In a 2026 survey of nearly 1,900 HR professionals, SHRM found that 52% of organizations do not involve HR directly or through cross-functional collaboration in developing their overall AI strategy and vision. That's not a perception problem. It's an organizational design problem, and it has real consequences for employees, for institutional knowledge, and for whether AI transformation produces lasting value or just near-term margin.
That research defines the moment. This session is a firsthand account of what it looks like when HR steps up to own it.
One $1.7 billion firm, with 6,000 employees and more than 100,000 employer clients, decided not to wait for a playbook. They built one. They hired an AI coworker into daily conversations with 1,600 of their own benefit consultants, learned what a blended workforce actually requires, and developed a framework for measuring it under private-equity scrutiny. The lessons from that experiment invite every HR leader into this conversation.
In this session, hear about:
- What a blended workforce actually looks like in practice
- Composed capacity: human judgment and machine capability, orchestrated together
- Why owning your organizational intelligence is urgent
- What happens when workforce knowledge walks out the door
This isn't a framework on a slide. It's testimony from the field, on a problem organizational leaders are walking into right now, and a window into what becomes possible when HR is in the room where decisions were previously reserved for technology experts alone.
Presented by Mike Sullivan, Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer, and Vinay Gidwaney, Chief Product Officer, OneDigital. Co-authors of Workforce Intelligence: The People-First Playbook for Leading Your Company Through AI Transformation (Wiley, 2026).
Statistic sourced from SHRM's 2026 State of AI in HR, a survey of 1,908 HR professionals.
Meet the Presenters
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Mike Sullivan
Mike Sullivan has spent more than four decades at the intersection of business strategy, mergers and acquisitions and all facets of an evolving American workplace and has seen firsthand what separates companies that thrive from those that stall. As Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer of OneDigital, he has helped build one of the most dynamic insurance and financial services firms in the country, guiding its expansion through acquisition, partnership, and entry into new markets. Outside OneDigital, he is an active investor and board member across a broad set of firms and industry verticals.
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Vinay Gidwaney
Vinay Gidwaney is a seasoned expert and entrepreneur with decades of experience in employee benefits, insurance and product innovation. As Chief Product Officer (CPO) at OneDigital, Gidwaney is passionate about creating opportunities for employees and families to make better decisions around their finances through OneDigital’s integrated offerings. He leads a strong team of technology experts and developers who deliver the latest in innovative products and solutions to OneDigital’s customer base.
SHRM certification has approved this webinar for 1 PDC toward SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP recertification. A program code will be provided at the end of the webinar.