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What if AI readiness isn’t about retooling workers, but reimagining work entirely? Advisors from BHEF’s AI and Future Talent Collaborative share why traditional workforce planning can’t keep pace—and what will.

As the pace of AI transformation accelerates, organizations across every sector grapple with the same fundamental question: How do we prepare our people to thrive alongside artificial intelligence? From marketing to supply chains to HR, AI alters how tasks are done, decisions are made, and value is created. For business and talent leaders, that presents both an opportunity and a risk. 

The Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) is pleased to announce its inaugural Advisors to its AI & Future of Talent Collaborative ("BHEF AI Collaborative"). Launched in May 2025 under the leadership of BHEF Board Members Ryan Oakes (Accenture), Lisa Gevelber (Google), and Jae Lynn Akin (State Farm), the BHEF AI Collaborative will help business and higher education leaders align AI technology adoption with workforce needs across industries and occupations.