People Strategy in the Age of AI
A 6-week online programme for HR and people leaders to redesign work for AI, transform talent and workforce strategy, and lead responsible AI adoption while keeping people at the centre.
Upcoming programmes
Format:
Dates:
Duration:
Fees:
Online
19 Nov 2026 (start date)
6 weeks (4-5 hours per week)
£2,100
Upcoming programmes
Format:
Online
Dates:
19 Nov 2026 (start date)
Duration:
6 weeks (4-5 hours per week)
Fees:
£2,100
Overview
This programme is a practical 6-week online programme that helps HR leaders and people professionals like you build AI strategies and redesign work, talent systems, workforce strategy, governance and human-AI collaboration. Rather than treating AI as a standalone technology initiative, the programme equips you to lead responsible AI adoption, redesign work for human-AI collaboration and build organisational capability for sustained change.
Guided by Cambridge Judge Business School faculty, fellows and industry contributors, the curriculum for this programme explores how AI is reshaping hiring, talent systems and work design using real-world examples, hands-on activities and case studies. By the end of the programme, you will have developed a practical transformation road map to support responsible AI transformation, governance and long-term organisational capability.
Benefits and career impact
- Align AI adoption with business strategy and talent management to drive organisational transformation.
- Identify and prioritise high-impact AI use cases across HR while balancing value creation, ethics and compliance.
- Design AI-enabled talent systems that improve outcomes while protecting fairness, transparency and trust.
- Redesign work, roles and decision rights for effective human-AI collaboration while protecting employee agency, autonomy and psychological safety.
- Build workforce strategies that prepare your organisation for long-term AI adoption.
- Implement governance, cultural and change mechanisms for responsible and sustainable AI adoption and workforce well-being.
The question is not, ‘Where can we deploy AI?’ The better question is, ‘What kind of work system are we designing, and what human values must it protect?’ Rather than treating AI as a technology initiative, the People Strategy in the Age of AI programme positions it as an opportunity to redesign work, workforce systems and human-AI collaboration for lasting organisational impact.
This programme is being delivered in collaboration with Emeritus.
Programme content
Module 1: Strategic AI foundations for HR leaders
- Discover how HR can lead AI-driven organisational transformation by aligning business value, human capability and responsible deployment.
Module 2: Responsible AI in hiring and talent acquisition
- Examine how to build AI-enabled hiring systems that protect fairness, accountability and candidate trust while improving decision-making.
Module 3: AI-powered talent management – performance, growth and mobility
- Explore how AI can transform talent management by integrating performance, skills, learning and mobility while protecting employee agency.
Module 4: The AI-driven workplace – human-AI collaboration and work redesign
- Redesign work for the AI era by defining the respective roles of people and AI, clarifying judgement and accountability and enabling sustainable AI adoption.
Module 5: AI-first workforce strategy – skills, capability and transitions
- Develop a workforce strategy that balances AI-enabled productivity with human judgement, capability-building and long-term organisational resilience.
Module 6: Leading responsible AI transformation – governance, culture and sustainable adoption
- Build an organisation-wide approach to AI by defining a clear vision, strengthening accountability and measuring workforce and organisational impact.
How you learn: Online
Our fully online programmes run over the course of multiple weeks, allowing you the greatest level of flexibility as to where and when you study. The learning is carefully structured in weekly components through a mix of curated videos, live webinars with Cambridge faculty plus Q&A sessions with Live Chat, assignments and discussions.
Who attends
- HR leaders and professionals: redesign talent systems by harnessing AI across the employee life cycle.
- Senior leaders: align AI with workforce strategy and build organisational capabilities.
- Policy and governance professionals: effectively manage risk while adopting AI at scale.
- Consultants: guide clients through AI-enabled workforce transformation with practical transformation frameworks.
Faculty and speakers
Learn from our world-class faculty who bring fresh insights from their leading-edge research into all of our Executive Education programmes. The Academic Programme Director (APD) for the Executive Presence and Leadership for Influence programme is Professor Thomas Roulet.
PhD (HEC Paris)
Smaranda holds an honorary title from Cambridge Judge Business School.
Why Cambridge Judge Business School?
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Contact us
If you have any questions or would like to have a chat about this programme and how it could benefit you or your organisation, please get in touch with the Open Programmes team:
