The Josh Bersin Company

The HR profession is about to go through its biggest transformation in decades. To use a new phrase, this is a “rupture” from the past as we shift to new world of AI agents and superagents automating much of what we do.

In this podcast I explain how 30-40% of AI jobs and roles will change, and how HR will become even more strategic as a result. And this is not a story of layoffs or cost reduction: rather we see AI helping to transform HR into a business function that accelerates scale, time to market, customer value, and both employee and customer experience.

I also discuss why and how AI accuracy and trust is going to become enormously more important overnight as agents speed up and automate our human capital work.

I’m very inspired by what’s about to happen and I want you, as a business or HR professional, to understand and thrive in this new world. This is why we’ve loaded our AI Blueprint and all our analysis of HR roles and operations into Galileo, which serves as a consulting tool, learning tool, and problem solving agent.

If you’re inspired by this transformation agenda I hope you reach out to us so we can help you and your company build your own AI agenda for the years ahead.

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This week we launch our Imperatives for 2026, and I discuss the 11 top issues you face and how HR, as we know it, is going to radically change. Our research shows that 30-40% of today’s HR roles will go away, soon to be automated by AI agents and Superagents.

Read today’s news release for more details.

This podcast explains the transformative impact of enterprise AI on human resources, emphasizing the redefinition of HR roles, the emergence of super agents, and the future of work. It highlights the need for organizations to adapt to these changes by focusing on employee engagement and the development of super workers, ultimately leading to enhanced productivity and organizational growth.

Major Messages

AI is redefining what HR does and how it operates.

We are in the early stages of a technology revolution with AI.

AI can analyze unstructured data, making HR more strategic.

The concept of superagents will change HR technology.

Many HR roles will evolve rather than disappear due to AI.

Employee engagement is at a low despite advancements in health and longevity.

Organizations must continuously care for and support their employees.

The workforce is becoming more independent and less tied to a single employer.

AI will create opportunities for super workers who leverage technology effectively.

Companies must rethink talent management to retain top talent.

Your Personal Transformation

Each of these 11 topics represent a learning opportunity for business and HR professionals. We’ve built an entire AI-powered learning experience and Supertutor in Galileo to help. We encourage you to get Galileo to dig in and apply these topics to your job, your company, and your career.

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Imperatives for 2026: What’s Ahead for Enterprise AI, HR, Jobs, And Organizations

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Get Galileo: The World’s AI Agent For Everything HR and Leadership

Chapters

(00:00:00) - The 2026 Imperatives for Enterprise AI in Human Resources and Human
(00:01:00) - The Future of AI Is Here
(00:04:32) - The 'Super Agent'
(00:05:41) - Will HR Jobs Go Away?
(00:06:43) - The second part of the people equation
(00:09:00) - The era of superworkers and super-Workers

This week, as part of our 2026 Imperatives launch, I discuss the explosive new world of agents and superagents, and explain why and how you, as an HR or business person, will be “building apps” and “building agents” at work.

I also explain why the Superagent architecture, which is explained in our Imperatives research, is going to replace traditional monolithic HR and other applications at a speedy rate.

Yes, we’re all going to be “Citizen Developers” and we won’t necessarily need Vibe Coding apps to do this. Galileo is an app-builder today and the upcoming Mars release is going to take it even further.

This important topic is a big and very important shift in your thinking about how you run HR and also how you select, purchase, and implement HR technology of all kinds. Listen in, join in our webinar next week, and get Galileo to learn more and get started.

Galileo will show you how to start building solutions today.

All this information and much more is part of our 2026 Imperatives and will be embedded into Galileo, so get Galileo and ask Galileo to give you specific examples of how you can apply AI to HR in your particular company. This research includes 30+ prompts to help you understand enterprise AI in detail.

Join me in my 2026 Imperatives webinar on January 21 for more details.

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Chapters

(00:00:00) - Claude Code and You as a Citizen Developer
(00:05:24) - Building a self-contained AI-enabled HR Software
(00:11:41) - Machine Learning and the Software Industry

As AI transforms our jobs, careers, and lives what happens to our sense of self? If an AI agent can do my job, what happens to me?

In this podcast I discuss the topic of purpose, identity, and mission and how we, as human agents, can keep ourselves happy and purposeful as more and more of our work becomes automated. Yes, these tools are amazing to see and use, but what happens when the career we spent decades building no longer really exists?

Reinventing yourself is scary but we all have to do it. In this podcast I discuss how profound this change is becoming and what you, as a leader or HR professional, can do to help.

All this information and much more is part of our 2026 Imperatives and will be embedded into Galileo, so get Galileo and ask Galileo to give you specific examples of how companies build purpose and identity all around the world.

Join me in my 2026 Imperatives webinar on January 21 for more details.

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Chapters

(00:00:00) - Purpose and Identity in the AI Era
(00:09:42) - How Will AI Impact Your Career?
(00:12:02) - The Need for Purpose in the Year Ahead
(00:14:10) - Intelligence: The Imperatives Research

We are entering the year of Enterprise AI, and one of the imperatives we’re introducing is the need to think about your AI Architecture.

While much of our AI journey has been focused on individual productivity tools, now we have a much bigger opportunity: using AI to rethink how our HR, talent, leadership, and human capital processes are designed. As you’ll hear our new Systemic HR® AI Blueprint defines a new set of “Superagents” that help us think through the new workflow automations we can deploy.

In this podcast I explain the new AI architecture for HR at a high level and give you a sense of the explosive vendor market, the role of “citizen developers,” and the business case and process for prioritizing where to focus.

All this information and much more is part of our 2026 Imperatives launch and will be embedded into Galileo, so get Galileo and ask Galileo to apply these architectural issues to your HR department. Not only do we have massive opportunities to build a more integrated HR department, these new AI architectures enable our companies to scale, grow, and add customer value faster and more profitably than ever.

Join me in my 2026 Imperatives webinar on January 21 for more details.

Like this podcast? Rate us on Spotify or Apple or YouTube.

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Chapters

(00:00:00) - Machine Learning in HR: The Future of AI
(00:11:51) - AI HR: The New Business Model