HR Leadership
for Human-AI
Transformation
Leading People, Managing AI Agents, and Building the Future-Ready Organization
- Date
- Thursday, November 19, 2026Fri, November 19, 2026
- Location
- Itämerentori 2, HelsinkiHelsinki
- Time
- 9:00 to 16:00
- Format
- One day, in person
- Program fee
- €1,490 per participant€1,490
We are the last generation to manage only humans
A one-day executive program
for CHROs and senior HR leaders.
About the Program
AI is changing HR’s own work and expanding its role across the organization. This one-day program gives CHROs and senior HR leaders practical frameworks for managing that shift as AI becomes part of everyday work. It focuses on where AI is creating the greatest impact in HR and how HR can help the organization adapt.
The Five Themes
The Big Shift: Navigating Exponential Change
Focus: The world and the future of work
The next decade will bring extraordinary change to the way organizations operate and people work. Leaders examine the world around them and the organization itself. They then consider what the shift means for individuals and the future of work.
The Human-Agent Orchestrator
Focus: Human-AI management
Management frameworks for leaders building new management systems around AI. Participants examine how people oversee AI systems and agents while remaining responsible for the work and its outcomes. For HR, the question is how roles and decision rights need to change.
How AI Is Reshaping HR
Focus: HR workflows and operating model
Examine where AI is creating the greatest impact across HR work and how those changes are reshaping the operating model. Participants identify where AI can be used in their own HR work.
HR’s Role in AI Transformation
Focus: Leading organizational change
Examine how HR can support AI transformation across the organization by helping leaders redesign work and prepare people for changing responsibilities.
Becoming the AI Transformation Leader
Focus: The leader’s own work and leading others
This theme brings the day together by examining how HR leaders use and manage AI in their own work, and what management system is needed around it. It then turns to the leadership people need as their work and responsibilities change.
Why This Program
Many organizations have an AI strategy and are beginning to build or deploy AI agents. Far fewer have a management strategy for the people who will be responsible for managing and overseeing those systems.
Built for HR leaders
The program connects the management of AI with the changing role of HR across the organization.
Practical HR work
Participants work on real HR workflows and identify where AI can create the greatest impact in their own work.
Leading through change
The program connects exponential change with established principles of change management and leadership. It focuses on what leaders need to do as work changes.
Peer learning
Participants work alongside HR leaders from other organizations, with a peer partner throughout the day.
One Full Day in Helsinki
Each theme starts with a short presentation. Discussion and an applied exercise follow.
- Date
- Thursday, November 19, 2026
- Time
- 9:00 to 16:00
- Location
- Itämerentori 2, 00180 Helsinki
Morning
- Welcome and opening at 9:00
- Theme 1 The Big Shift: Navigating Exponential Change
- Theme 2 The Human-Agent Orchestrator
- Break and networking
- Theme 3 How AI Is Reshaping HR
Midday
- Lunch and networking
Afternoon
- Theme 4 HR’s Role in AI Transformation
- Theme 5 Becoming the AI Transformation Leader
- Break and networking
Close
- Leadership roundtable, where participants share their Leadership Action Agendas
- Key takeaways and closing
Meet the Hosts
-
Tarja Stephens
- Keynote Speaker
- Executive Advisor
- AI Leadership Programs
- Co-Author, The Human-Agent Orchestrator
-
Nea Seppäläinen-Ahlbom
- Executive Search C-level & Board positions
- Headhunting Manager positions
- Interim services
-
The Human-Agent Orchestrator: Leading and Scaling AI-Driven Organizations
Its management frameworks and insights inspire several of the program’s themes. Tarja Stephens is a co-author.
tarjastephens.com/bookWhat You Will Learn
By the end of the program, you will be able to:
- Assess the scale of exponential change and what it means for the workforce and for HR leadership.
- Apply management frameworks for overseeing AI systems and agents while keeping human responsibility clear.
- Identify where AI can create the greatest impact across HR work and how those changes reshape the operating model.
- Shape HR’s role in AI transformation by helping leaders redesign work and prepare people for changing responsibilities.
- Lead AI transformation from your own role by building the management approach around your use of AI and leading people as responsibilities change.
Key Program Features
Interactive sessions
Short presentations followed by leadership questions and group discussion. Presentations take less than half of the day.
Practical HR work
Participants apply the frameworks to real HR workflows and to their own work.
Peer partner
Each participant works with a peer from another organization throughout the day.
Leadership Action Agenda
Participants capture decisions and priorities in a leadership workbook, creating an agenda to take back to their leadership team.
Who Should Attend
Designed for senior HR leaders who are shaping how AI changes work across the organization.
- Chief People Officers and CHROs
- HR directors and heads of HR
- Senior HR leaders supporting AI transformation
- HR leadership teams attending together
Frequently Asked Questions
Why this program, and why now?
AI is changing HR’s own work while creating new expectations for HR across the organization. This program helps senior HR leaders understand both shifts and turn them into practical leadership decisions.
What will I leave with?
You will leave with practical frameworks you can apply in your own role. Your leadership workbook becomes a Leadership Action Agenda with clear priorities to take back to your team.
Which AI tools will we use?
The program is tool-agnostic. The frameworks and methods can be applied across the AI tools your organization uses today and the tools it may adopt later.
In which language is the program delivered?
The program is delivered in both English and Finnish. Some presentations are in English, with discussion and working sessions continuing in Finnish.
Can our HR leadership team attend together?
Yes. HR leadership teams are welcome to attend together. Contact the program team for group rates.
What does the program fee include?
The fee includes all program sessions and materials, including the leadership workbook. Light breakfast and lunch are included, along with refreshments throughout the day. Travel and accommodation are not included.
What happens after the program?
You leave with a Leadership Action Agenda to continue inside your organization. Optional follow-up AI Office sessions are available for participants who want to continue the work after the program.
Do I need a technical background?
No. The program focuses on leadership and management. It does not require programming experience or technical expertise.
Join the Program
Places are limited to a small group of senior HR leaders so the day stays peer-to-peer.
€1,490 per participant
Questions:
Tarja Stephens tarja@leadersofthefuture.com
Nea Seppäläinen-Ahlbom nea@equitatalent.com
