People and Culture Leadership in the AI Age: What Matters Now?
AI is starting to reshape work, leadership, capability and organisational culture in real time. For senior People and Culture leaders, the question has shifted from whether AI matters to what this transformative moment now requires of their role.
This AI CoLab session brings together senior people and culture leaders across sectors to share what they are seeing, where they are getting traction, and where the real challenges are. It is designed for CPOs, CHROs, COOs, Heads of HR, and others leading workforce, culture and organisational change.
As organisations integrate AI in ways that serve communities, customers and the public good, people and culture leaders have a pivotal role to play.
That includes:
translating AI ambition and strategy into workforce capability
shaping cultures that enable thoughtful adoption
supporting leaders to lead differently
reimagining work practices and structure, not just redesigning tasks or roles
stewarding ethics, trust and inclusion
Session objectives
In this session, we will explore three core questions:
What does organisation-wide AI change demand of people and culture leaders, informed by the challenges and opportunities being encountered?
What knowledge and capabilities do people and culture leaders need to shape ethical, purposeful and productive AI integration across organisations?
How can we strengthen collective learning and capability across the profession in Canberra, including through existing networks and communities of practice?
This will be a facilitated, highly interactive session built around shared experience, practical discussion and cross-sector exchange.
Outcomes
Participants will contribute to and benefit from:
practical insights grounded in real organisational experience
a stronger view of the leadership capabilities this moment demands
early input into a draft capability framework for AI-ready People and Culture leadership
new connections across sectors and professional networks
Facilitators
Dr Jan Anderson is Director Innovation (with Chief AI Officer-equivalent responsibilities) at People Measures. She leads client and employee-focussed ethical AI adoption across the business nationally. She brings over 15 years’ experience in senior people and culture roles, and has provided extensive support to leaders managing complex organisational and digital change across the public sector. This combination provides her with a distinctive perspective on the critical role of CPOs in leading responsible AI change that delivers value for organisations, stakeholders and the wider community.
Chloe Hawcroft, CEO of People Measures, has significant experience working with senior leaders on change in the private (health, energy, financial services) and public sectors. Her people and culture leadership experience within high profile government organisations (Sydney Opera House) and ASX50 companies (AMP and APA Group) has provided her with valuable experience developing corporate functions, developing and implementing corporate strategy, building high performance culture and working diverse stakeholders. In 2020 she co-founded a tech start-up, QOIA, which added to her skillset an understanding of, and networks in the tech start-up market, and innovation in ‘people tech’.
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