PART 2: Igniting AI Catalysts: HR's Role Across the Enterprise
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Nichol Bradford explores how HR leaders can amplify their impact by sparking AI catalysts throughout the organization. Discover HR's role in supporting AI implementation across various departments. The CHRO's partnership with the CIO is highlighted in redefining the workforce in a generative AI world. HR must collaborate to anticipate and adapt to AI's impact on the workforce. Attendees will learn how to stay ahead while continuously evaluating and adjusting to generative AI's transformative power. Nichol shares insights on cross-functional collaboration, knowledge sharing, and creating an AI-driven innovation culture. Strategies for aligning technology and people strategies are discussed, ensuring AI implementation is human-centric and ethically responsible. This talk offers guidance for HR leaders and business executives navigating workforce challenges and opportunities in the age of generative AI.
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Nichol Bradford
Nichol Bradford stands at the forefront of human potential and AI, accelerating human transformation through technology investments, research, and global thought leadership.
Currently, Nichol serves as Executive-in-Residence for AI + HI at The Society for Human Resource Management, shaping global thinking on human-AI collaboration. She is also Co-Founder and Partner of Niremia Collective, an early stage venture fund focused on human potential technologies, and she co-founded Transformative Tech.org, the largest global ecosystem of founders, investors and innovators building tech for human flourishing.
Previously, as a senior interactive entertainment executive, Nichol held strategy, operations, marketing and production roles at major brands including Epic Games, Activision-Blizzard, Vivendi Games and Disney. She led operations for World of Warcraft China and Blizzard properties in China, played a key role on the Vivendi team responsible for the landmark $18B Activision-Blizzard merger deal, and helped produce record-breaking events in the metaverse at Epic Games.
Nichol has an MBA from The Wharton School, is Faculty at Singularity University, a Trustee at CIIS, and has been a Lecturer and Adjunct Professor at Stanford University.
Moving forward, Nichol is focused on advancing human potential through ethical and empowering AI -- catalyzing a global ecosystem of innovators to create technology for human thriving.
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"My life mission is to empower human potential. SHRM as the leading source of insight for HR professionals will play a critical role in driving human readiness for an AI world. Together, we are creating an AI+HI enablement path that will help transform work, workers and workplace at scale."