243 - Rethinking Org Design in the AI Era: Alex Buder Shapiro, Chief People Officer at Jasper

Alex Buder Shapiro, Chief People Officer at Jasper, joined us on The Modern People Leader. We talked about how AI is reshaping organizational design, the shift from early-career jobs to early-career talent, and how HR teams can lead through experimentation and workflow innovation. ----  Sponsor Links: 🔗 Get in contact with the Career Sandwich team. 🔗 Request a demo of ChartHop. MPL Links: 🔗 Buy your ticket for MPL Live New York. 🔗 Go sign up for MPL Build. ----  (11:11) First AI Workflow: School Calendar Automation (12:53) What Jasper Does & Their AI-First Approach (16:44) AI Adoption vs Transformation Across the Org (18:29) Provocation: HR Isn’t Leading—It’s Catching Up (21:25) The Lightbulb Moment: AI's Workflow Implications (23:21) Induced Demand & Why Work Will Expand, Not Shrink (26:33) Efficiency Creates Possibility: Redefining Roles (28:31) Reskilling at Scale & Changing Comfort Processes (31:09) Why Top-Down Reskilling Won’t Be Fast Enough (33:34) Real-Time Learning Through LLMs (34:45) Platform Gaps in Vibe Coding & Training (35:49) Experimentation Culture at Jasper (37:22) Prototyping in EPD vs People Teams (38:40) Early Prototypes in L&D: Podcasts, LM Tools, Interactive Sites (40:40) How Jasper Unblocked HR to Prototype with AI (43:45) Entry-Level Work Is Changing, Not Disappearing (45:17) Learning, Not Losing: The Early-Career Advantage (47:36) Literacy, Writing & Resistance to New Tech: Historical Parallels (49:22) Soccer Formations & Reimagining Org Design (50:45) Beyond the Pyramid: Nimble, Equally Leveled Teams(51:32) Rapid Fire Questions ----  📬 Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get episode recaps 💡 Follow The Modern People Leader on LinkedIn 😊 Follow Daniel Huerta on LinkedIn 😊 Follow Stephen Huerta on LinkedIn