Design the Future of Work Before it Designs You with Tom McCarty

Episode notes

The ground keeps shifting under every org chart, and AI is speeding up the tempo. We sit down with Tom McCarty , CEO of OrgChart , to map a practical path to an AI-ready organization that doesn’t lose sight of people. Tom has helped thousands of companies redesign during M&A, hypergrowth, and downturns, and he shares why most reorgs fail before they start: leaders don’t have a single, live view of their workforce. If your headcount model lives in a dusty spreadsheet, you’re guessing, not planning. We dig into the steady state of uncertainty that now defines workforce planning and how to build credible what-if scenarios. Tom breaks down the data foundation - connecting HRIS, ATS, LMS, performance systems, and acquisitions into one trusted source - so you can see roles, skills, critical talent, and team dependencies in real time. From there, we explore where AI agents fit in the org chart, how to design for complementarity rather than replacement, and why judgment and empathy still decide the final call. Visualizing teams with real people, not just cells, helps leaders avoid costly mistakes like cutting the quiet expert who holds a process together. Trust is the next frontier.

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