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Trend #1

THE AI ADVANTAGE—LEADING IN A FOREVER-CHANGED WORLD OF WORK

The benefit of elevating AI’s impact on the business is enormous. Companies that effectively embrace AI are poised to lead in this new era, while those that resist risk being left behind. As custodians of people data, HR is poised to lead the AI revolution internally by enabling insights at scale through AI-enabled analytics.

"A people analytics team cannot sit on the sidelines while AI is poised to transform the world of HR. If you don't embrace AI to surface insights and support data-driven decisions, you may miss out on the ability to scale decision intelligence. Companies that fail to integrate AI could risk being left behind, as their ability to manage key talent and make informed decisions may diminish. Without AI, you remain reactive, unable to fully leverage the vast amount of workforce data available to drive retention, engagement, and performance."

Eric Bokelberg, Senior Manager and Visier Alliance Leader, Workforce Analytics, Deloitte Consulting

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Trend #2

BUILDING THE BACKBONE—LAYING DOWN THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR AI TRANSFORMATION

As AI continues to transform the business landscape, having a flexible, scalable, secure infrastructure is essential. HR and business leaders urgently need real-time insights to make the best organizational decisions. While AI tools make access to insights more accessible than ever, these insights are only as good as the data infrastructure behind them.

Investing now in platforms for complex data integration and advanced analytics enables companies to fully leverage AI, supporting both current initiatives and future innovations. Delaying this investment could mean falling behind in the rapidly advancing AI economy.

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"The biggest challenge facing HR in the next five years is future-proofing itself while it does the same for the organization. We’ll need to lead the way in data, AI, and new ways of working to keep up with rapidly declining talent availability.”

Mark Smith, Insights & Workforce Optimization Executive Leader, Providence Health

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Trend #3

LEADERSHIP SYNERGY—ALIGNING TALENT STRATEGY WITH TECH INNOVATION

AI transformation demands more than technology upgrades; it requires alignment across the C-suite. Leaders must unite to craft a vision that integrates AI into both technological infrastructure and talent strategy.

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Trend #4

WORKFORCE AGILITY—ORCHESTRATING A HUMAN AND DIGITAL WORKFORCE

The new world of work will be dominated by the demand for both AI skills and increased productivity—a tough combination to satisfy during a labor shortage.

Trend #5

THE HUMAN ELEMENT—ELEVATING EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN AN AI WORLD

Incorporating employee performance into the AI transformation conversation is essential for organizational success, while also ensuring people remain central to the organization’s strategy.

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