289: The People Equation: Leadership in the Age of AI with Gena Pirtle

About this episode

Gena Pirtle discusses the intersection of leadership, AI, and culture change in HR.

In this episode, we unpack how trust, purpose, and people-first leadership power real culture change, and how AI can scale feedback, belonging, and performance without losing the human edge. Gena Pirtle, founder of The People Equation and former global HR leader at Cisco, shares practical insights on redesigning HR, strengthening retention, and building cross-sector talent ecosystems for the future of work. In this conversation, we explore: • redefining strategic HR as a true business engi...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Pelè

Guest: Gena Pirtle

Topics covered

• leadership
• AI
• HR
• culture change
• retention
• talent ecosystems

Keywords

• trust
• purpose
• people-first leadership
• feedback
• performance
• workforce

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cisco, The People Equation

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