From Leading Teams to Leading AI Agents: The CPO Playbook for the AI Era

What does AI actually change inside the people function?In this episode of The Leaders in Talent Podcast, Adriaan Kolff sits down with Shlomit Gruman-Navot, a four-time Chief People Officer and transformation executive with 25 years of experience across tech, SaaS, consumer platforms, and banking.Shlomit shares what changed when she went deep into AI, why this is not just a technology shift but a human transformation, and how leaders should rethink work, judgment, operating models, and AI fluency across the organization.Timestamps 01:23 Guest introduction: who is Shlomit Gruman-Navot 02:49 Why Shlomit went deep into AI 03:36 From leading teams to leading AI agents 06:22 How her AI journey actually started 10:11 Where AI is already making an impact in HR 12:18 How to redesign work and drive change inside organizations 15:45 Why HR is uniquely positioned to lead AI transformation 18:26 Advice for CHROs and HR leaders who are too busy to experiment 21:39 Agents vs agentic AI explained simply 24:45 Will AI eliminate junior HR and analyst roles? 29:07 How talent leaders should deal with AI overwhelm 30:48 Shlomit’s new community around making AI work at work ___________________________Connect with us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/matchr/Get in touch with us: https://www.matchr.io/who-we-are/contact/____________Connect with Shlomit Gruman-Navot: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shlomit-gruman-navot/ Connect with Adriaan Kolff: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adriaankolff/___________________________RSS feed: https://media.rss.com/leaders-in-talent/feed.xml___________________________Need a Recruitment Support? Embed Matchr’s expert recruiters directly into your team. Seamless integration for immediate impact on your hiring process.Learn more: https://matchr.io