Every HR team is being asked to do more with the same headcount. Functional Acceleration is the dimension that makes that possible — maximizing your people and technology through smarter strategy and the operational use of AI to automate the work consuming your team's time.
We'll cover what high maturity looks like across HR function strategy and HR technology, and how the organizations pulling ahead use AI agents not just to move faster, but to free their people for higher-value work. We'll ground it in SHRM's research on why aligning HR technology to business goals is where so many functions stall — and what closing that gap unlocks.
Then we'll show you how the Functional Acceleration dimension at HR-X Live! turns this into hands-on capability: you'll work with the tools directly and leave with a Playbook you can run the moment you're back at your desk. If you're ready to get time back for your team, this is your dimension.
Meet the Presenter
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Ragan Decker
Ragan Decker, Ph.D., is an Industrial-Organizational Psychologist and Director of Commercial Research on SHRM’s Thought Leadership team. She leads and conducts strategic research that advances SHRM’s mission. Her team’s work, along with her own research contributions, spans a wide range of topics, including deskless workers, artificial intelligence, executive priorities, the state of the workplace, workplace culture, mental health, and civility.
SHRM certification has approved this webinar for 0.5 PDC toward SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP recertification. A program code will be provided at the end of the webinar.
SHRM HR-X LIVE! • JUNE 2027 • CHICAGO
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