Episode 599 - The 2026 State of TA report with Jo Vo Artwork

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Episode 599 - The 2026 State of TA report with Jo Vo

August 24, 2026 • Craig & Lauren • Season 8 • Episode 599

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This week on Tapod, we catch up with the brilliant Jo Vohland, Director, Curator & Event Host from ATC. And today we are all about the 2026 State of TA Report. With almost 250 Talent Teams contributing to a 41-page report and 18,000 data cells. It is chock-full of information from maturity levels, to the impact of AI, to what’s driving industry-wide redundancies, to restructuring, to skills, advisory, tasks and outcomes, to what a future talent function may look like. This episode gives you a blueprint to model your Talent Strategy on. And don’t forget ATC ‘Uplift’ is very close – get your tickets now!

Thanks to Paradox for partnering with us for this episode.