Navigating the AI revolution in HR. Separating hope from hype

For better or worse, AI is making its way into the workplace!
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AI is no longer a distant promise—it’s already reshaping how we work, lead, and manage talent. In this thought-provoking keynote, Jan explores the real-world impact of artificial intelligence on HR and the broader workplace.
Far from theoretical, "Navigating the AI Revolution in HR: Separating Hope from Hype" examines how AI is transforming HR processes today—from recruitment and employee engagement to performance management and workforce planning. Jan helps audiences cut through the noise to understand what’s truly changing, what’s overhyped, and where the real opportunities lie.
This keynote is ideal for HR professionals, business leaders, and organizations looking to stay ahead in a rapidly evolving world of work.
With clarity and insight, Jan addresses the key questions:
How can businesses effectively adapt to AI integration?
What does this shift mean for productivity and human potential?
And how can we lead our teams through this transition with purpose and resilience?
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As HR Evangelist Jan has a long track record and held various positions at SD Worx, the leading European HR solutions provider for which he takes the stage across Europe as impactful keynote speaker or debate moderator. Jan is also a researcher at the University of Antwerp and a guest lecturer in both master and executive HR programs. He covers many topics in the world of work. If you would ask him for his favorite conversation topic, this will be the answer: “Is HRM ready to rise to the AI occasion in the rapidly changing world of work?”.
As a keynote speaker, panelist and moderator he inspires both large audiences, HR leadership teams or intimate HRD roundtables across Europe with his take on people sustainability, AI@work or the future-proof HR organisation. Jan spends a lot of time with customers. Being both a practitioner and an aspiring academic, he prefers an evidence-based approach when examining and discussing these contemporary and future challenges in work, employment and HRM.
His interventions are interactive, thought-provoking and aim to distinguish between trends and fads.
HR Evangelist with an evidence-based approach to discuss challenges in work, employment and HR
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