What makes an HR function truly strategic — and how important is investment? As employers prepare for changes to unfair dismissal rights, how can people professionals help hiring managers make better recruitment decisions? Should employees have the right to know what their colleagues earn? Finally, as AI becomes embedded in the workplace, is it weakening our critical thinking and decision-making skills—or helping us use them more effectively?
Leah De Silva, Senior Programme Manager for the CIPD Trust, Head of People and Culture at Dowds Group, Rob Rees; and David Blackburn, Managing Director of David R. Blackburn Consulting.
Recorded: 30 October 2026
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Your next listen:
HR People Pod – Ep 60: Commercial confidence, productivity and AI – with Neil Carberry
CIPD Podcast 219: Dealing with AI use in recruitment and job applications
HR People Pod – Ep 54: Future planning as a discipline – with Tom Cheeswright
Additional resources:
Report: HR pulse 2026: Inside the people profession
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