{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Ask Ashley","title":"Layoffs, AI, and Respect: A Conversation with Shashank Bhushan","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1573,"description":"Skills now depreciate in weeks, and the AI revolution is reshaping work faster than any industrial shift before it. Shashank Bhushan, Head HR, Americas & Global People Partner at Amagi, has spent over 25 years in HR and business, moving through nine cities and two continents, and once stepped from leading HR to running an operation as CEO. He talks with Ashley Russo about handling layoffs with respect, anchoring diversity in values, building learning by osmosis, and mapping career paths with AI. His steady, people first perspective is worth your time.\n\nChapters:\n00:00 Introduction to Ask Ashley\n00:54 Meet Shashank Bhushan\n01:23 The book on his desk right now\n01:44 What drew him to technology during Y2K\n02:59 Career turning points and becoming a CEO\n04:30 The fifth industrial revolution and the future of work\n07:13 Layoffs, and why it is not about you\n10:25 The human and family behind an employee ID\n11:57 Leading through diversity and inclusion\n13:33 Learning by osmosis and the book club experiment\n16:36 Building community and social groups at work\n19:13 Upskilling people from point A to point B\n21:37 Where his steadiness comes from\n22:20 The soft skill leaders need most\n23:31 Fixing how organizations communicate\n25:04 Advice to his younger self\n\nYou can follow Shashank Bhushan here:\nLinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/in/bhushanshashank\n\nLearn more about Amagi:\nWebsite - https://amagi.com","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/aRe7dqzcNfBGUfqf2XfHZAKMGZOtyjmViHhwZvrlBTI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iZDJi/N2NiODA0OGY2NzVh/ZmQ4ZGQ5MjZmZWEy/ZWQyNC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}