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Thu, Feb 19, 2026

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Dave Ulrich frames HR's AI moment as a stakeholder-value play, not a tech race

In his opening keynote, the RBL Group co-founder urges HR leaders to pivot from "activity to impact" by linking..

From pilots to scale: HR leaders outline what it takes to win in the AI era

On ETHRWorld's "From Digital to Intelligent" panel, leaders from McKinsey, Google India and Philips argue that..

Designing Talent Systems Where Humans Thrive & Machines Scale: What the "Grand Debate" Got Right

The panel opened with four crisp, distinct views on what should sit at the "core" of modern talent systems.

	AI Doesn't Cause Burnout-Leadership Does: CHROs Redefine Boundaries in the Age of Acceleration
	HR Now, Next, Beyond: Why the Function's Future Will Be Won on Leadership Quality, Retention and "Subtraction" Tech
	Tech Mahindra's Richard Lobo: In the AI era, the hard part of HR is still human-technology should help leaders get "n=1" right
	Running a Global Workforce from India: Why Compliance Is Now a Growth Lever, Not a Constraint
	CEOs to HR: take fear out of AI, build trust, and re-engineer talent for agility-not layoffs
	From pilots to proof: L&D leaders call for "learning in the flow of work" and OKR-linked accountability in 2026
	AI Turns Workforce Mobility into a Strategic Lever, Say HR Leaders
	EX is now a board topic-but the workforce doesn't "fit one model" anymore, say CHROs from Tata Consumer, Ashok Leyland and Mphasis
	Built to Scale: CEOs Outline the India Playbook for Aligning People, Technology & Capital
	CHROs push the "empathy edge" in agent-led workplaces: sensemaking, task-based skills and high-tech, high-touch leadership
	Built to Scale: CEOs Say India's Growth Playbook Demands Discipline in People, Tech and Capital
	ITI chief Jason Oxman says India is setting the pace on workplace AI-now the priority is trust, skills and smart policy
	Workday positions "HR intelligence" as the new front door to work, with AI agents for people, money and planning
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Top Stories

	Volkswagen plans to cut 35,000 jobs in Germany by 2030
	Apple drops ESG links from top executives' pay packages
	Anthropic's top executive answers why Anthropic is hiring engineers when 'Claude Code is writing 100% of code'
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CXO Movement

	Dabur appoints Hershey's Herjit Bhalla as CEO, elevates Mohit Malhotra to global role
	Liquor maker Radico Khaitan's Chief Operating Officer steps down
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Talent Acquisition & Management

	Santos to cut 10% jobs as growth projects near end, annual profit misses estimates
	Verallia may cut up to 360 jobs as European glass bottle demand falls
	73% employers plan to hire freshers in H1 2026, says report
	Companies grappling with hiring-related discrepancies, says report
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Workplace

	Hyderabad firm accused of siphoning off PF dues of 24,000 employees
	Despite massive AI push, over 90% firms see no impact on jobs or output: Survey
	Pregnant with high-risk twins, woman says boss gets 'annoyed' by her frequent medical appointments and sick leave
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Industry

	OpenAI partners with IIT Delhi, IIM Ahmedabad, others to build AI-ready talent
	Tredence opens AI innovation center in Hyderabad, plans to add 1800 employees by 2027
	Festo opens GCC in Bengaluru with capacity to accommodate 600 employees
	Starbucks' investor group urges shareholders to replace directors over labor row
	Trade union BMS to hold nationwide protest on February 25
	Income Tax Department sends notices to many senior executives earning over Rs 50 lakh for alleged misuse of exemptions
	Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR, Mumbai dominate AI job openings on Naukari.com with 70% share: CBRE
	'Don't panic about job losses': Vishal Sikka says AI will create jobs we can't yet imagine
	India's engineering talent becoming AI talent
	The Great AI Job Shake-Up: It's not the tech, but the talent using it
	AI and the workforce: Tech's 'culture reset' is now often about doing more with fewer hands
	Need to include humans in loop in every stage of AI adoption, says Vanessa Smith, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, ServiceNow
	AI adoption already hitting Irish graduate jobs, finance department says
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