Overview
AI is already changing HR. The question is whether your organisation is shaping that change or simply reacting to it.
Across recruitment, workforce planning, learning and development, performance management and employee engagement, AI is creating opportunities to work faster, generate better insight and improve the employee experience. But unmanaged adoption also brings real risks. Inconsistent use, poor-quality outputs, bias, data privacy concerns and unclear accountability can quickly undermine trust and expose organisations to unnecessary risk.
For HR leaders, doing nothing is no longer the safe option. As employees begin using AI independently and new tools enter the workplace, HR has an important role to play in setting direction, building confidence and ensuring adoption is responsible, practical and aligned with organisational priorities.
This intensive two-day programme gives HR professionals the practical understanding and strategic frameworks needed to take control of that agenda. Delegates will explore how AI can be applied across the HR lifecycle, assess where their organisation is ready to adopt AI, examine the ethical, cultural and governance challenges involved, and consider different approaches to developing an organisational AI strategy.
Learning Outcomes
- Explain key AI concepts and apply them confidently within an HR context.
- Identify practical AI opportunities across the HR lifecycle.
- Assess the strategic, ethical and organisational factors influencing AI adoption.
- Evaluate organisational readiness and the challenges of leading AI-enabled change.
- Develop clear priorities and a strategic direction for AI within HR.
- Recommend practical approaches for implementing, monitoring and communicating AI strategy.
Qualification
Achieve the CMI Level 7 Award in Strategic Leadership of AI by successfully completing a practical, work-based assessment following the programme. There is no exam; learners complete approximately 4,000 words of assessment, applying their learning to real organisational challenges including AI strategy development, organisational readiness, implementation, monitoring and strategic decision-making.
Testimonials
Excellent course, engaging, informative and extremely useful. Looking forward to implementing what I have learnt.
Middlesbrough Council
HR Manager
Very well organised, super efficient with the information prior and after the course.
Well-Safe Solutions
HR Director
The training experience has genuinely been transformative. It gave me practical tools, fresh perspectives, and the confidence to apply new approaches immediately. The sessions were engaging, well-structured, and tailored to real challenges making the learning both relevant and impactful.
XMA
Director of HR, Employee Relations and Service Delivery
Great session with fantastic people.
Blenheim High School
Human Resources Manager
I found the two-day course incredibly informative and genuinely useful. It offered a great balance of practical tools and strategic insight, and I walked away with lots of ideas I can apply within my role. The facilitator was very engaging and knowledgeable, and the content was well-structured and relevant. Highly recommend to anyone looking to build their capability in this area.
MindWise
HR & Training Manager
Agenda
Day 1
AI Foundations, HR Applications and Strategic Readiness
- Understand AI, generative AI and agentic AI and their relevance to HR.
- Develop practical prompting skills for effective and responsible AI use.
- Explore AI applications across recruitment, onboarding, L&D and performance.
- Consider bias, confidentiality, human judgement and other risks of AI use.
- Explore AI’s impact on workforce planning and organisational development.
- Identify the internal and external factors influencing organisational AI strategy.
- Compare approaches to AI strategy, change and organisational readiness.
Day 2
Responsible AI, Strategy and Implementation
- Explore responsible AI use, ethics, bias, privacy and data protection.
- Examine AI applications across performance management, L&D and engagement.
- Identify where AI can add genuine value to organisational and HR challenges.
- Explore how culture, capability and stakeholder expectations influence AI adoption.
- Develop priorities and a clear strategic direction for AI within HR.
- Build a practical implementation plan with actions, risks and success measures.
- Monitoring, stakeholder communication and the CMI Level 7 assessment pathway.
*Programme Subject to Change
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Trainer Profile
Lorraine Hunt
Lorraine Hunt is an AI and workplace transformation specialist with over 20 years’ experience helping organisations improve performance through smarter ways of working, digital innovation and people development.
With a background spanning senior HR, learning and development, organisational development and operational leadership, Lorraine has led large-scale transformation programmes, implemented enterprise HR and learning systems, developed award-winning training academies and designed leadership programmes that have supported thousands of learners across the public, private and healthcare sectors.
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