The Next Era of AI In this episode of the Future of Work podcast, Michelle Dawkins, VP of Solution Consulting at Workday, sits down with Joel Hellermark, Workday's Chief AI Officer, to unpack the real stakes of the enterprise AI revolution. They discuss why simply putting a co-pilot at every desk won't deliver the ROI companies expect, and how the era of constant prompting is already resetting. The two dive into: The Copy-Paste Economy: Why employees are losing over 7 hours a week replicating data between disparate systems, and how context-aware AI fixes it. From Co-Pilots to Proactive Agents: The shift from reactive tools that wait for human prompts to autonomous agents that serve up insights and actions 24/7. Lawful vs. Lawless AI: The hidden risks of "rogue" agents that don't understand corporate policy or permissions, and why AI must be built directly into your underlying data rails. The 5 Levels of Autonomy: How knowledge work is following the self-driving car trajectory, moving from simple autocomplete to self-improving, autonomous enterprises. Embracing AI Maximalism: Why business leaders need to be "AGI pilled" and over-index on widespread experimentation rather than getting stuck in rigid, old-paradigm ROI pilots. Please subscribe and follow us: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/workdayvideo Podbean: https://workdaypodcasts.podbean.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/workday/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/workday/

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