“How to Build an AI-First People Team” with Brandon Sammut, Chief People Officer at Zapier

How can HR teams embrace AI to improve both productivity and quality?

Why is building AI fluency critical for your career and organization?

My guest on this episode is Brandon Sammut, Chief People Officer at Zapier

During our conversation Brandon and I discuss:

• The AI fluency framework Zapier uses to evaluate both job candidates and team members.
• Why every role on Brandon’s People team and across Zapier is being rebuilt with AI at the core, and what this means for raising the talent bar in HR.
• How AI and automation are enabling Zapier’s People team to focus on more meaningful work which is driving engagement and enhancing careers
• Why Zapier’s focus on “Talent Density” led them to raise compensation from the 50th to the 90th percentile.
• Why Brandon believes AI initiatives should go beyond saving time or money and instead focus on improving the quality of outputs.

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