In an exclusive BW People editorial opinion piece, Krupa NS, Chief Human Resources Officer, Xoriant, shares that as AI promises unprecedented productivity gains and global employee engagement dramatically declining, making workforce transformation far more urgent than workplace transformation has become mainstream.
Unlike technology-first approaches, she points out that closing the gap between AI deployment and human preparedness is a leadership challenge, not a technology failure.
Krupa explains three interconnected priorities: building AI-powered capabilities through structured learning, embedding wellbeing into everyday workflows, and designing work ecosystems rooted in belonging, competence, autonomy, and purpose.
She adds that in an AI-driven workplace, employee happiness isn't a soft metric, it's your talent strategy and most important competitive advantage.