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he AI race is accelerating. Organizations across industries are urgently exploring how AI can boost productivity, expand capacity, and unlock new sources of value. As AIHR’s recent HR Priorities report shows, HR is uniquely positioned to co-lead this transformation, ensuring that AI adoption is not just fast, but systemic and sustainab
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e. Yet significant barriers to adoption persist. Insights from our collaboration with Lightcast reveal a critical disconnect: the challenge lies less in employee willingness and more in leadership’s approach to AI adoption. While most leaders support AI in principle, they haven’t translated that support into structured, s
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