{"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 E1 Fat layer of humans","slug":"s3-e1-fat-layer-of-humans","published_at":"2026-01-29T13:30:14+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/boss-class-from-the-economist-7336286/s3-e1-fat-layer-of-humans","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/boss-class-from-the-economist-7336286","url":"https://shows.acast.com/boss-class/episodes/1-fat-layer-of-humans","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/64ee35bafc643000110d1607/e/6978c837207e028ee4edae14/media.mp3?tk=eyJ0ayI6ImRlZmF1bHQiLCJhZHMiOnRydWUsInNwb25zIjp0cnVlLCJzdGF0dXMiOiJwdWJsaWMifQ==&sig=blxUBI13klBj-dq7kqzoXG0rIECKM_74mZemmUN96R8","summary":"How should employees and bosses be using the technology right now? And how should all of us prepare for the future? Andrew Palmer returns for a third season of Boss Class. This time it’s all about AI. In the first episode, he starts introducing AI into his daily work routines, and receives a nasty shock. Guests Tom Blomfield, Partner at Y Combinator Ethan Mollick, Professor at Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Ludwig Siegele, AI Editorial Lead, The Economist Ruth Berry, AI engineer, The Economist Topics Generative AI at work 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. In this episode, Andrew asks Claude, a generative AI programme, to write his management column for him. You can find Andrew’s column here and Claude’s version here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"How should employees and bosses be using the technology right now? And how should all of us prepare for the future? Andrew Palmer returns for a third seas…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2080,"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-e1-fat-layer-of-humans/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-e1-fat-layer-of-humans.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}