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AI isn’t the threat—fear is.

Live from isolved Connect in Chicago, Joey Price joins the Heroes of HR podcast to talk about the real tension in today’s HR landscape: navigating technological change without losing your grip on human connection.

From soft skills to return-to-office strategies, Joey lays out how HR professionals can calm the chaos, shift mindsets, and thrive in the age of AI. He challenges outdated academic models, calls out the failure of traditional career prep, and makes the case for immersive, practical learning as the next frontier for HR development.

We cover burnout, flexibility, intergenerational skill gaps, and why "best practices" might be holding your team back.

Timestamps:

00:00 — Joey Price on stage at isolved Connect

01:06 — The real enemy isn't AI—it's fear and confusion

03:00 — Why tech predictions never quite kill HR

04:14 — Return to office: what smart companies are doing

06:08 — Building culture through structured soft-skill days

08:18 — From syllabus to ambiguity: preparing early-career pros

10:15 — Why universities are falling behind

12:32 — Joey’s new book: The Power of an HR Budget

14:45 — Gen Z, ChatGPT, and rethinking how we learn

17:00 — Chaos theory, Joker metaphors, and managing AI anxiety

22:00 — Personal stories on authorship, impact, and audience

27:40 — Best career advice: build your well before you’re thirsty

This conversation was recorded live at isolved Connect in Chicago.

The Heroes of HR podcast is a limited series sponsored by isolved. isolved is an HCM platform that modernizes HR, benefits, and payroll across Healthcare, Hospitality, Manufacturing, and more.

You can learn more about isolved here: https://www.isolvedhcm.com/


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