As organizations rapidly integrate AI into everyday work, are leaders paying enough attention to the one capability machines can’t fully replace—human judgment?

In this episode of Talent in the Age of AI, host Wendy Wiseman sits down with Larry Durham to explore a growing challenge he calls The Judgment Void.

Larry explains how organizations are increasingly using AI to perform early-career and task-based work that once helped employees develop critical thinking and decision-making skills over time. While AI creates opportunities for efficiency and scale, it also raises an important concern: if machines are handling foundational work, how will future leaders develop the judgment needed to make high-stakes decisions?

The conversation dives into the long-term impact AI may have on talent pipelines, leadership readiness, and organizational capability. Larry challenges HR and learning leaders to step back and think beyond technology adoption, focusing instead on how work itself is changing.

Together, Wendy and Larry discuss why this moment presents both a risk and an opportunity for organizations willing to intentionally develop human judgment alongside AI capability.

This episode is the first in a three-part series exploring leadership, AI adoption, and the future of human capability at work.

Episode Timestamps;

00:28 Meet Larry Durham - President, St. Charles Consulting Group

02:51 Why Judgment Matters

04:29 Apprenticeship Disappears

06:21 Regulators And Risk

10:42 Rethinking L&D Models

14:45 Sponsor Break

16:39 How To Get Ahead

18:33 AI Inference Isn’t Judgment

20:53 Rebuilding Judgment Formation

31:40 Talent Consortium Approach

35:23 Wrap Up And Next Steps

36:11 Closing Credits

Credits:

Connect with the Guest, Larry Durham:

Website: https://stccg.com/

Connect with the Talent in the Age of AI;

Website: https://talentintheageofai.com/

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Production: What's Good Productions: (https://whatsgood-productions.com/)