{"podcast":{"title":"Boss Class from The Economist","slug":"boss-class-from-the-economist-7336286","podcast_index_feed_id":7336286,"rss_url":"https://access.acast.com/rss/64ee35bafc643000110d1607","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/boss-class/episodes/boss-class-3-testing-testing","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/64ee35bafc643000110d1607/1746545949799-19f718b8-cc6a-453c-ab33-a9438df51c86.jpeg","author":"The Economist","episode_count":11,"summary":"It is the most important decision a manager can make. How do you increase your chances of hiring the right people? Tracey Franklin, Moderna's human-resources chief, tells Andrew Palmer how the company scaled up at speed during the pandemic. Andrew learns what not to do when taking psychometric recruitment tests and a headhunter from Russell Reynolds reveals the secrets to a successful CEO search. To hear the full series, subscribe to Economist Podcasts+ . https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus If you’re already a subscriber to The Economist , you have full access to all our shows as part of your subscription. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-25T02:18:04.269603+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/boss-class-from-the-economist-7336286"},"episode":{"title":"S3 Bonus 1: Bret Taylor of Sierra and OpenAI","slug":"s3-bonus-1-bret-taylor-of-sierra-and-openai","published_at":"2026-01-29T14:07:48+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/boss-class-from-the-economist-7336286/s3-bonus-1-bret-taylor-of-sierra-and-openai","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/boss-class-from-the-economist-7336286","url":"https://shows.acast.com/boss-class/episodes/interview-bret-taylor-of-sierra-and-openai","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/64ee35bafc643000110d1607/e/697a39d398c18d8bdb8b0867/media.mp3?tk=eyJ0ayI6ImRlZmF1bHQiLCJhZHMiOnRydWUsInNwb25zIjp0cnVlLCJzdGF0dXMiOiJwdWJsaWMifQ==&sig=gvlDyz2JnzMQv4NeEpW3lEKSMhDo3ixUB9pD0-NTNBg","summary":"A conversation about the potential and limits of AI agents with the co-founder of Sierra, an agentic customer-service company. Bret Taylor, who is also the chairman of OpenAI, tells Andrew Palmer about the imperfections of the technology, the competition between model-makers and vendors, and how he uses AI to manage. To listen to the full series, subscribe to Economist Podcasts+ . If you’re already a subscriber to The Economist , you have full access to all our shows as part of your subscription. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account. This episode is also available to watch on The Economist ’s YouTube channel . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"A conversation about the potential and limits of AI agents with the co-founder of Sierra, an agentic customer-service company. Bret Taylor, who is also th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2062,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/boss-class-from-the-economist-7336286/episodes/s3-bonus-1-bret-taylor-of-sierra-and-openai/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/boss-class-from-the-economist-7336286/s3-bonus-1-bret-taylor-of-sierra-and-openai.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}