How to attract top talent 🥇

Plus: What happened to the 'AI pause,' and how to make the most of your podcast appearance

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Superior talent is up to eight times more productive, a McKinsey study found.

But how do you find and attract this top talent, especially when you need to fill a position fast?

Let’s discuss.

Today’s agenda:

🤔 How to hire critical thinkers

🤖 Whatever happened to the AI pause?

🎙️ Don’t do this if you get on a podcast

💼 Briefly — our quick news roundup

⏱️ Up & coming

The case for the critical thinker

The typical Q&A structure of job interviews fails to evaluate one of the most important skills, according to a recent piece from Harvard Business Review.

The skill? Critical thinking.

The authors define critical thinking as a “higher-order skill” that involves:

• Gathering information from various sources

• Assessing the credibility

• Determining the relevance

The authors’ research found that the smartest person in the room isn’t the one with the answers, but the one asking the questions.

Executing a critical thinking interview

🤸 Flip the interview:

• Describe a scenario, and explain you are the source of information

• Invite interviewee to start the discovery process and ask questions

Throughout the interview, evaluate the quality of the questions they’re asking and whether the questions help them put the scenario in context.

🤔 The idea isn’t to see if they can solve the problem, but how they come to their conclusions and approach solving the problem.

What happened to an AI pause?

Remember when people like Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak signed an open letter six months ago calling for a pause on AI development?

Well, it didn’t happen.

The letter was shared by the nonprofit Future of Life Institute (FLI). Here’s what Max Tegmark, founder and president of FLI, says has happened since then:

• The greatest success from the letter was to “mainstream the conversation” so more people felt safe to express their concerns about AI’s existential risks

• However, “all the companies are still going full steam ahead and we still have no meaningful regulation in America”

• Tegmark is pushing for an FDA-style agency to enforce AI rules

Tegmark says he can sense “even in private conversations” that tech CEOs truly want a good future with AI.

Make the most of your guest slot

Guest speaking on a podcast has become a growing marketing tool — but not everyone is doing it right.

🎙️ Media relations specialist Natasha Zo recently shared her thoughts for Entrepreneur on the major don’ts of your big moment:

• Don’t be on just any podcast — know your audience

• Don’t go in unprepared — know what you’re going to stay

• Don’t forget a clear call to action — know your “hook”

• Don’t send an assistant to pitch — know your personal approach

A successful guest appearance has the power to boost sales, position yourself as an expert, and build relationships. Use the opportunity wisely.

Briefly

📱 iPhone designer reportedly in talks to build a new AI-centered device

🏡 Mortgage demand drops after rates hit levels not seen since 2000

📚 Google introduces new training courses covering everything from AI principles to hands-on courses

📦 Read Amazon’s full response to FTC antitrust lawsuit — and an interview with the person behind it

🤖 ChatGPT can now “see, hear, and speak” with new features

Up & Coming

Despite Fed officials indicating that rate hikes are near an end, JPMorgan Chase CEO says interest rates could potentially move up as high as 7% to squash inflation.

The benchmark note is currently near 4.5%, and may hit 5% before the end of the year.