Is The HR Profession As We Know It Doomed? In A Way The Answer is Yes.
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Apr 26, 2025
This discussion dives into the urgent need for companies to adopt AI to boost productivity, especially within HR. It highlights the rapid transformation of the HR field, suggesting that traditional practices may be at risk. Corporate Learning is also facing upheaval, as outdated publishing models are phased out. The conversation encourages rethinking training strategies, emphasizing personalized coaching powered by AI. Major conferences are on the horizon, promising valuable insights and networking opportunities for those ready to embrace this evolution.
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AI Threatens Traditional HR
AI implementation poses a real threat to the traditional HR profession.
The HR department will likely look very different within 2-3 years due to AI integration.
volunteer_activism ADVICE
Prioritize Problem Over Tool
Prioritize solving actual business problems over simply adopting AI tools.
Focus investments on tools that address critical company challenges to secure funding.
insights INSIGHT
Personal AI Assistants for Employees
Every employee will soon have their own personalized large language model assistant.
These personal AI assistants will integrate workflows and data seamlessly for diverse roles.
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In this week’s podcast I discuss my meetings with many companies in Europe about “how to rapidly implement AI” to improve productivity and scale. And every single company is being asked to do this now, some with very mature and sophisticated plans.
So the first question I ask is “how do we implement AI to improve the productivity of the company” and then “how do we also do this within HR?” Well now that we’re a few years into this journey, the land mines and lessons are becoming clear, and I discuss what’s going on in some of the largest companies in the world. And yes, everything you know about HR itself is changing at a rate I’ve never seen before.
The second question I discuss is “what is about to happen to Corporate Learning?” And in this case I walk through the large session I had at the L&D Tech conference and how radically L&D is about to be revolutionized. A big research report on this is coming soon, but in the podcast I discuss “the end of the publishing model” in L&D, and all that implies.
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Come see us at Unleash Vegas or Irresistible over the next few weeks, and next week I’ll cover some more in-depth case studies I want to share.
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“AI threatens the HR profession as we know it.”
“Every employee is going to have their own large language model.”
“We need to redesign the work to use AI.”
“The AI push is forcing us to clean up our roles.”
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