# automation
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19:06Ford's AI rollback and human rehiring spreeLeanne Elliott: I think you get that immediate feedback when you talk to somebody as well, don't you? So if you are being a bit blunt, you might see that eyes of the— the raise of the eyebrows or the eyes widening might EP 314 · 30 Jun 2026·news roundup· 19:06–25:328:27The irony of automation in knowledge workLeanne Elliott: We are, we are. I want to start with what I mentioned there, the irony of automation. It is a phrase that comes from 1980s research. And as I mentioned, it's that idea that automating the complex task turEP LIVE-2026-05-01 · 1 May 2026·panel interview· 8:27–19:2130:38No automated pass/failKate Young: We don't do automated pass/fail. We give back a score to clients, and it's depending how many people they need to move through to the next stage, we'll define where they tend to set their benchmark. But typicEP 287 · 26 Mar 2026·interview· 30:38–33:1532:54Dystopia or utopia: what does automation free us for?Al Elliott: Fabulous Leanne Elliott: Interesting. Yeah Al Elliott: I have a quick question. I know we are running flat, we're flying through this time here, but quick question. I think, is it OpenAI, Sam Altman, who's taEP LIVE-2026-03-25 · 25 Mar 2026·panel interview· 32:54–39:5316:32Jobs are made of tasks — and some tasks are more automatable than othersAndrew Palmer: As you and your listeners will know very well, jobs are made up of tasks. Some tasks are more suited to automation, to AI doing them than others. So if you are in a job that is a sort of bundle of skills, EP 277 · 19 Feb 2026·interview· 16:32–22:0111:05The 40 jobs most at risk from AILeanne Elliott: Speaking of growing bored of this conversation many minutes ago, Al, what have you seen this week? Al Elliott: So there was a great article on, it's on sky.com, news.sky.com. I'm sorry to say Leanne EllioEP 242 · 21 Oct 2025·news roundup· 11:05–16:506:1221 job titles predicted to disappear by 2030Al Elliott: Well, your job will be gone in 4 years Leanne Elliott: Yours will Al Elliott: To be fair, Podcasters already. We already potentially— yeah, if you, if you use Notebook LM from Google, um, then you can basicalEP 192 · 29 Apr 2025·news roundup· 6:12–11:0735:32Workplace Surgery: Should you report a colleague who automated their job?Leanne Elliott: Let's do it Al Elliott: So I'm a data analyst and I've recently discovered that my colleague Who has the same role and salary as me has automated most of their work. They're now actually only working abouEP 138 · 22 Oct 2024·workplace surgery· 35:32–41:3336:34AI and automation: the double-edged swordAl Elliott: Yeah Peter Dorrington: And I'll use myself as an example. As a manager, I learned all the things about management you would expect, but I'm not great at reading people. I have to have it pretty much in my facEP 98 · 16 May 2024·interview· 36:34–39:19
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