2026 State of People Strategy: When People & AI Win Together

In this episode, we unpack Lattice’s 2026 State of People Strategy Report, which marks a pivotal shift in HR priorities: performance management has overtaken engagement for the first time. We explore how high-performing organisations are successfully deploying agentic AI and specialised tools, while still strengthening DEIB and human connection. At the same time, many HR leaders face burnout, tighter budgets, and pressure to consolidate bloated tech stacks while defending core people programs. We also examine generational divides around remote work and ethics, and why data-driven leaders are best positioned to navigate workplace polarisation and prove ROI. Tune in to learn how the most effective teams treat technology and humanity as complementary, not competing, forces.