Letter from the guest editor: Your HR AI roadmap
Learn how HR leaders are using AI and how you can equip your workforce with the skills they need for the future.
Senior Principal, Talent Strategy
Guild
In the latest Compass by Guild, we’re exploring the technology profoundly shifting how many of us think about and do our work: AI.
Since the public release of ChatGPT in November 2022, generative AI’s capabilities around creativity and productivity have captured people’s attention, imagination — and yes, even fears — in plenty of arenas, including the workplace.
While there’s no shortage of curiosity and predictions about the impact of AI on the future of work, I have to say that I’m a bit disappointed by the conversations I’ve been having with HR executives about their approach to this technology — specifically in the way they’re thinking about upskilling their workforce for what’s to come.
Many leaders are deferring to the rest of the business to figure out AI upskilling, but let’s be honest: Deferring to the business to pull together the first rounds of AI skilling is a recipe for HR irrelevance.
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I’m reminded of when the CEO of a company I worked for said that our highest priority was “digital transformation,” stirring a debate about what exactly that meant.
Years later, I can speak from experience: It was the HR leaders in the organization who embraced “digital,” defined it, created upskilling programs, and realigned staff who survived the change the business went through over the next few years.
Now, it’s our turn to do the same with AI.
In this collection, you’ll find real-world examples of HR leaders using AI, data about AI usage in different industries, arguments for prioritizing durable skills and human potential, and my recommendations on ways to build an AI skilling roadmap within your organization.
Feel free to reach out and let me know what you think. I look forward to hearing your thoughts!
Matthew J. Daniel
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