{"podcast":{"title":"I've Got Questions with Sinead Bovell","slug":"i-ve-got-questions-with-sinead-bovell-7500610","podcast_index_feed_id":7500610,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/igq","website_url":"https://www.igqwithsineadbovell.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/39a71cf2-93da-11f0-83a2-e7b4c0f14348/image/415a1ccf3d1dcbb1e8e942aff7599558.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Sinead Bovell","episode_count":25,"summary":"I've Got Questions is your front-row seat to understanding how AI and emerging technologies are reshaping our world and your life. Hosted by futurist Sinead Bovell, the show cuts through the noise to explore what’s happening beneath the surface of today’s biggest tech shifts, and what they signal about tomorrow. Each week, Sinead sits down with the people building the tools, setting the policies, and shaping the ideas that will define the next chapter of human life. These are conversations designed to help you understand what’s changing, anticipate where things are heading, and steer toward the futures you want to live in.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-10T04:17:35.919163+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-ve-got-questions-with-sinead-bovell-7500610"},"episode":{"title":"AI Can’t Do Your Job. So Why Are Companies Laying Off Employees?","slug":"ai-can-t-do-your-job-so-why-are-companies-laying-off-employees","published_at":"2025-11-04T15:13:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-ve-got-questions-with-sinead-bovell-7500610/ai-can-t-do-your-job-so-why-are-companies-laying-off-employees","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-ve-got-questions-with-sinead-bovell-7500610","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/LLAAY9356485566.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/LLAAY9356485566.mp3","summary":"In this episode of I’ve Got Questions, I break down the rise in mass layoffs and organizations restructuring. Many headlines claim this is AI starting to take jobs, but that’s not really true. AI is involved in these decisions, just not for the reasons people think. Whether AI can do your job or not (and it probably can’t) is likely irrelevant to the fate of the job itself. So I explain what’s actually happening in the workforce today, what we can expect going forward, and what we should be doing right now to stay ahead of it. 0:00 – Why these layoffs are happening 1:30 – How companies are reallocating capital toward AI 3:00 – Why organizations are becoming more flexible and startup-like 6:00 – How “anticipatory restructuring” works 9:00 – What skills will matter in the AI-first era 12:00 – Why full-time roles will evolve 16:00 – Why jobs are going away, but work isn’t Listen to the show on other platforms: Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ive-got-questions-with-sinead-bovell/id1841491246 Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/2fwK9NSJGXlFdVkYZ14a8O Follow my work here: Website: ⁠⁠https://www.sineadbovell.com⁠⁠ Substack: ⁠⁠https://sineadbovell.substack.com⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/sineadbovell⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/sineadbovell⁠⁠ Twitter / X: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/SineadBovell⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/Sineadbovell⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@sineadbovell","meta_description":"In this episode of I’ve Got Questions, I break down the rise in mass layoffs and organizations restructuring. Many headlines claim this is AI starting to…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1045,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/i-ve-got-questions-with-sinead-bovell-7500610/episodes/ai-can-t-do-your-job-so-why-are-companies-laying-off-employees/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-ve-got-questions-with-sinead-bovell-7500610/ai-can-t-do-your-job-so-why-are-companies-laying-off-employees.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}