Five Good Ideas for building a human-centred workplace in the AI era

About this episode

Zabeen Hirji discusses how AI is reshaping the workplace and shares five strategies for organizations to support their employees.

In this session, Zabeen Hirji, former Chief HR Officer at RBC and now in her Purposeful Third Act, explored how AI is reshaping the nature of work. As AI changes the relationship between employers and workers, why should people choose to work for your organization? How can organizations help their people thrive in this new era? Her five good ideas: 1. Help every employee understand their purpose 2. Start small, learn together, and stay curious 3. Build AI fluency, not technical mastery 4. Focus on change management 5. Invest in human skills For Zabeen's full bio and resources, vist the session page.

People in this episode

Host: Maytree Foundation

Guest: Zabeen Hirji

Topics covered

• human-centred workplace
• AI era
• employee purpose
• organizational change
• human skills

Keywords

• AI
• workplace
• employee engagement
• organizational development
• human skills

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: RBC

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