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the impact of unlearning on organizational survival

Discover why unlearning outdated practices is critical for talent strategy, innovation, and driving sustained business performance in the AI era.

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Randstad Advisory Signals from the Edge: this is a dispatch from your colleagues in 2030

As AI accelerates change and shifts workforce expectations in real time, organizations face a widening gap between how work is traditionally designed and how it actually gets done. While businesses often fixate on acquiring new skills, sustainable performance in this disruptive landscape requires a more fundamentally human capacity: the ability to unlearn. Holding onto legacy mindsets and rigid routines blocks innovation and risks organizational survival, with research indicating that 70% of companies risk disappearing by 2030 if they fail to adapt.

This inaugural edition of Signals from the Edge provides a strategic dispatch on how to intentionally prune outdated processes to make space for adaptive behavior. Grounded in neuroscience and behavioral science, the report outlines how unlearning triggers agility, builds strategic resilience, and sharpens business performance across every level of the workforce.  

Explore the complete report below to re-imagine your talent strategy and align your workforce architecture with the demands of a fast-changing market.  

Ready to implement these insights within your team? Talk to a Randstad Advisory expert today.

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Sam has over 20 years of experience in the Talent arena. Most recently as a Head of Talent Acquisition at Barclays Plc. Sam led Professional Hiring globally and has partnered the full portfolio of business areas in Investment Banking, Consumer, Payments and Infrastructure. Sam was also the custodian of the Assessment and Talent Attraction services in addition to being the Accountable Executive for the partnerships with the global RPOs for all permanent and Contingent Worker solutions. She has driven large change programmes through design to embedment, delivering commercial and experiential objectives. Sam has passion for innovation, transformation and differentiation and the bringing together of people, process and technology for improved performance.

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