Operational pressures and short reporting cycles prevent employees from having the necessary time to fundamentally reinvent their processes with AI.
Leading companies are merging functions like HR and IT to create unified business enablement, though most still prioritize efficiency over the human experience.
While AI can automate documented formal processes, there's a significant risk of accidentally eliminating the unwritten, informal human interactions that are the true operating system of a business.
HR teams are often paralyzed by an overwhelming number of new tools and pilots, leading to a failure to implement solutions and gain value from them.
Agentic AI will level the playing field for sourcing, forcing the recruitment function to evolve from 'talent acquisition' to 'talent architects' focused on broader business outcomes.
As companies reach 'peak headcount' and shrink, the people function must shift from filling roles to designing hybrid human-AI solutions that achieve business goals.
Over-optimizing for efficiency creates brittle systems, so organizations must intentionally build resilience and human adaptability to handle unexpected, high-variance situations.
True high performance comes not from raising your peak, but from lowering your tolerance for failure and learning to bounce back quickly from adversity.
To encourage AI adoption, allow teams to retain the time they save through automation and reinvest it in higher-value strategic work.
A quick-fire round covers preferences on hybrid work, skills-first hiring, workforce size, and the nature of company culture.
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Ismaning, Germany
39:34Rudi Bauer & Jan Tegze
27:06Rudi Bauer, Hung Lee & Eva-Maria Meyr
32:16Rudi Bauer & Robindro Ullah
33:36Rudi Bauer & Christian Wastlhuber
41:49Rudi Bauer & Péter Töpler
35:11Rudi Bauer & Meghan Hennessy
32:04Rudi Bauer & Vanessa Raath
34:58Rudi Bauer & Mahmoud Aly
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Jobs that call for the skills explored in this talk.
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