{"podcast":{"title":"Bots & Bosses (english)","slug":"bots-bosses-english-6903450","podcast_index_feed_id":6903450,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/botsbosses-english/","website_url":"https://botsbosses-english.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/955b2c67-fced-4cf7-8864-08d7db15b191/rsz-ai-podcast-cover.jpg","author":"Dominic von Proeck","episode_count":144,"summary":"10 humans. 50+ AI colleagues. A company that feels like science fiction – but it's just our Tuesday. In \"Bots & Bosses\" we share what we learn at Leaders of AI every single day: Which AI assistants shine, which ones mess up spectacularly, and why Jürgen – our AI team lead – still got promoted. Twice a week. Five minutes. Zero bullshit. This podcast is 100% AI-generated. No microphone was used in its creation. We deliberately left in all the mistakes the AI makes – because we want to show you where the real limits are. That said, we think the result is pretty damn impressive! -- Learn more about our work at https://leadersofai.com","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bots-bosses-english-6903450"},"episode":{"title":"Laying off people because of AI? That’s the most expensive strategy.","slug":"laying-off-people-because-of-ai-that-s-the-most-expensive-strategy","published_at":"2026-03-29T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bots-bosses-english-6903450/laying-off-people-because-of-ai-that-s-the-most-expensive-strategy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bots-bosses-english-6903450","url":"https://leadersofai.com","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/4ec53335-b22a-41a1-b5d2-d8f788b0f55c.mp3","summary":"Why AI-driven layoffs often lead into an expensive cycle (cut jobs → quality problems → buy back at high cost), why demographics are turning the calculation upside down in Germany, and which three leadership questions you should answer now. **Links & Recommendations** - [Leaders of AI - Programme](https://www.leadersofai.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=product#mbai-info) - [Leaders of AI - Newsletter](https://www.leadersofai.com/newsletter?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=content) - [MBAI (Master Business with AI)](https://www.leadersofai.com/mbai-solo?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=product) **Sources:** - [Business Insider: Meta lays off hundreds of employees because of AI – these areas are affected (2026)](https://www.businessinsider.de/wirtschaft/meta-entlaesst-hunderte-mitarbeiter-wegen-ki-diese-bereiche-sind-betroffen/) - [Handelsblatt: Human replaces robot – Why Klarna is rethinking customer service (2025)](https://www.handelsblatt.com/finanzen/banken-versicherungen/banken/kuenstliche-intelligenz-mensch-ersetzt-roboter-warum-klarna-beim-kundenservice-umdenkt/100128240.html) - [Business Insider: Already 11,000 jobs cut: Accenture lays off employees who have no AI potential (2025)](https://www.businessinsider.de/wirtschaft/accenture-entlaesst-11-000-mitarbeiter-die-kein-ki-potenzial-haben/#:~:text=Accenture%20schult%20Mitarbeiter%20auf%20die%20Nutzung%20generativer,man%20die%20Personen%2C%20erklärte%20CEO%20Julie%20Sweet.) - [Federal Statistical Office (Destatis): 13.4 million people in the labor force will reach the statutory retirement age in the next 15 years (2025)](https://www.destatis.de/DE/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/2025/08/PD25_N048_13.html) - [German Economic Institute (IW Cologne): Almost 20 mil…","meta_description":"Why AI-driven layoffs often lead into an expensive cycle (cut jobs → quality problems → buy back at high cost), why demographics are turning the calculati…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":379,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bots-bosses-english-6903450/episodes/laying-off-people-because-of-ai-that-s-the-most-expensive-strategy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bots-bosses-english-6903450/laying-off-people-because-of-ai-that-s-the-most-expensive-strategy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}