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Special Series: HR in the Age of AI - Opportunities and Obstacles (Part 1 with Charlene Li)

June 03, 2025 • Philadelphia SHRM • Season 3 • Episode 7

Discussing the benefits and challenges of AI can help reduce anxiety around its integration and use. When HR professionals understand the advantages and limitations of AI, they can develop a balanced perspective and in turn, foster collaboration and proactive planning, ensuring that AI is integrated responsibly and ethically.

In this special multi-part series: HR in the Age of AI - Opportunities and Obstacles, recorded during the 2025 Philly SHRM Symposium, we got the perspectives from nationally and locally recognized speakers from different industries on the issue of AI and HR. We asked our guests on what HR professionals may need to tackle this technology that has already revolutionized the workplace.

First up, we'll talk with bestselling author, CEO and our keynote speaker, Charlene Li. She shares her insights on navigating leadership in the age of AI, emphasizing the importance of critical thinking, curiosity, and imagination.

More about Charlene...

Charlene is a Bestselling Author, CEO, Harvard Alumnus and Expert in Disruption, Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work.

After earning an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and an A.B. degree magna cum laude from Harvard College, Charlene has spent the past three decades helping people see the future and thrive through disruption. She has advised executives and boards to recognize the vital truth that companies can’t simply innovate in order to stay competitive. They must transform.

As a sought-after expert on disruptive transformation, leadership, customer experience, and the future of work, Charlene has worked with hundreds of organizations—ranging from Adobe to Southwest Airlines and 14 of the Dow Jones Industrial 30 companies—to provide her insights to support a winning strategy for disruptive growth and a plan to identify and seize an opportunity no one else has the audacity or confidence to reach for.

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