Strategic CHRO: Diane Gherson of IBM on How AI is Driving the Future of Work

For the next installment of our interview series with leaders who are transforming the role of the chief human resource officer, David Reimer, the CEO of Merryck & Co. Americas, and I sat down recently with Diane Gherson of IBM. Her insights and perspectives provide a clear window into how technology is fundamentally changing the HR function. Stay tuned for more interviews with other HR leaders. What are your thoughts on the phrase "strategic HR?" What does it mean to you? A. In the old days, strategic meant taking the business strategy and translating that into what it meant for the various functional groups you might have in HR, and to a certain extent, how you would allocate your resources. But then it became much more about actually sitting at the strategy table and focusing more on, given our talent, the things that will give us a competitive advantage.