Hiring Humans, Not Roles

Edan Haddock - Total Talent · Jul 31, 2026 · 17m · transcript

For decades, organisations have been built around job descriptions, career pathways, salary bands and job architecture. But what happens when work evolves faster than we can redesign the roles themselves?

In this episode, Edan Haddock explores a provocative question for the Workplace 5.0 era. What if the future isn't about hiring into predefined roles at all? As AI becomes part of our teams and human capability becomes the true competitive advantage, do traditional job architecture, remuneration frameworks and career pathways still reflect the way work gets done?

This episode challenges…