay inequality

Key Points:

– Launch of a gender equality dashboard by the Champions of Change Coalition to help organizations pinpoint and address systemic drivers of gender pay gaps such as hiring patterns, bonuses, and cultural signals.

– Work design strategies are provided to reduce burnout and improve employee engagement and retention.

– Coverage includes human-centered approaches to AI, talent development strategies, inclusion efforts at QBE, and employment law education opportunities.

– AHRI offers membership benefits to support HR practitioners’ career development.

– Readers are encouraged to unsubscribe or update preferences as needed.

Email 3 Summary:

Subject: Special Edition: Erase or Embrace?

Key Points:

– Leadership metaphor drawn from a college geology professor who repeatedly erased and rewrote chalkboard notes, symbolizing the challenge of balancing past experiences with present and future leadership demands.

– The article emphasizes the necessity for leaders to both “erase” what holds them back and “embrace” what propels them forward amid changing economic and organizational climates.

– Data shows that 80% of professionals carry blind spots, especially in clinging to outdated practices.

– Effective leadership requires adaptability, agility, and belief in mission, while discerning which practices to discard or retain.

– The piece closes by encouraging leaders to be forward-thinking, shedding old habits while engaging with new realities.

– Announcement of a special edition book, Love, Hope & Leadership, containing reflective stories and imagery on leadership.

Stay Well!