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Findings from CIPD’s work as part of the UK Government-funded Innovate UK BridgeAI programme
AI is moving from experimentation to everyday infrastructure. For HR teams, that shift brings a practical question: how do we make productivity gains while protecting the conditions for good work — fairness, capability, sustainable performance and employee trust?
AI is already reshaping how work is done, and organisations are looking for practical ways to support continual upskilling – not one-off training, but approaches that evolve alongside how AI is used in practice.
AI is exposing gaps in how HR and leadership skills are applied. The challenge is not acquiring new skills but using existing ones to manage workforce change effectively