HR must disrupt itself first or become irrelevant in the AI era
Human resources leaders must understand the technology as the most powerful lever they have ever had to reimagine human work
WE’VE heard the warnings for years. Artificial intelligence is coming for jobs. Entire functions will vanish. Offices will empty while algorithms hum in the background.
The fear-mongering is loud, the optimism louder: upskill, reskill, rethink how we work. Conferences fill with slides promising a brighter, more productive future.
Yet for all the talk, one uncomfortable truth remains: AI is still overwhelmingly a technology agenda. It is conceived in engineering rooms, funded by chief technology officer budgets, and deployed by teams chasing the next platform or productivity metric.
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