Fireside Chat: Balancing Now and Next, Managing Skill Capital in 2026

As AI, transparency, and workforce expectations converge, 2026 marks a turning point for how organizations manage their most valuable asset: skills. Leaders are being asked to deliver short-term results while preparing their workforces for an uncertain future.

In this fireside chat, Anita Lettink, Charlotte Benoit, and Dominic Holmes will explore how to balance those pressures and build a sustainable “skills-first” strategy that works for both people and business.

They will share insights from different perspectives, spanning market insights, business strategy, and the future of work. Including how to make skills transformation resonate with employees, how to turn AI from a tool into a trusted enabler of talent decisions, how to embed transparency and fairness into pay and performance, and how to design human–AI collaboration that builds long-term capability.

Together, they will look back at what 2025 taught us and outline the priorities that will define 2026.

If human capital was yesterday’s engine of business, in 2026 that engine becomes hybrid, powered by skills, transparency, and AI.