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Yes, AI Is Really Impacting The Job Market. Here’s What To Do.Josh Bersin 在 2025 年末指出,美国就业市场正在出现结构性变化。整体失业率上升至 4.6%,其中应届大学毕业生的失业率接近 10%,成为最受冲击的群体。与此同时,不要求大学学历的岗位持续增长,一线员工的重要性正在被重新定义。更值得关注的是信任问题。Edelman 调研显示,70% 的员工不信任企业关于 AI 裁员的说法,只有 27% 信任 CEO。AI 不只是技术工具,而是一场社会与组织层面的转型。Josh Bersin 强调,AI 并非消灭岗位,而是放大能力。真正的挑战在于,企业是否愿意投资年轻人才,是否能用透明沟通化解 AI 焦虑。
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All year I’ve been studying the employment data and talking with press about the smallish impact of AI on the job market. Most of the slowdown in US jobs, from my data and conversations, has been driven by cost-cutting and general economic uncertainty, not explicit AI job replacement.
Well going into 2026 the situation is changing. The US unemployment rate is now 4.6%, up from 4.2% one year ago (a 9.5% increase) and 3.7% in November of 2023 (a 24.7% increase in two years). These are significant increases, especially considering that unemployment was 3.6% in November of 2022.
This tells me that the US economy is slowing after the post-pandemic “revenge buying” frenzy of 2021 and 2022. And of course US tariffs, inflation, and relatively high interest rates all contribute.
But now let’s look under the covers and break out unemployment into two sub-groups: new college graduates (24 years and younger), and more seasoned workers (age 25-35). Suddenly you see a divergence.
The green line, tenured college graduates, shows a steady unemployment rate below the average. This makes sense: these are experienced employees with skills, judgement, and seasoned decision-making maturity.
The orange line, new college graduates, is trending upward. In fact right now it’s almost 10%, which is the highest it has been since July 2021, the peak recovery from the pandemic. Looking backwards, the only time young college grad unemployment was this high was in 2011, a period of recovery from the 2008 recession. (St. Louis Fed agrees.)
And by the way, to round this out, jobs that do not require a degree are plentiful, roughly 82% of the workforce (up from 79% five years ago). So AI is not only slowing new college grad hiring, it’s also reducing the total number of jobs that require college.
There are three important things happening here:
First, whether it’s correct or not, employers are slowing down entry level hiring. Companies hire new college grads for many reasons (largely for talent pipeline), and many newly minted grads are far more AI-ready than we are. Despite this, it appears to economists that it’s harder than ever for these young folks to compete, so they need to “sell” their AI readiness and learning capacity.
Second, the frontline workforce is becoming much more important. The general automation of white collar work (it’s still early days) and the explosion of jobs in healthcare, social services, retail, repair, entertainment and distribution are making the “college grad” part of the workforce relatively smaller. That’s not to say the money isn’t good, but as a CEO or leader more and more of your energy has to go into supporting these frontline workers. (Read our Frontline-First research for more.)
Third, employees don’t trust CEO talk about jobs. A new study by Edelman shows a massive lack of people’s trust in business leaders (and AI scientists) around AI. This 5,000+ worker survey found that 70% of US workers do not trust statements about AI job reductions. When asked “who you do trust” only 27% of US workers trust the CEO. So we, as leaders, have a trust problem.
Here’s the trust data, and this is all about “Trust in AI’s Value” not “trust in the AI platform.”
AI Is a Socio-Technological Innovation
As I talked about in this week’s podcast, AI is “socio-technological.” It has many societal and sociological impacts.
If only half your employees believe what leaders are telling them, they’re going to hold back, grumble, and resist change. This is why economic insecurity is high: people are concerned about their jobs, careers, and future earnings.
(So AI anxiety could actually lower economic productivity!)
The solution to this is not to ignore the topic, but rather to discuss it openly.
None of us really know how much impact AI will have (I do know most platforms over-sell its value right now), and AI is a little scary.
We have to get comfortable with phones that talk back to us, creepy emails that know our name, avatar-based job interviews, AI-driven career advice, and AI-informed performance reviews. And in 2026 we’re going to see digital twins, robots, and more real-life animations of people at work. (Galileo Learn uses a “Josh Agent” to coach and challenge you as you learn.)
Here’s my advice. If you’re holding back on entry-level hiring you may be making a mistake. Younger staff, who have lived with this technology for more of their lives, are likely to be the ones to most quickly use AI, build with AI, and innovate with its new applications.
People who are tenured tend to see new tools as a way to “speed up what they know how to do.” New employees might just say “why not do it this way?” and bring you the reinvention you need.
Everyone Has The Opportunity To Be A Superworker Now
AI is not a job killer, it’s a big job-leveler.
You, as a younger worker, have access to information and research which was often hoarded by experts. If you’re willing to roll up your sleeves, you can move from “apprentice” to “newly minted expert” quickly. And if you’re looking for a job there’s no excuse for not becoming an expert on the company before you talk with a recruiter.
For senior, more tenured people the same applies. You can’t rely on your experience alone any more: you, too, should be digging in and learning about new technologies, tools, and advancements in your domain.
Employers: Be Careful How You Think
For hiring managers and executives, beware of the “tenure trap” above. Just because a senior person knows your business better, you may find that the young “AI-Guru” right out of college catches up fast. Remember, tenured people may see AI as a way to “do things the old way faster” rather than “rethink the way we work.”
For HR leaders and recruiters, remember one thing. Younger workers may learn faster and ultimately improve productivity at a faster rate (plus they cost less). If you seek out fast-learning AI pioneers they could be your Superworkers of the future.
And for CEOs and other execs, be honest and thoughtful about your plans. All our research points to AI as a “scaling technology,” not one to “eliminate jobs.” The more honest and supportive you are, the faster your employees will adapt and help your company stay ahead.
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12 Opportunities for HR in 2026: Building Organisations That Thrive in the Agentic AgeThe best way to predict the future is to create it (Peter Drucker).
If 2024 and 2025 were years of experimentation with generative and agentic AI, 2026 is the year organisations must scale. CEOs now expect measurable productivity improvements, while CFOs demand disciplined value creation. Yet many organisations remain stuck in pilot mode - not because the technology is immature, but because their operating models, skills and structures cannot absorb AI at scale.
Two-thirds of CEOs say their competitive differentiation depends on having the right expertise in the right roles, supported by reskilling, selective hiring, AI agents and strategic partnerships - the “build, buy, bot, borrow” model. Workforce strategy has become a CEO-level concern.
Introduction: HR’s R&D Moment
In the AI future, HR becomes your R&D department (Ethan Mollick)
For HR, the implications are profound. As Ethan Mollick notes, “In the AI future, HR becomes your R&D department”. HR now sits at the intersection of work redesign, skills strategy, leadership capability, organisational health and AI governance. The choices HR makes in 2026 will determine whether organisations unlock agentic productivity - or continue to experiment with little or no impact.
During the 10+ years I’ve been publishing this annual look at the year ahead, it has evolved from predictions to opportunities, because the forces shaping work now unfold over multiple years – and as Niels Bohr wryly observed:
“Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future!” (Niels Bohr)
As ever, the 2026 opportunities are informed by Insight222 research, conversations with CHROs and people analytics leaders, Digital HR Leaders podcast interviews, and extensive academic and market analysis.
What follows are 10 opportunities for HR to lead with clarity, evidence, purpose and humanity in the agentic age. As in past years, I will again crowdsource two additional opportunities from readers, so please add your ideas in the comments below. An extensive list of references and further reading are also provided at the end of the article.
"When HR is fully engaged, AI adoption accelerates" (Bain, You Can't Spell AI without HR)
THE 12 OPPORTUNITIES FOR HR IN 2026
FIG 1: 12 Opportunities for HR in 2026 - as envisaged by NotebookLM (Source: David Green)
#1. Redesign Work for a Human-AI Operating System
“Agentic AI is already changing the nature of tasks, workflows, and roles — and organisations must redesign work to fully capture the benefits.” (McKinsey, The State of AI in 2025)
Organisations are beginning to move beyond experimentation and rethinking how work is structured. HR should now take the lead in designing the operating system that orchestrates humans and AI agents: clarifying tasks, workflows, decision rights, escalation points and where humans add unique value.
The question is no longer “What can we automate?” but “What is the optimal blend of humans and agents to deliver what we need?” That means starting from outcomes, decomposing work into tasks, and then deciding which should be human-led, AI-augmented or agent-delivered.
A coherent operating system requires clear governance: transparency, ethical boundaries, decision thresholds, and norms for human oversight. With CEOs pushing for productivity and CFOs demanding cost discipline, HR has the opportunity to become the architect of safe, scalable, value-creating AI-enabled work. Organisations that get this right will accelerate productivity, decision quality and speed of execution; those that don’t risk remaining confined to pilot purgatory.
“The future of work will be shaped not by replacing humans, but by redesigning systems to optimise the partnership between people and technology.” (Oliver Wyman Forum, How Generative AI is Changing the Future of Work)
"When you redesign work around human strengths, AI becomes a multiplier, not a threat. The shift is from doing tasks to orchestrating outcomes." (Loren Shuster, Digital HR Leaders podcast episode)
FIG 2: Human Agency Scale (Source: Stanford)
#2. Elevate Strategic Workforce Planning into a Core Enterprise Discipline
“Strategic workforce planning is now a CEO-level priority.” (McKinsey, Workforce Planning in the Age of AI)
Strategic workforce planning (SWP) has been elevated from an HR process to a C-suite priority. CEOs now see talent, skills, automation and cost decisions as central to enterprise performance. Consequently, HR must transform SWP into a dynamic system connecting strategy, skills, cost and organisational design. This involves scenario modelling, internal mobility mapping, talent flow analysis and productivity forecasting- not traditional headcount planning.
The “build, buy, bot, borrow” portfolio CEOs expect HR to manage demands continuous decision-making, not annual cycles. In an agentic environment, demand for skills shifts constantly, and SWP becomes the mechanism that helps leaders decide: When to reskill. When to hire. When to deploy agents. When to partner
Done well, SWP becomes one of the CEO’s sharpest tools for competitiveness, enabling faster reallocation of talent, clearer trade-offs and more confident long-term investment.
"The companies that get ahead build workforce planning into the business rhythm, not as an annual HR exercise but as a strategic capability." (Diane Gherson, Digital HR Leaders Podcast episode)
FIG 3: Five shifts for the future of workforce planning (Source: Deloitte)
3. Build a Dynamic Skills and Capability Ecosystem
“Skills have become the currency of work — and organisations must create systems where people can move fluidly to opportunities.” (World Economic Forum, Global Skills Taxonomy Toolkit)
Static job architectures cannot keep up with the speed of work. HR must build a dynamic skills ecosystem that continuously identifies, updates and deploys skills. AI-driven inference can surface emerging capabilities in real time, replacing outdated self-reporting and static competency models.
This ecosystem supports transparent internal mobility, talent marketplaces, AI-enabled learning and capability building aligned to business priorities, not generic training. Employability shifts toward adaptability, breadth, and the ability to collaborate effectively with AI.
Skills ecosystems reduce external hiring, increase internal mobility and enable transformation at scale. In 2026, skills can become the operating layer of the enterprise, connecting strategy, workforce decisions and learning in one adaptive system.
“High-performing companies are shifting from jobs to skills, and from hierarchy to capability ecosystems that evolve as fast as the business.” (BCG, AI at Work 2025)
"The real reason to become a skills-based organisation is business agility. As strategy shifts and technology evolves, you have to continually understand who you have relative to the work that needs to get done." (Sandra Loughlin, Digital HR Leaders Podcast episode)
FIG 4: Core skills in 2030 (Source: World Economic Forum)
4. Reshape Leadership for the Agentic Age
“As AI changes how work happens, leadership must evolve.” (BCG, As AI Changes Work, CEOs Must Change How Work Happens)
Leadership models built for supervision, expertise and control are no longer fit for a world where agentic AI executes tasks, synthesises information and accelerates decision cycles. In the agentic age, the leader’s job shifts from managing work to orchestrating systems - framing problems, setting direction, governing risk and enabling people and agents to operate together productively.
The research appears to be unequivocal: organisations will only capture the value of AI if leaders develop new muscles- judgement, systems thinking, ethical reasoning, rapid learning, transparency and the ability to steward change at speed. Leaders must become designers of workflows, not reviewers of work; enablers of experimentation, not gatekeepers; role models for adaptability, not certainty.
Psychological safety becomes even more important. As Amy Edmondson notes, people need to feel safe challenging both leaders and AI outputs. Leaders who create clarity, connection and trust see far higher adoption of agentic tools. Insight222 research highlights that the most effective leaders use data and evidence to guide decisions, while staying deeply human in how they communicate and build culture.
Perhaps most importantly, leaders must unlearn. As Katarina Berg puts it, almost everything about how we lead “is being rewritten” - and clinging to legacy behaviours slows the organisation.
The leaders who thrive will be those who embrace humility, curiosity and the mindset of a system architect - guiding people and AI to create outcomes neither could achieve alone.
"Psychological safety extends to AI. People must feel safe to question outputs and raise concerns." (Amy Edmondson, Digital HR Leaders podcast episode)
“Leaders have to get comfortable unlearning…we can’t cling to practices that no longer help people thrive.” (Katarina Berg, Digital HR Leaders podcast episode)
5. Strengthen Organisational Health, Fairness & Inclusion to Unlock Sustainable Performance
“Improving worker wellbeing is a powerful mechanism to raise productivity — potentially by 10–15%.” (McKinsey Health Institute and World Economic Forum, Thriving workplaces: How employers can improve productivity and change lives)
Organisational health, fairness and inclusion are now fundamental economic multipliers. Organisations that prioritise wellbeing consistently outperform peers on innovation, retention, productivity and financial performance.
In the agentic age, these issues become even more central. Poorly implemented AI can increase cognitive load, reduce autonomy and introduce new fairness risks - from biased models to opaque decisioning. HR must embed fairness, safety and inclusion into workflows, hiring systems, performance management and career pathways. Work should be redesigned to reduce friction, protect autonomy and ensure equitable access to opportunity and skills.
Healthy organisations transform faster, retain scarce skills and build the trust required for AI adoption. “Make work better” shouldn’t just be a slogan (as well as the name of a rather excellent blog by Bruce Daisley); it should be a mandatory requirement for sustainable performance.
"Firms that prioritise wellbeing outperform the stock market… delivering higher shareholder returns.” (De Neve et al, Workplace Wellbeing and Firm Performance)
"Fairness matters more than ever. AI raises the stakes, so leaders must communicate clearly and build cultures of accountability." (Patricia Frost, Digital HR Leaders podcast episode)
FIG 5: The relationship between employee wellbeing and firm financial performance (Source: McKinsey, World Economic Forum, De Neve et al)
6. Reimagine Employee Experience for a Hybrid, AI-Augmented Workforce
“Employee experience is now the chief predictor of retention, productivity, and resilience.” (Deloitte, Global Human Capital Trends 2025)
Employee experience (EX) must now be designed as a system, not a collection of disconnected initiatives. Continuous listening, behavioural insights and real-time feedback loops replace annual surveys as the core instrumentation of EX.
AI is reshaping how people collaborate, solve problems and access support - from copilots in productivity tools to agents embedded in HR services. HR’s task is to ensure these tools remove friction, strengthen connection and enhance, rather than erode, meaning and craftsmanship.
Culture is experienced in small moments: team rituals, collaboration norms, clarity of roles, responsiveness of systems. Organisations that redesign EX holistically - across workflows, leadership behaviours, workplace design, technology and hybrid rhythms - should unlock higher levels of resilience, engagement and performance.
In 2026, EX should evolve to become the way strategy is felt by employees day-to-day, not a separate programme.
"Hybrid work isn’t a policy — it’s an ecosystem. You have to design experiences intentionally, otherwise you get the worst of both worlds." (Michael Fraccaro, Digital HR Leaders podcast episode)
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7. Scale People Analytics as a Strategic Intelligence Function
“People analytics must evolve from answering HR questions to shaping enterprise decisions.” (Insight222, People Analytics Trends Report 2025–26)
People analytics is becoming the intelligence system that guides enterprise decision-making. With skills data, workflow telemetry, organisational network insights and AI-usage patterns, organisations can finally understand how work actually happens rather than how it appears in org charts or process maps. This shift - from descriptive reporting to real-time organisational sensing - is fundamental in the agentic age.
To scale effectively, people analytics requires firm foundations: automated data pipelines, integrated skills and work data, responsible governance and the capability to design and run experiments at pace. The aim is not to produce more dashboards (heaven forbid); it is to produce clarity. Which behaviours drive productivity? How is value created in teams? Where are critical skills emerging or eroding? What is the impact of AI agents on work quality, decision velocity and employee experience?
Done well, people analytics becomes a strategic advantage: a system that enables early detection of risk, faster reallocation of talent, and continuous improvement of workflows and leadership behaviours. In an agentic organisation, the winners will be those who learn faster, not merely those who measure faster.
“The link between people data and business performance becomes clear when you can show how engagement and capability lift profitability.” (Sharon Taylor, Digital HR Leaders podcast episode)
"The power of people analytics comes when insight ties directly to business outcomes — performance, customer experience, productivity." (Dawn Klinghoffer, Digital HR Leaders podcast episode)
FIG 6: Insight222 Leading Companies in People Analytics Model (Source: Insight222)
8. Embed Responsible AI & Workforce Governance
“AI cannot scale without trust.” (Gartner, AI in HR: Hits, Misses and Growing Pains)
Trustworthy AI is now a business imperative. As organisations deploy agentic systems across workflows, HR must lead the creation of governance frameworks that ensure fairness, explainability and ethical use of both employee and organisational data. This means setting clear decision boundaries, defining human-in-the-loop oversight, stress-testing models for bias, and establishing transparent communication so employees understand how AI affects opportunities, assessments and career paths.
Effective governance also requires continuous monitoring of outcomes, not just initial risk assessments. Research shows that poorly governed AI erodes trust, increases cognitive load and amplifies inequity - while well-designed systems enhance autonomy, safety and performance at scale.
Governance is not a brake on innovation; it is the guardrail that enables safe acceleration. Organisations with explicit principles, documented guardrails and credible oversight adopt AI faster and with greater employee support. Responsible AI is no longer a peripheral concern - it is a core component of the modern social contract between employer and employee.
“Responsible AI must be embedded from the start, not retrofitted once problems occur.” (TI People, From AI Impact Assessment to Results)
"AI amplifies both good and bad decisions. Governance is not optional — it’s the difference between progress and harm" (Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Digital HR Leaders podcast episode)
9. Elevate the CHRO as Enterprise Co-Pilot in Organisational Reinvention
“The CHRO is now the CEO’s most important partner in navigating the AI transition.” (BCG, What CEOs Should Look For in an AI-First Chief People Officer)
With work, skills, leadership and operating models being redesigned simultaneously, the CHRO has become the CEO’s closest strategic partner. Boards increasingly rely on CHROs to assess leadership capability, organisational health, skills readiness, talent allocation and the workforce implications of AI-driven change.
The modern CHRO blends economics, organisational psychology, AI literacy, systems thinking, culture expertise and data fluency. They shape decisions on business model reinvention, automation strategy, productivity, leadership appointments, capability building and culture renewal.
This is a profound expansion of scope. CHROs who embrace this mandate will become architects of reinvention, not custodians of HR processes. The role is more complex, more consequential and more central to enterprise performance than at any point in the last 50 years – perhaps ever.
“The CHRO has moved from people expert to organisational architect — shaping how work evolves with technology.” (Lynda Gratton, Digital HR Leaders podcast episode)
"CHROs have a unique vantage point: they understand capability, culture and change. That combination is what drives transformation." (Janine Vos, Digital HR Leaders podcast episode)
10. Reinvent the HR Operating Model and HR Capabilities for the Agentic Era
“Traditional structures will not deliver the speed or integration now required.” (Mercer, Operating by Design: Mercer’s new outcome-driven operating model for HR and technology)
HR cannot deliver any of the nine opportunities presented in this article without reinventing itself. Traditional COEs and service-delivery models were designed for times of stability - not today’s world of continuous workflow redesign, dynamic skills needs and pervasive AI.
A modern HR operating model requires:
Cross-functional integration rather than siloed COEs
AI-enabled workflows that automate transactional work
Real-time intelligence from people analytics and skills data
Clear decision rights and owner–accountability for outcomes
HRBPs fluent in AI, economics, data and organisational diagnosis
HR teams need new foundational capabilities: systems thinking, experience design, product mindset, experimentation, behavioural science, data literacy and technical fluency.
Only by reinventing itself can HR enable reinvention everywhere else.
“The HR function of the future blends analytics, experimentation, organisational design and technology fluency. These are no longer optional skills—they are foundational.” (Insight222, People Analytics Trends Report 2025–2026)
“HR leaders need to think of themselves as product managers, where employment is the product. That mindset changes everything — from how we design experiences to how we drive adoption and co-create solutions with our stakeholders." (Tanuj Kapilashrami, Digital HR Leaders podcast episode)
FIG 7: The New HR Operating Model (Source: TI People)
WHAT HR MUST BECOME TO DELIVER THESE OPPORTUNITIES
To realise these ten opportunities, HR must evolve into a more integrated, insight-driven and future-defining organisational function. That transformation requires three essential shifts.
Operate as an integrated enterprise system.
Redesigning work, skills, leadership and employee experience cannot be achieved by isolated teams. Talent, learning, EX, people analytics and HR operations must function as an interconnected platform with shared outcomes, shared intelligence and shared accountability. The problems we are solving - skills scarcity, organisational redesign, leadership transformation and AI integration - are all system problems, and so therefore require system responses.
Become AI-fluent and evidence-led.
HR professionals do not need to become data scientists or engineers, but they must understand AI’s capabilities, risks and organisational implications. AI literacy, data fluency and scientific thinking are now foundational capabilities for those aspiring to successful careers in HR. As work becomes more agentic, judgement improves when paired with evidence - and HR must champion this partnership across the organisation, from frontline decisions to board-level discussions.
“If HR doesn’t understand how AI works, we can’t shape how work gets redesigned. Data and AI literacy isn’t optional anymore — it’s the entry ticket.” (Nickle LaMoreaux, Digital HR Leaders podcast episode)
Build a new capability portfolio.
The future HR function blends organisational psychology, behavioural science, systems thinking, experience design, experimentation, governance, talent economics and transformation leadership. These capabilities enable HR to redesign workflows, govern AI ethically, accelerate skill building and orchestrate complex, multi-year change.
In short, HR must become the function that designs, enables and accelerates organisational reinvention - not merely responds to it.
“The best HR teams are running experiments constantly. It’s not about having all the answers — it’s about learning faster than the organisation around you.” (Thomas Otter, Digital HR Leaders podcast episode)
CONCLUSION: HR'S MOMENT OF MAXIMUM INFLUENCE
2026 is a defining year. Organisations are no longer debating whether AI will reshape work - they are debating how fast, how safely and how humanely. That places HR at the centre of enterprise strategy in a way we have not seen in decades.
These opportunities are not tasks - they are capabilities to build. They demand a more integrated, experimental, analytical and courageous HR function. Some will challenge long-held assumptions. Most will stretch HR beyond its comfort zone.
But the prize is meaningful. Organisations that combine agentic technology with human judgement and care will outperform those relying on technology alone. HR—with its unique position at the intersection of people, work and strategy—holds the key for how organisations adapt, thrive and unlock value in the agentic age.
This is HR’s moment of maximum influence.
The question is not whether HR is ready — but whether we will seize the opportunity...
CROWDSOURCING: HELP SHAPE THE FINAL TWO OPPORTUNITIES
Each year, the best ideas come from this community. The challenges and innovations transforming HR rarely originate from a single company - they emerge from the everyday work of practitioners across industries.
So, once again, I’m opening up the final two opportunities to you.
If you were to add one opportunity HR must focus on in 2026, what would it be—and why?
It could be something emerging in your organisation, a challenge I have under-discussed in the first ten opportunities, or a shift you believe is coming faster than most expect.
Share your ideas in the comments. I’ll synthesise the strongest contributions into two additional opportunities - #11 and #12 - in an update of this article in the New Year.
Together, let’s shape the agenda for HR in 2026.
REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
The following resources informed the 2026 opportunities and are all recommended reading (or listening!) for readers (Please note some resources informed more than one opportunity for in the interests of brevity have only been listed once):
Introduction: HR’s R&D Moment
PwC, 28th Annual Global CEO Survey (2025) | IBM Institute for Business Value, CEO Study: Five Mindshifts to Supercharge Business Growth (2025) | World Economic Forum (Attilio Di Battista, Sam Grayling, Ximena Játiva, Till Alexander Leopold, Ricky LI, Shuvasish Sharma, and Saadia Zahidi), Future of Jobs Report (2025) | Accenture (Karalee Close and Kestas Sereiva), Reinventing enterprise models in the age of generative AI (2025) | Ethan Mollick, One Useful Thing (Blog) | Jason Averbook, Now to Next (Blog) | Wharton and GBK Collective (Jeremy Korst, Stefano Puntoni and Prasanna Tambe), Accountable Acceleration: Gen AI Fast-Tracks Into the Enterprise (2025) | Bain (Vincent Greco, Ph.D and John Hazan), You Can't Spell AI without HR: The Surprising Secret to Scale (2025) | Peter Hinssen and David Green ?? - Uncertainty as an Opportunity: HR’s Role in Shaping the Future of Work (Digital HR Leaders podcast episode)
Opportunity 1 (Redesign Work for a Human–AI Operating System)
McKinsey Quantum Black (Alex Singla, Alexander Sukharevsky, Lareina Yee, Michael Chui, Bryce Hall and Tara Balakrishnan), The State of AI in 2025: Agents, Innovation and Transformation (2025) | Microsoft Work Trends, 2025: The Year the Frontier Firm is born (2025) | Kathleen Hogan - Becoming a Frontier Firm: Orchestrating Microsoft’s Next Transformation in the Age of AI | Deloitte (Kyle Forrest, Chetan Jain, Greg Vert, Franz Gilbert, Arthur Mazor, Simona Spelman, Bhawna Bist, Derek Polzien), HR Reimagined (2025) | McKinsey ( Alexander Sukharevsky, Alexis Krivkovich, Arne Gast, Arsen Storozhev, Dana Maor, Deepak Mahadevan, Lari Hamalainen, and Sandra Durth), The agentic organization: Contours of the next paradigm for the AI era (2025) | Oliver Wyman Forum (Ana Kreacic, Amy Lasater-Wille, Lucia Uribe, Ravin Jesuthasan, CFA, FRSA, John Romeo, and Simon Luong), How Generative AI Is Changing The Future Of Work (2025) | Ravin Jesuthasan, CFA, FRSA, Want AI-Driven Productivity? Redesign Work (2025) | McKinsey Global Institute (Lareina Yee, Anu Madgavkar, Sven Smit, Alexis Krivkovich, Michael Chui, María Jesús Ramírez Larraín and Diego A. Castresana Bao), Agents, robots, and us: Skill partnerships in the age of AI (2025) | Loren I. Shuster and David Green ??, How LEGO Integrates People, Places and Culture (Digital HR Leaders podcast, 2024) | Dave Ulrich, Talent Advantage = AI (Artificial Intelligence) * HI (Human Ingenuity): A Formula for Business and HR Leaders (2025) | McKinsey (Sandra Durth, Asmus Komm, and Charlotte Seiler), HR’s transformative role in an agentic future (2025) | Stanford (Yijia Shao, Humishka Zope, Yucheng Jiang, Jiaxin Pei, David Nguyen, Erik Brynjolfsson, Yang Diyi), Future of Work with AI Agents (2025)
Opportunity 2 (Elevate Strategic Workforce Planning into a Core Enterprise Discipline)
McKinsey (Neel Gandhi, Sandra Durth, and Vincent Bérubé, Charlotte Seiler, Kritvi Kedia and Randy Lim), The Critical Role of Strategic Workforce Planning in the Age of AI (2025) | Deloitte (Susan Cantrell, Russell Klosk (智能虎), Zac Shaw, Kevin Moss, Christopher Tomke, and Michael Griffiths), The Future of Workforce Planning (2025) | Ross Sparkman and David Green ??, How to Influence Business Strategy Through Workforce Planning, (Digital HR Leaders podcast, 2025) | David Edwards, The Strategic Workforce Planning Handbook (2026) | Gartner (Maggie Schroeder-O’Neal and Jonah Shepp), 3 Steps to Initiate a Strategic Workforce Plan (2024) | PwC, Saratoga Annual HR & Workforce Benchmarking Report (2025) | Diane Gherson, Lynda Gratton and David Green ?? - The Key Role of HR In Successfully Integrating a Blended Workforce (Digital HR Leaders podcast, 2024)
Opportunity 3 (Build a Dynamic Skills and Capability Ecosystem)
World Economic Forum (Neil Allison , Ximena Játiva, and Aarushi Singhania), Global Skills Taxonomy Adoption Toolkit: Defining a Common Skills Language for a Future-Ready Workforce (2025) | Lisa K. Simon, How Much Is a Skill Worth? (2025) | BCG (Vinciane Beauchene, Sylvain Duranton, Nipun Kalra, and David Martin), AI at Work 2025: Momentum Builds, But Gaps Remain (2025) | World Economic Forum ( Mario Di Gregorio, Genesis Elhussein, Ximena Játiva, Saadia Zahidi), New Economy Skills: Unlocking the Human Advantage (2025) | Amy Baxendale and David Green ??, How Arcadis is Building a Skills Powered Organisation (Digital HR Leaders podcast, 2025), Sandra Loughlin, PhD and David Green ??, Building a Skills-Based Organisation: Lessons from a 30-Year Journey(Digital HR Leaders podcast, 2024)
Opportunity 4 (Reshape Leadership for the Agentic Age)
BCG (Vinciane Beauchene, Orsolya Kovacs-Ondrejkovic and David Martin), As AI Changes Work, CEOs Must Change How Work Happens (2025) | Gartner, Top 3 Strategic Priorities for Chief HR Officers (2025) | Rebecca Hinds, PhD and Bob Sutton, The 5 AI Tensions Leaders Need to Navigate (2025) | Katarina Berg and David Green ??, The New CHRO-CEO Partnership: Leading with Insight and Humanity (Digital HR Leaders podcast, 2025)
Opportunity 5 (Strengthen Organisational Health, Fairness & Inclusion to Unlock Sustainable Performance)
McKinsey Health Institute and World Economic Forum (Barbara Jeffery, Brooke Weddle, Jacqui Brassey, PhD, MA, MAfN ?️? ?? (née Schouten) and Shail Thaker) - Thriving workplaces: How employers can improve productivity and change lives (2025) | Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, Micah Kaats and George Ward, Workplace Wellbeing and Firm Performance (2024) | Erin Meyer and David Green ?? - How to Bridge Cultures and Lead Global Teams for Success (Digital HR Leaders podcast episode, 2025) | Patricia Frost, Ruslan Tovbulatov, and David Green ??, The AI Pivot: Seagate’s Workforce Transformation in the Age of AI (Digital HR Leaders podcast, 2025)
Opportunity 6 (Reimagine Employee Experience for a Hybrid, AI-Augmented Workforce)
Deloitte (Susan Cantrell, David Mallon, Kevin Moss, Nicole Scoble-Williams GAICD, and Yves Van Durme), 2025 Global Human Capital Trends (2025) | Brian Elliott, Nick Bloom and Prithwiraj Choudhury, Hybrid Work Is Not the Problem — Poor Leadership Is (2025) | Michael Fraccaro and David Green ??, How Mastercard is Using AI to Drive Employee Success and Leadership Growth(Digital HR Leaders podcast, 2024)
Opportunity 7 (Scale People Analytics as a Strategic Intelligence Function)
Insight222 (Madhura Chakrabarti, PhD, Heidi Binder-Matsuo, Jay Dorio, and Jonathan Ferrar) Navigating AI & People Analytics from Ambition to Action: People Analytics Trends Report 2025–2026 (Available from January 15, 2026) | Thomas Hedegaard Rasmussen, Mike Ulrich, and Dave Ulrich, Moving People Analytics From Insight to Impact (2023) | Cole Napper, The Tree of Value (2025) | Dawn Klinghoffer and David Green ??, How Microsoft Uses People Data to Shape Flexible Working That Helps Teams Thrive (Digital HR Leaders podcast, 2025) | Amy Coleman, Flexible work update (Microsoft, 2025) | Sharon Taylor, Jaco Van Vuuren and David Green ??, Digitising HR for 55,000 Employees: Lessons from Standard Bank (Digital HR Leaders podcast, 2024)
Opportunity 8 (Embed Responsible AI & Workforce Governance)
Gartner (Helen Poitevin), AI in HR: Hits, Misses & Growing Pains (2025) | TI People, From AI Impact Assessment to Results (2025) | Amy Edmondson and David Green ??, How Learning to Fail Can Help People and Organisations to Thrive (Digital HR Leaders podcast, 2024) | Dr Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic and David Green ?? - Why Authenticity Is Overrated — and What Great Leaders Do Instead (Digital HR Leaders podcast, 2025)
Opportunity 9 (Elevate the CHRO as Enterprise Co-Pilot in Organisational Reinvention)
BCG (Julie Bedard and David Martin), Strategy and Soft Skills: What CEOs Should Look For in an AI-First Chief People Officer (2025) | Josh Bersin, The Pivotal Role Of Chief HR Officer in AI Transformation (2025) | Josh Bersin and Kathi Enderes, Secrets Of The High Performing CHRO (2025) | Eric Anicich and Dart Lindsley, Reimagining Work as a Product (2024) | Dave Ulrich, Dick Beatty, and Patrick Wright, The HR Inflection Points: What’s Next for HR and How to Respond (2025) | Janine Vos and David Green ??, The CHRO’s Playbook: How to Build an Agile and Data-Driven HR Function (Digital HR Leaders podcast, 2025)
Opportunity 10 (Reinvent the HR Operating Model and HR Capabilities for the Agentic Era)
Mercer (Emily Liddle, Jim Scully, Alexandra Zea, Jonathan Gordin, David Mitchell, Kristin Rhebergen and JESS VON BANK), Operating by Design: Mercer’s new outcome-driven operating model for HR and technology (2025) | McKinsey (Asmus Komm, Fernanda Mayol, Neel Gandhi, Sandra Durth, and Dr. Jasmin Kiefer), A new operating model for people management: More personal, more tech, more human (2025) | Volker Jacobs, AI is Reshaping the HR Operating Model: Here's What 15 Leading Companies Discovered (2025) | Volker Jacobs and David Green ??, How AI is Reshaping the HR Operating Model (Digital HR Leaders podcast, 2025) | Tanuj Kapilashrami, Ravin Jesuthasan, CFA, FRSA, and David Green ??, How to Build the Skills-Powered Organisation (Digital HR Leaders podcast, 2024)
What HR Must Become to Deliver These Opportunities
Jacqui Canney and Brandon Roberts, How to make AI work for people: A playbook for HR and business leaders (2025) | Insight222 (Naomi Verghese, Jonathan Ferrar and Jordan Pettman), Building the People Analytics Ecosystem Operating Model 2.0 Report (2024) | Insight222 (Naomi Verghese and Jonathan Ferrar), Upskilling the HR Profession: Building Data Literacy at Scale (2023) | John Golden, Ph.D., Alexis Fink, Steve Hunt, The Future of Work 2025: Why HR Holds the Pen to Rewrite the Playbook (2025) | Tima Bansal and Julian Birkinshaw, Why You Need Systems Thinking Now (2025) | Amy Edmondson and Dr Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, The Perils of Using AI to Replace Entry-Level Jobs (2025) | Nickle LaMoreaux and David Green ??, How IBM Uses AI to Transform Their HR Strategies (Digital HR Leaders podcast, 2024), Thomas Otter and David Green ?? - AI in HR Tech: What Investors and Leaders Need to Know (Digital HR Leaders podcast, 2025)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
David Green ?? is a globally respected author, speaker, conference chair, and executive consultant on people analytics, data-driven HR and the future of work. As Managing Partner and Executive Director at Insight222, he has overall responsibility for the delivery of the Insight222 People Analytics Program, which supports the advancement of people analytics in over 120 global organisations. Prior to co-founding Insight222, David accumulated over 20 years experience in the human resources and people analytics fields, including as Global Director of People Analytics Solutions at IBM. As such, David has extensive experience in helping organisations increase value, impact and focus from the wise and ethical use of people analytics. David also hosts the Digital HR Leaders Podcast and is an instructor for Insight222's myHRfuture Academy. His book, co-authored with Jonathan Ferrar, Excellence in People Analytics: How to use Workforce Data to Create Business Value was published in the summer of 2021.
MEET ME AT THESE EVENTS
I speak regularly at in-person and virtual events about people analytics, the future of work, and data driven HR. Below are the events I'm speaking at up to the end of May 2026:
February 25-26, People Analytics World, Zurich
March 17-19, Unleash America, Las Vegas
April 20-21, People Analytics World, London
May 18, Building Data Literacy in HR - Executive Masterclass, Warsaw
More events will be added as soon as they are confirmed.
THANK YOU
As the year draws to its close, I'd also like to thank a host of people: conference organisers that invited me to speak at their events in 2025, Digital HR Leaders podcast guests and sponsors and those that regularly share and comment on my content here. This is certainly not an exhaustive list but thank you to: Marc Coleman Jeremy Roden Barry Swales Louis Gordon Andreas De Neve ? Julius Schelstraete ? Tanya Arrowsmith Ben Harris Philip Arkcoll Parker Mitchell David Wilkins Julie Asselin Pushkaraj Bidwai Lewis Garrad Nick Lynn Anna A. Tavis, PhD Jeremy Shapiro Stela Lupushor Richard Rosenow Amit Mohindra Dan Riley Pietro Mazzoleni Dr Philip Gibbs Håvard Berntzen Even Bolstad Anne-Marie Andric Malgorzata SZARZEC Hung Lee Lucy Adams Maya Lane Deborah M. Weiss Matthew Bidwell Laura Zarrow Jennifer Neumann Ankita Jha Martha Curioni Sanja Licina, Ph.D. Serena H. Huang, Ph.D. Irada Sadykhova Irina Villacreces, M.S., SPHR, PMP Adam McKinnon, PhD. Hanadi El Sayyed Greg Newman David van Lochem Chin Yin Ong Swechha Mohapatra (IHRP-SP, SHRM-SCP, CIPD) Siobhan Savage ?? Dave Fineman Ben Zweig Jeff Schwartz Fatma Hedeya Meg Bear Dominic Boon Philippa Penfold FCIPD Narelle Burke Geetanjali Gamel Jonathon Frampton Dan Lapporte Shujaat Ahmad Blaine Ames Chris Long Rob Baker, FCIPD, MAPP Perry Timms Alicia Roach Catherine de la Poer Jeff Wellstead Paola Alfaro Alpízar Marta Gascón Corella Sergio Garcia Mora Sebastian Knepper Sebastian Kolberg Timo Tischer Bob Pulver Seth Hollander, MBA Melissa Arronte Victoria Holdsworth Alexandra Nawrat Nima Sherpa Green Gianni Giacomelli Phil Kirschner Roxanne Bisby Davis Amelia Irion Ekta Lall Mittal Arne-Christian Van Der Tang Stacia Garr Priyanka Mehrotra Laurent Reich Paul Rubenstein Dirk Jonker Jacob Nielsen Patrick Coolen Jaap Veldkamp Anish Lalchandani Michael Arena Greg Pryor David McLean Kate Bravery Brian Heger Anita Lettink Alan Susi Gal Mozes, PhD Prasad Setty Henrik Håkansson Dr. Tobias Bartholomé Colin Fisher Jenny Dearborn, MBA Toby Hough Jodie Evans Katarina Coppé Jurgen Hofstede Don Dela Paz Andrés García Ayala Angela LE MATHON Oliver Kasper Daisuke Ikegami Elson P. Kuriakose Phil Inskip Sophia Huang, Ed.D. Søren Kold Asaf Jackoby Joonghak Lee John Gunawan Josh Tarr Phil Willburn Ying Li Prabhakar Pandey Delia Majarín Tina Peeters, PhD Agnes Garaba Nico Orie Kouros Behzad Andrew Pitts Kristin Saboe, Ph.D. Nicole Lettich Al Adamsen Maria Alice Jovinski Miriam Daucher Chris Hare Avani Solanki Prabhakar Alex Browne Jaejin Lee Kevin Oakes Todd Raphael Ian OKeefe Amanda Nolen Kevin Le Vaillant
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北美华人HR新年论坛 · NACSHR 2026洛杉矶 | 全球视野 × 本地实践 · 1月3日盛大举办!NACSHR 2026 · 洛杉矶 NACSHR 2026 · Los Angeles
北美华人HR新年论坛 Chinese HR New Year Forum
时间:2026年1月3日(周六) 9:00-17:00 Saturday, January 3, 2026
地点: Residence Inn By Marriott Anaheim Brea (180 S State College Blvd , Brea, California, USA, 92821)
报名:https://www.nacshr.org/Survey/0A2575B1-DABC-432A-BF2F-7EF6E8898D1A
在全球人才格局加速重塑、AI技术深度渗透职场、合规与监管持续升级的背景下,出海企业亟需精准落地本地HR策略,而北美华人职场专业人士也在不断寻找走向更广阔舞台的路径。NACSHR 2026 · 洛杉矶华人HR新年论坛,正是在这样的时代需求与群体共鸣中诞生。
这不仅是一场人力资源行业的专业论坛,更是一场专属于北美华人HR与企业高管的年度盛会。我们关心的不是空洞的愿景,而是切中当下的关键议题:
如何在北美市场 招到人、留住人、管好人?
如何在 AI加速变革 的趋势中找到个人与组织的定位?
如何更好地链接 服务机构、工具平台与优秀人才,实现企业与个人的共赢?
在这里,你将收获:
高密度信息沉浸:一线实践者的经验框架与最新行业打法(AI、薪酬、合规、招聘);
多元互动场景:岗位机会对接、午餐社交、会员交流、快速展示秀,让你不仅仅是听众;
可信赖的人脉网络:结识值得深交的同行、未来的合作伙伴,甚至下一份工作的雇主;
持续延展的社群价值:论坛只是起点,你将融入 NACSHR 的长期社群,获得持续资源共享与影响力拓展。
这是一场属于你我共同塑造的盛会。对于HR,这是认清趋势、校准方向的机会;对于服务机构,这是展示专业、赢得客户的舞台;对于出海企业,这是重建组织能力、抓住人力关键的节点。
我们用心准备的不只是内容,而是一段值得你出发的旅程。
Stay Together. Stay Powerful.
NACSHR 2026 · 洛杉矶 华人HR新年论坛
时间:2026年1月3日(周六) 9:00-17:00
地点: Residence Inn By Marriott Anaheim Brea (180 S State College Blvd , Brea, California, USA, 92821)
报名:https://www.nacshr.org/Survey/0A2575B1-DABC-432A-BF2F-7EF6E8898D1A
门票类型:提前报名获得早鸟门票(无忧退票:会前两周可退、可保留名额至下次)
HR Leader Pass:仅限InhouseHR和学生及企业内部HR相关职能
General Pass:适用于HR服务机构、顾问、猎头人才服务等非InhouseHR相关
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· HR Pass优惠票: 198美元/人 12月15日前 (原价300美元)
· General Pass优惠票:300美元/人 12月15日前(原价600美元)名额按比例分配,额满为止
· HR Pass优惠票: 250美元/人 12月31日前 (原价300美元)
· General Pass优惠票:450美元/人 12月31日前(原价600美元)名额按比例分配,额满为止
· 展览展示门票:资料现场发放和5分钟展示机会,含门票一张:2000美元 仅剩一个名额
· 三人同行,享受8折优惠
· 赞助合作模式,具体请联系工作人员,多种模式对论坛支持!
因酒店费用过高,会议不提供午餐,但提供咖啡茶、软饮和小零食等
为了确保所有参会者的最佳体验,NACSHR论坛管理团队将定期审核注册名单,并可能根据需要调整注册类别。如果您的注册类型被调整,您需补缴相应的费用差额。本政策旨在维护公平性,并提升所有与会者的参会体验。
付费指南:https://www.nacshr.org/3016/
更多会议相关内容,我们会不断更新,并通过NACSHR官网和社交媒体发布。
会议参展及赞助演讲合作
联系人:Annie(nacshr818@gmail.com)或 点击申请 : https://www.nacshr.org/Survey/CDBE9324-6291-EB0E-3E50-91532A2A70BB
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你为什么不能错过NACSHR峰会:
聆听行业大咖的精心分享:演讲嘉宾包括成功的企业家、重量级的行业内大咖、优秀的人才战略专家,精通中国以及北美的人力资源市场。
学习新知识,掌握新动态:不论您是职场老将还是新兵,更新知识库是一个永恒的课题,峰会设置了多种会议形式,帮助您打开新视野。
职业发展新机遇,更广泛的选择:NACSHR设置了北美地区HR岗位需求,提供面对面沟通交流机会。
北美地区最大的华人HR行业盛会:汇聚北美职场华人力量,打造北美唯一、最大的华人HR盛会。
交流新资讯,结交新伙伴:探讨行业热点话题,激发创新思维,共同推动HR行业的发展。
启发职场新思维,实现职业新突破:探讨华人管理者如何实现职场发展目标,与嘉宾和行业专家共同探讨如何在美国职场实现自我价值。
谁应该参加 NACSHR 洛杉矶新年论坛?
无论你正处于职场探索、企业拓展,还是希望建立行业影响力的阶段——这场论坛都为你准备了专属的参与价值:
· 华人HR从业者如果你正在美国从事招聘、HRBP、薪酬福利、HRIS或劳资合规工作,这里将为你带来最前沿的工具方法、最佳实践案例、招聘与职业发展机会,以及一群志同道合、可信赖的专业伙伴。
· 出海企业的人力负责人、总经理、创始人如果你是正在北美拓展的中资企业管理者,这场论坛将帮你快速掌握本地人力合规策略、人才招聘路径、激励制度与管理模式,同时链接有执行力的HR顾问、法律与运营资源。
· 想进入HR领域的在美新移民与学生群体如果你对HR感兴趣、正在寻找转型路径,这里能让你迅速理解真实市场需求、建立人脉基础、并找到前辈指引。
· 希望触达中资企业的HR服务机构与个人顾问如果你提供薪酬、保险、移民、福利、培训、工具或法律等服务,这场论坛将让你直接接触高意向的HR决策者与出海企业客户,为品牌建设、客户合作和市场推广提供精准舞台。
HR服务机构为什么要积极参与?
在北美市场,中资企业与华人HR决策者对本地服务资源的信任与合作机制尚在建设中。作为HR服务机构,这是一次进入高质量圈层、建立品牌心智、拓展真实客户的黄金机会。
· 精准触达:来自中资企业、HR团队的决策者直接面对面接触,远高于线上广告转化效率
· 主动参与:不仅限于展示位,你还可参与5分钟展示秀、圆桌讨论、联合活动策划等环节,展现专业能力
· 品牌曝光:通过资料包、海报、主持口播、社群渠道等形式,实现论坛前中后全周期品牌露出
· 内容共创:有机会与NACSHR联合发布报告、访谈、白皮书,共建行业影响力
· 进入长期社群体系:不仅是一次参会,更是成为NACSHR生态服务网络的一员,持续获取线索与合作
这不是一次参展,而是一次可信、可持续的市场进入。
NACSHR 2026 · Los Angeles
Chinese HR New Year Forum
Date & Time | Saturday, January 3, 2026 · 9:00 AM – 5:00 PMLocation | Greater Los Angeles Area (convenient access)
Registration | https://www.nacshr.org/Survey/0A2575B1-DABC-432A-BF2F-7EF6E8898D1A
As the global talent landscape rapidly reshapes, AI penetrates deeply into the workplace, and compliance and regulation continue to evolve, outbound enterprises urgently need to localize their HR strategies with precision. At the same time, Chinese professionals in North America are constantly seeking pathways to broader opportunities. The NACSHR 2026 · Los Angeles Chinese HR New Year Forum was born out of this shared demand and resonance.
This is not just a professional HR forum—it is an annual gathering dedicated to Chinese HR professionals and business executives across North America. The forum focuses on pressing, practical issues rather than abstract visions:
How to hire, retain, and manage talent in the North American market?
How to position both organizations and individuals in an era of accelerated AI transformation?
How to better connect with service providers, platforms, and outstanding professionals to achieve win-win outcomes?
What You Will Gain
High-density insights: First-hand frameworks and cutting-edge practices in AI, compensation, compliance, and recruiting.
Diverse participation formats: Job-matching, networking lunch, member exchanges, and lightning showcases—making you more than just an audience.
A trusted professional network: Build meaningful connections with peers, potential partners, and even future employers.
Sustained community value: The forum is just the beginning—you will be integrated into NACSHR’s ongoing HR community for continued collaboration and growth.
Ticket Categories & Pricing
HR PassExclusively for In-house HR professionals, internal HR functions, and students
Early Bird (before Dec 1: 150/person (Regular $300, limited availability)
Discounted (before Dec 31): $250/person (Regular $300)
General PassFor HR service providers, consultants, headhunters, and other non In-house HR professionals
Early Bird (before Dec 1): $350/person (Regular $600, limited availability)
Discounted (before Dec 31): $450/person (Regular $600)
Exhibition Pass
$2,000 limited availability)
Includes brochure distribution, 5-minute presentation slot, and 1 entry ticket
Additional Information
Group Discount: 20% off for three attendees together (not applicable to Early Bird tickets)
Lunch will not be provided due to high hotel catering costs, but coffee, tea, soft drinks, and light snacks will be available
NACSHR reserves the right to review and adjust registration categories; if a registration type is updated, the difference in ticket fees must be paid. This policy ensures fairness and an optimal experience for all attendees.
Payment Guide: https://www.nacshr.org/3016/
Why You Can’t Miss the NACSHR Forum
Hear from industry leaders: Featured speakers include successful entrepreneurs, senior industry experts, and talent strategists with deep knowledge of both the Chinese and North American HR markets.
Learn and stay updated: Whether a seasoned professional or a newcomer, continuous learning is essential. The forum offers multiple formats to broaden your HR perspective.
New career opportunities: NACSHR highlights HR job openings across North America and facilitates in-person networking.
The largest Chinese HR event in North America: Bringing together Chinese HR professionals and executives, creating the only and largest gathering of its kind.
Expand your network and insights: Explore hot topics, spark new ideas, and collaborate to advance the HR profession.
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This forum is designed for you—whether you are exploring your career, expanding your business, or building professional influence:
Chinese HR professionalsIf you are working in the U.S. in recruitment, HRBP, compensation & benefits, HRIS, or labor compliance, you’ll gain access to cutting-edge tools, best practice case studies, career opportunities, and a trusted peer community.
HR leaders, GMs, and founders of outbound enterprisesIf you are managing Chinese enterprises expanding in North America, this forum will help you quickly master local compliance strategies, recruitment pathways, incentive systems, and management models, while connecting with experienced HR consultants, legal advisors, and operational resources.
New immigrants and students in North AmericaIf you are interested in HR or looking to transition into the field, this forum will help you understand real market demands, build a network, and find mentors to guide your path.
HR service providers and independent consultantsIf you provide payroll, insurance, immigration, benefits, training, tools, or legal services, this forum will connect you directly with decision-makers and outbound enterprise clients, offering a highly targeted stage for branding and client acquisition.
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Targeted access: Direct interaction with decision-makers from Chinese enterprises and HR teams—far more effective than online ads.
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聚合AI时代的华人HR力量 ——2025 NACSHR北美华人人力资源年度论坛在硅谷圆满落幕
Redefining HR in the Age of AI: NACSHR 2025 Annual Conference Concludes Successfully in Silicon Valley
2025年10月4日至5日,NACSHR 2025 北美华人人力资源年度论坛在硅谷成功举办。这场由北美华人人力资源协会(NACSHR)主办的行业盛会,以“AI时代的人力资源变革与未来领导力”为主题,汇聚了来自旧金山湾区、洛杉矶、休斯顿、纽约、西雅图、温哥华及墨西哥等地的六十多位华人HR嘉宾与行业领袖,共同探讨AI技术、人本文化与组织创新的未来方向。在这场为期两天的深度交流中,参会者既是学习者,也是分享者;既是倾听者,更是共创者。正如NACSHR 发起人 Gawain在开幕致辞中所言:
“NACSHR不仅仅是华人HR的在北美的互动交流平台,更是一种连接的力量。我们在这里相互启发、相互成就,在AI的时代共同成长。”
本次论坛延续了NACSHR一贯的宗旨——以专业连接华人HR的全球力量,在AI与全球化浪潮下,汇聚思想、凝聚行动,为北美华人职场社群注入了新的信任与信心。
第一日 · 从AI到组织——重塑战略与协作的力量
10月4日的主题围绕“组织、AI与领导力”展开。多位嘉宾以不同视角深入剖析了AI如何重塑组织设计、决策逻辑与人才价值。
How to Design Your Organization to Support Global Business — Bijun Zhang
大会首日由本次论坛的主席 Bijun Zhang 开场。她以《How to Design Your Organization to Support Global Business》为主题,从组织设计与全球战略协同的角度,分享了跨地域团队在AI时代的成长之道。
她指出,组织设计的核心,不仅是结构,更是信任机制的建立。
“在跨时区、跨文化的团队中,真正的竞争力来自于‘清晰的边界’与‘有效的连接’。”
Bijun结合多地实践案例,提出通过“授权矩阵 + 沟通链路 + 文化共识”三要素,让全球团队在敏捷环境中高效协作。她总结道:“组织的韧性,不在规模,而在结构设计的智慧。”
The Art of Business Partnering in the Age of AI — Angela Rui
来自Canadian Solar 的 Global HR Director Angela Rui 带来了关于“AI时代的业务伙伴艺术”的分享。她认为,AI已成为HRBP最具影响力的“共驾工具”,帮助HR从事务性支持者成长为决策共创者。
Angela以实战案例讲述,如何通过AI工具洞察员工行为模式、优化绩效反馈、支持战略决策。
“AI让数据更透明,但真正的价值在于HR如何提出更好的问题。”
她强调,在AI与业务共驾的过程中,人性洞察将是HR无法被取代的核心竞争力。
川普2.0签证移民新政解读与HR应对之道 — Jiaqi (Jacky) Ji 律师
来自 Reid & Wise律所 的律师 Jiaqi (Jacky) Ji 带来了一场兼具专业性与现实指导意义的主题演讲。他从“政策误读”切入,详细剖析了近期引发热议的“10万美元入境费”事件,指出在社交媒体与碎片化信息环境下,HR应如何保持政策判断力与合规决策力。
“这是一场现实版的‘烽火戏诸侯’——政策还未实施,恐慌已先传播。”
Jacky系统解析了薪酬加权抽签机制、LCA提前布局策略及应对H-1B改革的关键要点。他提醒企业HR:
“在全球化与政治风险并存的时代,合规不仅是防御,更是战略能力。”
Panel:Organization Efficiency & AI Implementation
由 硅谷人才专家Tom Zhang 博士 主持的圆桌论坛聚焦“组织效率与AI实施”。与会嘉宾包括 Linda Lee(AI Fund Talent Partner)、Linsha Yao 与 Yalan Tan 等来自科技与生物医药行业的HR专家。
嘉宾们围绕“AI工具落地的关键障碍”展开深入探讨。讨论达成共识:
“AI能带来工具效率,但真正决定成败的,是文化的开放度与管理层的信任度。”
论坛现场氛围热烈,案例交流兼具前瞻性与实操性。
会议间隙,不分嘉宾还参与了会议合影的拍摄。
Thought Leadership Session:AI & HR Leadership — Tina Weinberger
来自 Cisco/Splunk 的高级HR业务伙伴 Tina Weinberger 以《Beyond the Hype: AI + HR Leadership》为题,带来极具洞察力的分享。她指出,AI对HR最大的改变,并非工作流程,而是“对工作的感受”。
“AI not only changes how we work — it changes how we feel about work.”
Tina提出“AI Confidence Framework”,包括四个核心要素:透明沟通、持续赋能、伦理治理、人机闭环。她强调,AI领导力的真正挑战不是工具选择,而是信任的建立。
“作为HR领袖,我们的使命不是管理变革,而是引导人走过变革。”
HR’s Next Evolution: How to Co-Pilot with AI Agents — Dr. Tom Q. Zhang
硅谷人才专家 Tom 博士在演讲中提出“共驾思维(Co-pilot Mindset)”,他指出:
“AI不会取代HR,但懂AI的HR,会取代不懂AI的HR。”
他展示了AI在招聘筛选、绩效预测、员工发展分析中的创新应用,并通过案例说明HR如何以AI为“副驾驶”,实现数据决策与人文洞察的融合。并强调未来的HR必须是会使用AI工具的人,同时在现场他还发布了一个正在招聘的HR主管岗位,其中之一的要求就是必须熟悉AI工具使用!这一要求引发全场同仁的思考和共鸣,也象征AI时代HR的新技能门槛
Solving HR Compliance and Payroll Challenges in North America with PEO — Joeyee Choon (ADP)
作为NACSHR战略合作伙伴代表,来自 ADP 的 Joeyee Choon 分享了PEO模式在北美合规与薪资管理中的创新实践。她指出:“在美国这样一个多州、多税制的环境中,共雇(Co-employment) 已成为企业提高合规与效率的关键机制。”
她以真实客户案例展示,企业通过PEO可平均节约20%的成本,并将HR从事务性流程解放出来。
“合规不是负担,而是组织持续成长的护栏。”
Redefining HR: Finding Your Unique Advantage in the Age of AI — Sandy Qian
来自 TransGlobal Insurance Agency 的 Sandy Qian 带来题为《Redefining HR: Finding Your Unique Advantage in the Age of AI》的主题演讲。她以IKIGAI模型为框架,引导HR思考个人使命与组织目标的契合点。
“AI可以自动化你的任务,但IKIGAI定义了你无法被取代的价值。”
Sandy提出,未来的HR应成为“技术的拥抱者、人性的守护者、组织文化的建设者”。
Panel:Building Leaders and Organizations in a Global Context
当天最后一个论坛由 Joki Jin 主持,嘉宾包括 Jane Xu、Carrie Peng、Cindy Fan、Grace Zhao等来自跨国科技与咨询领域的HR领导者。大家共同探讨了“全球背景下的组织领导力与人才流动趋势”,分享了多元文化团队中的实践心得。
“领导力的未来,不在权力,而在连接。”
她们从华人HR的视角出发,讨论如何在跨文化语境中平衡本地合规与全球战略,实现组织一致性与文化多样性共存。
Special Guest & VIP Dinner
夜幕降临,NACSHR特设的VIP Dinner 成为大会的温情收尾。在轻松的氛围中,嘉宾们围绕“AI与组织共生”“职业成长的长期主义”展开自由交流。这一环节不仅是社交聚会,更是一次深度链接与合作关系的延伸。许多嘉宾在会后已开启跨城市项目合作,成为未来持续共创的开端。
第二日 · 从组织到人本——在AI时代重新发现热爱与使命
10月5日的议程从技术与组织的视角,逐步走向“人性与热爱”的话题。AI不再是冷冰冰的系统,而成为激发创造力的伙伴。
From Business Leader to HR Head — Annie Jie Xu
开场分享嘉宾 Annie Jie Xu 分享了自己从20多年的商业领导者到HR负责人的转型之路。她以阿里巴巴二十年的成长经历为例,讲述如何从商业运营思维过渡到以人为本的组织建设!她谈到:最差的领导是很忙,最好的领导是会往后退。别人不帮你,是正常的,但是把事情做到极致,影响力就够了,别人也会来帮你。同时谈到阿里CPO童文红的职业经历启发了在场的每一位HR同仁。
“HR是企业灵魂的建构者。”
Annie以她的经历呼应了AI时代的人本管理主题——技术永远重要,但理解“人”的能力更不可或缺。
AI驱动的组织文化变革:如何让人机协作成为竞争优势 — Austin (Bo) Sun
Clausey AI 创始人 Austin Sun 带来对AI文化转型的系统思考。他以WM(Waste Management)的实践为例,指出:
“AI项目失败的90%原因不是技术,而是文化。”
Austin分享了如何通过内部AI培训、开放讨论与文化引导,让员工从焦虑到信任,最终实现AI共创。
“Don’t sell AI tools — build cultural momentum.”他的分享让“AI文化”从抽象概念变为可操作实践。
预见AI领导力进化 — Zhibin Liu
来自香港金融管理学院的 Zhibin Liu 客座教授,心理学家,以组织心理学视角探讨“高绩效与低焦虑的AI组织”。他通过实证研究与心理模型,说明AI领导力需要情绪智能(EQ)与适应智能(AQ)的双轮驱动。
“未来的领导者,既懂技术逻辑,也懂人心温度。”
Performance and Rewards Redesign in a Changing Workforce
由 Gabby Zhao 主持的圆桌论坛邀请 Cathy Wu、Freya Wang、Eva Meng 等HR专家,从多行业角度探讨绩效与激励机制的再设计。在AI与远程工作并行的环境下,如何用数据衡量绩效、用文化驱动动力,成为共识焦点。
如何找到自己的热爱,并把它创造到工作中 — 张岩
国际认证教练、团队领导力导师 张岩 带来最具情感共鸣的演讲。
“热爱,不是找到的,而是被创造的。”
她提出“四步法”:探索纯愿、广而告之、聆听回响、循响而行。
“幸福不是找到理想的工作,而是让当下的工作变得理想。”她的演讲以温暖和力量为论坛注入人文收尾,成为两天会议的情感高点。
HR in Startups: Building HR Functions from Zero to One
由 Libby Sun 主持,嘉宾包括 Lisa Qi、Yuqing Zhang、Ethan Zheng。他们从初创企业的角度探讨HR体系建设与快速成长的平衡。
“在初创企业,HR不是后台,而是生存引擎。”几位嘉宾以实战案例分享如何在资源有限的环境中搭建HR制度与文化支撑。
Thriving as Chinese HR Professionals in the North American Workplace
由 Mindy Gao、Jane Liang、William Chin参与的最后一场论坛,以“华人HR的职业成长与文化认同”为核心。他们探讨了如何在北美职场中建立影响力、获得认可,并以社群的方式彼此赋能。
“我们不仅在职场中工作,更在用行动定义‘华人HR’的力量。”
论坛在热烈掌声中落幕。两天16个环节的思想碰撞,带来了丰富的启发与情感共鸣。NACSHR以实际行动践行着“连接、学习与成长”的理念,为北美华人HR群体构建了一个持续交流、相互成就的专业共同体。
“当技术重塑世界,我们用热爱与连接重塑HR的未来。”
Stay Together, Stay Powerful.
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政府关门已至:企业HR如何应对运营与员工双重挑战?刚刚,2025年美国政府正式关门,企业HR该如何应对,你可能还有相关预案
2025年9月30日,美国国会未能在财政年度截止日前通过拨款法案或临时融资措施(Continuing Resolution),导致联邦政府自10月1日起正式进入关门状态。这是自2018–2019年长达35天的停摆以来,美国再一次发生大规模政府关门。
根据《禁止超支法》(Antideficiency Act),在拨款恢复前,除“必要服务”(essential services)外,所有非紧急职能必须暂停。由此,数十万联邦雇员和承包商的工作受到影响,企业和HR部门也被迫面对直接冲击。
对企业HR的主要影响
1. 招聘与合规流程停滞
E-Verify暂停:所有雇主必须暂时依赖I-9表格进行入职核查,待系统恢复后再补录。这给招聘带来延误和合规风险。
审批与执照延迟:涉及联邦许可、签证或合规认证的环节全面放缓。
2. 员工用工与合同不确定性
承包商停工:与联邦政府签订合同的企业面临付款暂停或合同冻结,导致项目延迟甚至停摆。
薪酬与福利不确定:被迫无薪休假的联邦雇员暂时无法获得工资,追溯补发需等待国会立法。部分员工或可申请失业补助,但若事后获追溯工资,需返还补助。
3. 企业运营与财务目标受阻
SHRM研究显示,仅1–3天的关门就会扰乱25%的企业运营;若持续超过一周,64%的企业运作及49%的财务目标将受到冲击。
延误的政府审批、拨款、贷款可能影响企业现金流和投资进度。
4. 员工心理与士气下降
调研显示,80%的员工担心压力上升,76%预计士气下降,75%担忧专注力和生产力降低。
对有家庭照护责任的员工影响更大:59%担心财务、51%担心工作稳定、49%担心食物安全、47%担心心理健康。
5. HR准备不足
47%的HR专业人士表示企业几乎没有应对预案,14%的企业完全无计划。关门已至,HR将被迫在高压环境下应急,风险显著。
HR的应对措施
立即启动危机管理
明确“必要岗位”和“被迫停工岗位”,书面通知员工其状态。
审查并更新内部政策,涵盖无薪休假、福利延续、工时安排等。
加强透明沟通
建立统一的信息渠道,及时更新薪酬、福利和合同状态。
通过FAQ、内部公告或视频说明会减轻员工焦虑。
强化员工支持
启动EAP(员工帮助计划),提供心理咨询与应急援助。
为有家庭照护责任的员工提供灵活安排或支持资源。
审查合同与财务风险
检查与政府相关合同条款,尽快与合作方沟通延期或缓解措施。
重新评估预算与现金流,建立财务缓冲。
持续监控政策进展
HR需密切跟进国会动态,关注追溯工资等立法进程。
与行业协会(如SHRM)保持互动,及时获取应对指南。
美国政府关门的历史回顾
2018–2019年:长达35天的关门,为历史最长。影响多个联邦部门,导致经济损失与信任危机。
2013年:因医保法案分歧,政府关门16天,标准普尔估算使当季GDP年化增长率下降0.6%。
1995–1996年:多次预算争议引发关门,总计21天,影响广泛。
整体情况:自1976年以来,美国已发生20余次关门,平均持续约8天,但近年来关门时间趋长,影响逐渐加剧。
此次关门不仅影响联邦雇员和承包商,更对企业HR提出严峻考验。招聘停滞、合同冻结、员工焦虑与士气下降,都需要HR部门即时响应与长期预案。事实证明,未雨绸缪的HR将更有能力保护企业稳定和员工信任。
? 来源:
SHRM《HR Leaders Brace for Shutdown Impact》
The Guardian 《US Government Shutdown Coverage 2025》
Reuters 《US government shutdowns raise uncertainty but rarely have lasting effect on economy》
U.S. Congressional Budget Office 历史文件
Wikipedia《United States federal government shutdowns》