Employee Development
From Commodity to Competitive Advantage: How to Make AI Work for Your People
How HR leaders use guiding principles, Show & Fail learning, and human judgment to turn AI into an advantage.
October 27, 2026
Managing Organizational Change with Confidence
How HR leaders use guiding principles, Show & Fail learning, and human judgment to turn AI into an advantage.
For decades, HR earned its seat by keeping the organization safe: compliant policies, clean payroll, managed risk. That work still matters. But the expectation has changed. Today’s CEOs and boards want HR to help accelerate the business: hit growth targets, protect margins, and build the leadership capacity to execute strategy. The research reflects the shift. Gartner’s 2026 HR priorities research surveyed 426 CHROs across 23 industries. It found HR leaders rethinking strategic workforce planning around talent strategies that balance today’s performance with long-term goals, closely tied to business impact. Gartner also found that evolving the HR operating model could unlock productivity gains of up to 29%. The opportunity is clear. HR leaders who connect talent decisions to financial outcomes move from support function to strategic partner. Here is how to make that shift, and where the right partner can help. From Cost Center to Value Creator Strategic HR starts with
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