Building an AI-Ready Workforce

A Seramount Executive Forum on the people, skills, and culture behind AI value

November 5, 2026

9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. ET

Washington, DC

Agenda


The AI Value Breakdown: What 10,000+ Workforce Data Points Reveal About What Makes AI Work

Seramount’s new research pairs workforce data with qualitative insights from leading executives to identify the culture factors that can make or break AI transformation. Hear the five workplace conditions leaders need to get right to turn AI adoption into business value.

From Experimentation to Enablement: The Employee Experience of AI

AI is reshaping work, but employees are not experiencing the transformation equally. Drawing on national survey findings, this presentation examines how AI use, confidence, and support vary across employee groups—and why encouraging adoption is not enough. Attendees will learn how organizations can move from uneven experimentation to a more structured, trusted, and equitable approach to AI.

Concurrent Sessions

  • The Skills Race: Can Your Workforce Keep Up With AI?
    • AI is reshaping the skills people need—and how they need to apply them. Explore what HR and Early-Talent leaders must rethink now, and how real-world practice can build the judgment and capability needed for AI-enabled work.
  • Can Your Culture Keep Up With AI?
    • Organizations cannot execute AI transformation faster than their workforce is employees are willing and able to move with the change. Learn how inclusion leaders can build the workforce confidence needed to reduce friction and accelerate adoption.
Lunch

The AI Leadership Exchange

Compare notes with other executives on the people challenges shaping AI transformation. Seramount experts will lead small-group conversations focused on what organizations are trying, where progress is breaking down, and what leaders need to address next.

Inside a Strong AI Culture

Hear directly from leaders putting these ideas into practice. This candid conversation will explore what’s working, where challenges remain, and what leaders are learning as they lead their organizations through AI transformation.

Reception

Close out the day with a sommelier-led wine tasting, passed bites, and time to connect, compare notes, and continue the conversation.


AI Success Is a People Challenge


As organizations race to adopt AI, many are overlooking the very factor responsible for making transformation successful: their people.

Join Seramount experts—including former CHROs and Chief Diversity Officers from Consumer Reports, Merrill Lynch, Walgreens, and Workhuman—for an invitation-only forum grounded in Seramount's latest research on the human conditions that make AI work.

Learn how leading organizations across industries are approaching AI transformation through trust, culture, and human capability.

Who Should Attend 

This forum is designed for senior leaders responsible for preparing people, managers, and culture for AI-enabled work, including leaders across:

  • HR
  • Talent
  • Talent Acquisition
  • Learning & Development
  • Inclusion

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