Think Tank: Why AI Fails to Scale in HR — and What Actually Works

21 Oct 2026
Think Tank
Most HR organizations today are not struggling to experiment with AI — they are struggling to make it work at scale. 

This interactive Think Tank goes beyond use cases and readiness assessments to focus on a harder question: why AI initiatives stall after early success. Even well-designed pilots often fail to become embedded in day-to-day HR operations due to breakdowns in data quality, workflow integration, trust, governance, and ownership. 

Participants will work through real-world AI failure scenarios in fast-paced, table-based discussions. Each scenario is designed to surface the trade-offs, constraints, and execution challenges that determine whether AI becomes an isolated pilot or a scalable capability. 

Rather than focusing on theory or ideal-state frameworks, this session emphasizes practical decision-making inside real organizational constraints. 
Speakers
Jason Averbook
Jason Averbook, Co-Founder - Now to Next

Learning Objective 1

Diagnose why AI initiatives stall in HR organizations, distinguishing between breakdowns in data, workflow integration, governance, trust, and adoption rather than treating all failures as technical issues.

Learning Objective 2

Make clearer operational decisions about AI scaling, including when to accelerate, re-scope, pause, or stop initiatives based on real organizational constraints and trade-offs.

Learning Objective 3

Identify the conditions required for AI to deliver sustained impact, and translate implementation challenges into concrete actions and leadership-ready narratives that enable execution beyond pilot stage.

Access Type

Conference Pass