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Will HR and IT functions merge to reshape the role of the profession?

Steve Bridger

It's a bit of a provocative question, but not a hypothetical one.

In May, the huge biotech company Moderna merged its technology and HR departments under one executive, creating the new role of Chief People and Digital Technology Officer. This move reflected a broader push within the organisation to redesign work around human-AI collaboration (including the deployment of over 3,000 custom GPT agents to assist in - for example - performance management and benefits queries). We have discussed how the use of AI in recruiting is already rapidly accelerating that integration. AI in the workplace 

Is this a new trend - a fad that will blow over - or something that more organisations may adopt in the near future? 

This was another topic of discussion in this week's HR People Pod.

As the guests commented - this isn't about sticking two functions together to create a Frankenstein department - and HR will not be fixing employee laptops anytime soon - but the tywo functions already work closely - innovating, creating dashboards, etc. 

In few years ago a friend (who will remain nameless) rather harshly referred to the "cold hands of HR and IT". Can the two functions really merge together in err, warm embrace?

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  • I work in a 'many hats' kind of business, with HR being my main function, but also manage the IT side of things, mostly managing/monitoring the external supplier we outsource IT to.

    The only reason i can see HR & IT working together, would be HR providing input and insight into the design and roll out of systems created and implemented by IT, which affect HR and personnel generally.

    This would be collaboration based on projects, not a merging of departments.

    Fundamentally, the two functions are entirely different, an IT professional could not run a grievance from start to finish, a HR professional could not fix IT issues etc, there is no link.

    I actually think AI will 'hit a wall' its argued to be entirely unsustainable, the water and power required to sustain what has already been created is immense, which is leading to some betting against it (literally). I think it can be great if used correctly, but we need to give great consideration to how it used going forward, as it will ultimately work against us all in some capacity.
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  • I work in a 'many hats' kind of business, with HR being my main function, but also manage the IT side of things, mostly managing/monitoring the external supplier we outsource IT to.

    The only reason i can see HR & IT working together, would be HR providing input and insight into the design and roll out of systems created and implemented by IT, which affect HR and personnel generally.

    This would be collaboration based on projects, not a merging of departments.

    Fundamentally, the two functions are entirely different, an IT professional could not run a grievance from start to finish, a HR professional could not fix IT issues etc, there is no link.

    I actually think AI will 'hit a wall' its argued to be entirely unsustainable, the water and power required to sustain what has already been created is immense, which is leading to some betting against it (literally). I think it can be great if used correctly, but we need to give great consideration to how it used going forward, as it will ultimately work against us all in some capacity.
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