AI for People Professionals

Understand How to Use Artificial Intelligence in Your HR Role
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-3986-2601-0
Verlag: Kogan Page

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 555 g

Navigate and lead the shift to AI-enabled HR with confidence and clarity.

AI for People Professionals by Erica Farmer is a practical, no-nonsense guide for HR, L&D, Talent and People leaders who want to understand and harness AI without losing what makes their work human, and apply it to real workplace challenges. Written for professionals ready to move beyond surface level use cases, it shows how AI can streamline HR processes, add value, innovate the HR operating model, boost productivity and drive stronger employee experiences.

You'll learn how to:

- Optimize recruitment, talent management, reward management, L&D and skills programs
- Practically master AI interactions and develop an AI playbook for adoption across your organization
- Enhance creativity, collaboration, wellbeing, coaching and problem-solving across teams
- Shift from reactive HR to strategic, future-focused leadership
- Make smarter, faster decisions while staying ethical and compliant

Through real world examples, reflective exercises and actionable tools, this book gives you the knowledge and confidence to implement AI in ways that add value, build efficiency and support ethical HR leadership.

Themes include: HR technology, AI in recruitment, digital HR strategy, ethical AI, talent management, workforce productivity

Autoren/Hrsg.

Farmer, Erica

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensorganisation & Entwicklungsstrategien
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Personalwesen, Human Resource Management
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Künstliche Intelligenz

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter - 00: Introduction - the AI advantage; Chapter - 01: Understanding AI and its potential in HR; Chapter - 02: Defining what truly matters to you as an HR leader; Chapter - 03: Strategic thinking, creativity and AI collaborations in HR; Chapter - 04: Prompting power in people professions; Chapter - 05: Mastering AI interactions in HR; Chapter - 06: People strategies with AI confidence; Chapter - 07: Innovating operational HR with H ( AI ) R; Chapter - 08: The toolkit for sustainable AI adoption; Chapter - 09: AI-supported wellbeing; Chapter - 10: L&D as curator of skills in the age of AI; Chapter - 11: AI-augmented coaching; Chapter - 12: Mindful AI use in recruitment and talent acquisition; Chapter - 13: Redefining reward in the age of AI; Chapter - 14: Talent management in the AI era; Chapter - 15: Agentic AI and HR - moving from generative; Chapter - 16: From process to possibility - learning-led HR; Chapter - 17: Conclusion - your AI-enhanced life; Chapter - 18: Appendix;

Über Autor(innen)

Farmer, Erica
Erica Farmer has over 25 years of learning and development and apprenticeships experience with some of the UK's best known brands such as LV=, British Gas, Specsavers and Virgin.

Her area of specialism is AI and future skills. Erica speaks about this in her TEDx talk, 'Reforming Education through the Digital First Mindset', and in her courses as a LinkedIn Learning Instructor.

She is passionate about driving human collaborations with tech. Examples are the 'AI for the Average Joe' podcast show, making the complex, simple, alongside her innovative keynotes and workshops focusing on AI for everyone, AI in leadership and practical uses AI in wellbeing.

She is also an advisory member of the AI in Work & Skills Forum, a seasoned presenter who was shortlisted as Best AI Speaker in the 2025 Speaker Awards. She is also an AI Strategist for a leading European learning and teaching assessment organization.

Erica Farmer is a professional speaker, trainer and author specializing in AI and future skills. She has over 25 years of experience with brands such as LV=, British Gas, Specsavers and Virgin. She is also a frequent conference speaker, shortlisted as Best AI Speaker in the 2025 Speaker Awards, an advisory member of the AI in Work & Skills Forum and the host of the 'AI for the Average Joe' podcast. She is based in Devon, UK.