People Managing People Why Your AI Strategy Needs HR From Day Zero
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Dec 16, 2025 Tim Fisher, Head of AI at Black & White Zebra, explores the pivotal role of HR in AI adoption, challenging the stereotype of HR as merely compliance enforcers. He highlights that AI transformation is fundamentally a human change issue, not just a tech rollout. Fisher emphasizes the crucial need for HR to be involved from the start, urging organizations to address the significant gaps between HR and tech leaders. He discusses practical challenges companies face, the importance of leadership alignment, and the necessity for ongoing transformation in order to succeed by 2026.
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AI Is A Human Transformation
- Organizations treat AI like a tech rollout, but it's primarily a massive human change at scale.
- Tim Fisher says HR uniquely understands how to manage that level of human transformation.
From Outsider To HR Appreciator
- Tim Fisher admits he assumed HR were just compliance cops before working closely with them.
- That misperception changed after he saw HR's strategic value firsthand.
Bring HR And Tech Together
- Get HR leaders much closer to technology leaders immediately.
- Tim Fisher says building that relationship will unlock many downstream benefits.