What happened
Omron, JTB, and Sega Sammy are exploring ways to use AI as a "wall-punching" partner to help managers work through people-related challenges, alongside efforts to streamline HR tasks using interview video and transcript data.
Why it matters
Managers reportedly find people-facing duties like developing and motivating subordinates especially difficult amid rising workloads and a shortage of candidates, making AI support for these tasks a potential relief valve.
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Managers are said to be in short supply as their burdens grow, and the part of the role they find hardest is the human side — developing and motivating the people who report to them. That framing explains why the tools being explored are not aimed at replacing judgment but at giving managers a place to think out loud.
Two distinct approaches appear in the body. One is operational: using recorded interview video and transcripts to make HR work more efficient. The other is more personal — having managers use AI as a "wall-punching" partner, essentially a sparring partner for working through their concerns. Omron, JTB, and Sega Sammy are named as companies exploring these paths, though the efforts are presented as still being probed rather than settled practice.
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