When AI Becomes a Colleague: Rethinking Work, Talent and HR
September 30, 2026
53 Sec
Featured Speaker
Surojit ChatterjeeCEO of Ema
Rishad Tobaccowala Author of Rethinking Work, former Global Chief Strategist at Publicis Group
Jason AverbookSenior Partner & Global HR Transformation Leader, MercerSummary
For three decades, HR has been built on one assumption: the workforce is human. That assumption is breaking. AI agents are already doing the work ,Yet, nobody has re-imagined the org structure with humans and AI agents collaborating to get the job done. Join Jason Averbook (Senior Partner & Global HR Transformation Leader, Mercer), Rishad Tobaccowala (author of Rethinking Work, former Global Chief Strategist at Publicis Groupe) and Surojit Chatterjee (Founder & CEO, Ema) for a virtual town hall on what changes when AI stops being a tool and starts being a colleague.
When AI Becomes a Colleague: Rethinking Work, Talent and HR
Here's what to expect in the podcast:
- Where AI colleagues belong on the org chart, and where they don't
- What talent strategy means when capacity can be provisioned instead of recruited
- How HR shifts from administering a workforce to designing one
- The governance decisions leaders are getting wrong right now
- What separates the enterprises seeing real results from the ones stuck in pilots


