
I am not an HR manager. But I work daily with HR leaders, boards and innovators across sectors. And as 2026 unfolds, one thing becomes impossible to ignore: the numbers are forcing a shift in what HR actually is. Some signals that keep coming back, across reports and boardrooms: Put together, this points to one…

As 2025 comes to a close, I mainly want to say thank you. Thank you to everyone I worked with this year. Clients, partners, colleagues, challengers, builders, sceptics and optimists. The conversations, experiments, pilots and sometimes uncomfortable questions made this year intense, inspiring and meaningful. 2025 was a true tipping point. Not for AI hype,…

The hype around generative AI has swept across industries—but in Europe’s HR domain, we’re entering a more mature, grounded phase. Not just because we’re growing more critical, but because we’re gaining a deeper understanding of what responsible AI deployment truly demands—technically, ethically, and legally. With the EU’s AI Act approaching enforcement, we’re getting a clear…