AI is no longer a future trend. It is actively reshaping the way work happens across every function, team, and industry. For HR, this moment presents a rare and urgent opportunity. The role is no longer about driving marginal gains in efficiency or optimizing processes around the edges. It is about reimagining how people grow, lead, and thrive in a world where intelligent systems are embedded into every part of the employee experience.

HR has the mandate to lead this transformation—not just to adapt to change, but to shape it. That means designing new models of learning, performance, and leadership that align human potential with the speed and scale of AI.ctical insights on how to turn AI-driven transformation into durable, everyday value.

Discussion points

Moving beyond automation and start using AI to scale culture, processes, and capability.
Discovering the real opportunity for HR to lead enterprise-wide value creation, and what happens if we don’t.
Applying change management strategies to successfully integrate digital teammates into the workforce.

Panelists:

Dave Ulrich, Thought Partner on Human Capability, Founder and Principal, The RBL Group
Jacqui Canney, Chief People and AI Enablement Officer, ServiceNow
Brandon Sammut, Chief People and AI Transformation Officer, Zapier
Girish Ganesan, EVP & Chief People Officer, S&P Global
[Moderated by] Frank Congiu, EVP, Human Capital Strategy and Executive Partnerships, Randstad
[Event Chair]: Chris Rainey, CEO & Co-Founder at HR Leaders

This panel is part of the 2nd Annual Global AI HR Summit 2025. It brought together 100+ world-class speakers across 16 different panels who shared actionable insights, practical takeaways and how they are using AI in HR. View all Sessions:

Panel #1 Watch here: Workforce Innovation in the Age of AI: The CHRO’s New Role
Panel #2 Watch here: Work Re-Architected: Redesigning Jobs, Roles, and Skills in the Age of AI
Panel #3 Watch here: How to Turn Skills into Strategy: Orchestrating Talent, Tech & Marketplaces for Enterprise Impact
Panel #4 Watch here: Reimagining the HR Tech Stack to Power People, Performance, and AI at Scale
Panel #5 Watch here: The Workforce Intelligence Advantage: How to Predict, Plan, and Perform Using People Analytics
Panel #6 Watch here: How Future of Work Executives are Connecting the Dots: Data, Technology and People
Panel #7 Watch here: Re‑Imagining, Re‑Building, Re‑Doing: How to Design Work for Human and AI
Panel #8 Watch here: The Perfect Pair: How Chief HR Officers and Chief AI Officers are Shaping the Future of Work
Panel #9 Watch here: From Transactional to Transformational: The Future of Employee Experience in the AI Era
Panel #10 Watch here: Reimagining Workforce Design: Aligning Human Strengths with AI at Scale
Panel #11 Watch here: Human + Machine: Inside the C-Suite Alliance Re-Architecting Work for the AI Age
Panel #12 Watch here: Intuition vs Intelligence: Preserving Culture and the Human Touch in an Algorithmic & Agentic AI World
Panel #13 Watch here: Driving AI Adoption Cross-Functionally Across the Workforce: The AI-Coached Enterprise
Panel #14 Watch here: Humans + AI Agents: The Strategic Transformation of Talent Acquisition
Panel #15 Watch here: Re-Architecting Work at Scale: Redesigning Jobs, Skills, and Organizations for the AI Age
Panel #16 Watch here: The Chief People Officer's Role in Enterprise AI Transformation