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RecFest US 2026

Automation owns the middle. The advisor owns both ends.

Fifteen years of “talent advisor” talk, and it still hasn’t happened. Johnny Campbell’s RecFest US 2026 talk maps what changes once AI clears the 62 steps in the middle of every hire, and the two ends that stay human. Get the full deck.

  • Why fifteen years of advisory training never moved the needle, and the one condition nobody funds.
  • The barbell, mapped: the 62 steps AI takes off your plate, and the 18 that must stay human.
  • The three C’s an advisor needs before the business will actually listen.

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