09/03/2026
Season 2 of Built Different: Worktechs Agents of Change wasn't about predicting the future of hiring.
It was about the people building it.
Over nine episodes, we explored what it takes to rethink hiring while AI, customer expectations, and the world of work continue to evolve. Not through easy answers, but through the conversations, tradeoffs, and decisions shaping what's next.
Along the way, a few things became impossible to ignore:
✔️ AI is bigger than a feature story.
✔️ Old hiring assumptions still deserve to be challenged.
✔️ Candidates are already changing the hiring experience.
✔️ Trust has to be designed into every interaction.
✔️ Speed matters even more when scale gives it somewhere to go.
✔️ Connectivity is as much about people as it is technology.
✔️ Strategy has to become visible before teams can build toward it.
✔️ AI adoption depends on people feeling confident enough to learn.
✔️ The business case needs evidence, not hype.
✔️ The future only works if customers have a path to get there.
That's what Season 2 left us with: not all the answers, but a clearer picture of the work ahead.
Read Allyn Bailey's recap, "The 10 Things Built Different Season 2 Made Hard to Ignore," then catch up on every episode of the season: https://bit.ly/4gylYrr