{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Unboxing the Office ","title":"Unboxing the Office | Episode 17: Leading Through AI Transformation with Harry Osle","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3261,"description":"AI implementation is not just a technology decision. It is a leadership, culture, and people decision.\nIn Episode 17 of Unboxing the Office, Bernie Youngblood sits down with Harry Osle, Principal and Chief Human Resources Officer at The Hackett Group, to unpack what it actually takes for organizations to succeed in the AI era.\nHarry shares why too many leaders invest in AI platforms without investing in the people expected to use them, how small wins create momentum for enterprise change, and why the most successful organizations will combine the will to transform with the skills to make it happen.\nFrom AI readiness and benchmarking to workforce capability, HR’s evolving role, and building a culture that can absorb change, this conversation is a practical look at how leaders can move beyond the AI hype and create real, lasting impact.\n✅ In this episode, they explore:\n— Why leadership determines whether AI transformation succeeds\n— The mistake of investing in AI without reskilling people\n— How AI can increase capacity, efficiency, and engagement\n— Why organizations should start small and build momentum\n— Benchmarking as a roadmap for organizational change\n— How The Hackett Group uses AI to accelerate insight and execution\n— Culture as an outcome of leadership and daily operations\n— Why HR must shift from supporting HR to driving business impact\n— AI skills, storytelling, and the future workforce capability gap\n— The importance of “will and skill” in leading through change\n📚 Chapters\n00:00 Welcome to Harry Osle and the AI conversation\n01:50 Why AI is finally “game time”\n03:10 What separates organizations that adapt from those that struggle\n07:43 Where leaders get AI implementation wrong\n09:54 AI investment must include investment in people\n11:12 The Ferrari analogy: technology without the skills to use it\n13:57 Why great leaders do not start with a blank sheet of paper\n15:14 What The Hackett Group does and how benchmarking works\n18:20 Benchmarking as an...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/9_zmTw7hsYWxVkbsNhlm2nzCUUPYTjSAAN8uuAkaLRc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83YWQ5/ZDBjZDAxMzgyOWE0/ZDM5YTA0Yjk3MjEy/OTgyOS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}