Workday's New Strategy, Enterprise AI Maturity, Meta Layoffs, and Surveillance

This week I recap a busy week including corporate AI stories, Workday’s AI reinvention, more on tech Layoffs, and fears of AI-driven surveillance. The important story is that Enterprise AI is much more complex than most imagine yet the AI vendors like Anthropic and OpenAI make it sound deceptively simple. In reality, as I explain, we are one year into the total reinvention of all business functions, with HR top on the list. And as I explain, the vision of enterprise success is now clear, but the vendor market is incredibly insecure. I think you’ll find Workday’s story compelling, but it’s not the only option out there. On the news side, we saw the “pre-layoffs” of 10% of all Meta employees, elimination of family benefits at Deloitte and Zoom, and some amazingly creepy surveillance at Meta’s AI group. I review all this and try to give you some context. As you listen I encourage you to read our 2026 Enterprise AI Imperatives and the preview of HR 2030, our in-depth look at where AI in HR is going. An in-depth review of Workday’s new AI strategy is coming this next week. Additional Resources Meta Employees React to Massive Layoffs to Come Deloitte and Zoom Take the Lead in Slashing the Most Coveted Benefits The week that Meta employees became training data Why AI Is A Massive Job-Creation Technology, Despite What You Think Workday and Sana Unveil A Bold New Strategy For AI Chapters (00:00:00) - Enterprise AI: Where we are?(00:02:10) - Workday's AI push with Sana(00:09:53) - WSJD Live: The Workday World(00:11:10) - Agent Companies: What to Avoid(00:13:36) - Microsoft's Layoffs, and More(00:18:07) - Facebook's Surveillance of Employees