Preparing the Next Generation of HR Leaders

21 Oct 2026
Case Study Theater 1 - Expo Hall
Case Study Session
The CHRO is being asked to play a bigger role in the business. The CHRO is no longer just running the HR function—they are becoming an enabler of success across every part of the organization.

At the same time, AI is changing how people access knowledge, build skills, and make decisions. If learning is increasingly shaped by how well someone can prompt, search, or interrogate information, HR leaders need to ask a different question: What are we really here to develop?

In this fireside chat, Aditya Rau, Head of Growth at Sana, sits down with Jordan Hammerstad, Associate Director of Research at The Josh Bersin Company, to discuss what CHROs, CEOs, and boards are asking of HR now—and what that means for the next generation of HR leaders.

In this session, you’ll learn:
• What questions CHROs, CEOs, and boards are asking about HR, skills, and the future of work
• Why the CHRO is becoming an enabler of success across every part of the business
• How learning is moving from the periphery of the organization to the center of business transformation
• What AI changes about knowledge acquisition, and what HR still needs to help people develop
• Why the future of HR development is not just more content, but more practice, judgment, intuition, and real-world application
• How AI-powered learning can help HR professionals build capability and make better decisions in the moments that matter

This session is for HR, talent, and learning leaders who are thinking seriously about what comes next—and how to build the capabilities their organizations will need to get there.
Speakers
Jordan Hammerstad
Jordan Hammerstad, Associate Director of Research - The Josh Bersin Company
Aditya Rau
Aditya Rau, Head of Growth - Sana

Access Level

Open to All Pass Holders