AI isn't just changing how we work; it is fundamentally redefining what work is and how it is valued. In this strategy-focused session, Marinus van Driel delivered a crucial framework for senior HR leaders to move beyond reacting to AI trends and instead proactively build a talent strategy designed for the future of work.

The central insight was clear: Agility is now the primary defense against market disruption, and AI is the engine that either enables it or exposes the lack of it.

Key Takeaways for Senior Talent Leaders:

• The Valuation Shift: Understanding how AI changes the economic value of human work. Leaders must proactively categorize roles based on whether AI will augment them (requiring capability-building) or transform them (requiring upskilling and talent mobility).
• Reframing AI: Capacity, Not Headcount: Attendees learned to reframe AI from a cost-reduction threat to a capacity unlock tool. This requires prioritizing investment where the benefit of AI is largest—freeing up high-value talent to focus on strategic, human-centric contributions.
• The Agility Playbook: Aon shared collected wisdom on intentional next steps, including the critical need to:
  • Build AI Literacy across the organization by intentionally letting teams "learn by doing."
  • Establish Governance that guides ethical use without creating organizational bottlenecks.
  • Prioritize small, intentional starts that map existing efforts and build momentum.

This session armed senior HR, Talent Development, and L&D leaders with the strategic perspective necessary to turn the complexities of AI and the future of work into a competitive advantage.