The Jim Stroud Podcast

Recent economic research suggests tens of millions of jobs will be eliminated due to robots and automation, artificial intelligence and the like. Does this mean that the workplace will be a battleground between humans and the machines threatening their way of life? Not likely. Although there will be some workers affected more harshly than others, I believe the prevailing future will be a type of c...

In China, parents are DNA testing their children in order to forecast their academic and professional success then, make adjustments as necessary. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Both sides of the issue are debated in this episode.  Find resources related to this podcast at JimStroud.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Pornography in the workplace is costing companies billions in lost productivity each year. Adding filters to a computer network and monitoring internet usage is ineffective because people can simply access the material on their personal devices which could open a company to a lawsuit. So, what can a company do to protect its enterprise? Well, there might be a solution powered by artificial intelli...

Should your resume be one page or two? Well, that kind of thinking is soo... 1999. If you want to be in line with what’s happening in 2020 and beyond, start thinking about your biometric resume. What’s a biometric resume you ask? Well, imagine proving you are best qualified person for the job based not on your past experience but instead, your expertise is proven by your brainwave activity. Yeah,...

In this episode, I have a great chat with Cody Merrill of SocialWyze. We discuss how to put the homeless to work and how Universal Basic Income could subsidize workers displaced by automation and other technological advances. | Find more great content at www. JimStroud.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alexa has been a silent and virtual witness to several cases of crimes being committed at home. As a result, police have been calling on Amazon for the audio recordings in hopes of finding irrefutable evidence against suspects. The trend has me wondering, today it is Alexa, but tomorrow…  What other electronic device could be called to testify (so to speak) in the future? I consider the possibilit...

Did you know that scientists are close to inventing a pill that can erase your worst memories? It is intended to assist people suffering from PTSD and/or those struggling to get past the memory of a horrific event. Some people see the positive repercussions of using such technology but, I'm very skeptical. What good can come memory manipulation technology? I debate the issue in the 50th episode of...

Prasad Akella, CEO of the company Drishti - a developer of video-based human-employee tracking software that records the seconds it takes for workers to complete each step of their job. He said this, “The most programmable machine on the planet today is still the human.” Wow! Most people are concerned about robots taking their jobs away but maybe, just maybe, they should be monitoring how artifici...

A recent article from Scientific American caught my eye, the headline was this - "Social Media Has Not Destroyed A Generation” and immediately, I felt a surge of skepticism. I’ll share some quotes from the article and my opinion in this episode of The Jim Stroud Podcast. | Subscribe to my blog at https://blog.jimstroud.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I read an article recently about Dr. Peter Scott-Morgan, a scientist suffering from motor neurone disease. Rather than give into this disease, Dr. Peter Scott-Morgan is pursuing a truly innovative approach. He has decided to turn himself into a cyborg, something he calls Peter 2.0. I’ll share some details on that and related news, on this episode of "The Jim Stroud Podcast." | Visit JimStroud.com...

Robotic Surgeries are the future! And… they are the present. To be clear, robots are not operating on patients alone in operating rooms; at least not yet. What is happening is surgeons are operating in-person and remotely, on patients with the help of robotic arms. Some people this think is a wonderful development and other people are like... meh, whatever, and think the traditional methods of sca...

One of my favorite sci-fi films of all time is The Terminator. In case you have not seen these or the other Terminator films, the movies are about killer robots making war against the human race. I remember watching the film and being terrified, eventhough I knew it was just a movie. Now, I am just as nervous as I was then because the possibility of killer robots is more real than its ever been. W...

In this episode of "Its All Recruiting" (IAR), I discuss job descriptions as marketing pieces with Rob Kelly, Chief Ongiggitizer at Ongig.com. During our conversation we brainstormed a variety of ideas with one in particular being sure to cause a shudder throughout the HR world. Tune in the find out what it is and to do it yourself, before anyone else. ABOUT OUR GUEST Rob Kelly is a 4-time CEO, au...

"Its All Recruiting" (IAR) is a podcast series that looks at everything through the lens of recruiting. It is hosted and produced by (me) Jim Stroud. ... In this episode, I had a great chat with my special guest – Jeff Amster, Founder of FirstScreen.  Time flew by as we discussed several things; among them: # Are AI robots going to take over my recruiting job? # Challenges with video hiring soluti...

A decade ago, I co-hosted a popular podcast - The Recruiters Lounge [TRL] with Karen Mattonen. In October, I will begin posting these classic episodes and taking note of how things have changed, how I may have evolved or whether or not all things are the same. This episode focuses on Tattoos in the Workplace and a great conversation with Mitchell Chasin, MD. Tune in on all the fun and please do sh...

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"Its All Recruiting" (IAR) is a podcast that looks at everything through the lense of recruiting.  It is hosted and produced by Jim Stroud. Find more content like this at: www. JimStroud.com ... In this episode of "Its All Recruiting," I had a great chat with my special guest – Sachin Gupta, CEO and Co-Founder of HackerEarth. Time flew by as we discussed the following: Questions asked in this inte...

Can you imagine an artificially intelligent version of yourself living on after you've died? It might be possible with new technologies being developed at Amazon. Plus, I share several pop-culture references from the 80’s. Can you name them all? Tune in and find out! // Please leave a comment and rate this podcast on your favorite podcast platform. Links related to this podcast: AI 'synthetic brai...

Something historic happened this week in the world of work. Listen to this headline from Daily Star – “Robot hires human being in world first as AI conducts job interview.” Yes, you heard that correctly, robots are now making hiring decisions on behalf of companies. I’ll talk about this and the overall effects of tech on society in this episode of my show. Special thanks to my sponsor! SupaPass -...

I stumbled across this article on Gizmodo and was sucked into reading it by the headline and the first few lines of the article. The headline is “North Face Apologizes for Showing Us the Future of Marketing” and here is a short quote, “This week The North Face pulled off a clever marketing stunt that continues to deliver. Even following the company’s retraction and apology, the glittering underhan...

Do you want to know when you will die? Believe it or not, scientists have developed a blood test that predicts whether or not you will die from natural causes over the next 10 years. Such being the case, would you take the test? I delve into the possibilities on this episode of "The Jim Stroud Show." Find more content like this on my blog - JimStroud.com. Support this podcast at — https://app.redc...

Do you work in an office or from home? According to a 2017 Gallup study, 43% of Americans report spending at least some time working remotely, so chances are you do some work from home. Depending on who you ask, that’s a good thing. Working from home allows workers the flexibility to maintain that careful work-life balance and companies benefit from the increased productivity. So, working remote i...

The demographics of America are rapidly changing and where there are differences there is inevitable conflict. Some of the issues are a result of ignorance to the differences represented in various cultures and as a result, racism rears its ugly head to diverse degrees. I discuss the state of racism in the American workplace and why I think it will become worse in years to come. At the same time,...

www. JimStroud.com - Trust in the mainstream news media is at an all-time low. Why? I do some research and now I count myself among those who have a skeptical view on everything I see, read and hear from the mainstream media. In this episode, I share reasons why I, and presumably many Americans, have a growing distrust from the major news outlets. Show notes to include transcript, related links an...