Workplace wild west: AI, return-to-office, and DEI shifts with Jaime Klein

Modern Mentor

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Careers, Business, Management

4.3 • 720 Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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In the final installment of our series of shorter form interviews, Rachel speaks with Jaime Klein, founder and CEO of Inspire HR. They dive into the transformative impact of AI on HR practices, drawing parallels to the early adoption phase of the internet. Jaime shares insights into how companies are integrating AI at various levels, from applicant screening to employee engagement. They also discuss the shift back to in-office work, DEI initiatives, and strategies for personal and professional resilience during these rapidly evolving times.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Rachel Cook, your modern mentor. I'm the founder of Lead Above Noise, where we help
0:23.8	leaders activate performance without burning out their teams or themselves. If your team could use a boost
0:29.8	of inspiration and action, I'd love to support you with a workshop or a program or a keynote.
0:36.0	You can find out more about me and my work at leadabovenoise.com.
0:40.3	So we're back with the fourth in our four-part summer short interview series. And today's guest
0:46.0	is Jamie Klein. Jamie is the founder and CEO of InspireHR, which is the HR leader's go-to partner
0:53.6	for interim senior experts on strategy and
0:56.5	execution. And in this quick hit conversation, we talk about some of the workplace trends
1:01.4	that Jamie's seeing these days. We cover AI, return to office, and what's happening with DEI,
1:07.5	and more. So enjoy this conversation with Jamie Klein. So Jamie Klein, founder and CEO of
1:15.3	InspireHR, welcome to the Modern Mentor Podcast. Thank you for being with me today. Oh my gosh,
1:20.5	Rachel, thank you so much for asking me to join. It's my pleasure. So you and I have known
1:25.2	each other now for quite a long time. We crossed paths back in the day when I was still working full time and you were doing this crazy to me independent thing. And you were one of those women who really helped pave the path for me. And so thank you. You have been doing this now. So you run InspireHR and you have been doing this for, I want to say 19 years. Is that correct?
1:48.1	Yeah, this is our 19th, which is crazy because I'm still 28. So I'm not sure how that math works out.
1:53.0	When in fifth grade, you started up here. We were also impressed.
1:58.8	Why I wanted to talk to you today, Jamie, besides just adoring and respecting you generally,
2:05.0	is so you run this organization where you, yourself, and the amazing swath of experts that you have on staff
2:13.7	are going into lots of different organizations these days and working in the realm of HR,
2:18.8	whether it is project-based, engagement-based, you know, whether you're covering somebody's leave.
2:24.8	But the point being, you are just inside of so many different companies and you're seeing
2:29.8	things and you're hearing things and the workplace feels like the absolute wild west these days. And so
2:35.5	I wanted to pick your brain just about what you're seeing and what you're hearing and what's really
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