AI-Skilled HR Management: Strategies & Skills for Immediate Adoption

Are you already using AI to brainstorm ideas, draft basic emails, or search for information? It’s time to move past the basics. In this in-person 90-minute masterclass, you will transition from a passive AI user to an advanced AI builder who is advancing both HR practice and business outcomes. Gain knowledge and skill for using professional judgment and responsible AI practices in HR decision-making.

Designed for people managers and HR professionals, this session works through one realistic HR example from start to finish such as a policy draft that sounds like your handbook, a leadership report built from anonymized HR data that follows the format and tone of your past reports, and a reusable AI assistant built live in the room. You will leave with a blueprint you can put to work at your desk before the day is over. Strengthen your professional judgement while protecting sensitive information and enhancing organizational decision-making.

Key Takeaways:

• Beyond the Prompt: Give AI the context it needs (your role, your audience, your goal, and a sample of your handbook's tone) to produce HR documents that sound like your company.
• Data-Driven Insights: Summarize anonymized HR data, such as hiring metrics and exit interview themes, into a report for leadership that matches the tone and format of your past reports, with every figure checked against the source.
• Custom AI Tooling: Watch a reusable AI assistant get built live, then learn how to set up your own with your handbook and guidelines so you stop starting from scratch.
• Governance: Catch invented facts and bias before they reach a decision, and know what employee information never goes into an AI tool. Learn principles to manage responsible AI use in HR, including validation of outputs, bias identification, confidentiality protections, and appropriate handling of employee information.
  

Objectives: By the end of this 90-minute session, participants will be able to

1. Construct a multi-step AI prompt demonstrating analytical acumen that gives role, audience, goal, format, and an example of company tone to draft an HR policy aligned with organizational policy.
2. Use AI to summarize anonymized HR data for executive leaders, and verify each figure and theme against the source.
3. Design a reusable AI assistant set up with their organization's handbook and guidelines for a recurring HR task.
4. Evaluate AI-generated output for invented facts that reduce accuracy, bias, and data-privacy risks, and organizational policy compliance before using it in HR decision-making.
   

Date: October 20th, 2026

Location: LIVE at BPEC - pre-registration required

The Birch room opens at 11:20 AM for registration. Sign in, select your lunch, sit with people you have not met, and learn about one another.

Lunch and Networking at 11:30 AM -  Program begins. Share announcements, opportunities, and insights with fellow professionals.

Welcome at 11:45 AM - ASHRM updates and information.

Speaker presentation begins by noon  - Guest speaker will deliver a 90 minute session, followed by closing remarks from the ASHRM President.

Closing notes and continuing education credit 1:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Say goodbye 1:45 - 2:00 PM

Bio: Blythe Easterly
Co-founder and COO of Delve Group, Blythe leads operations and client partnerships. She and partner Kyle Easterly are devoted to community outreach and education regarding responsibile AI use in business, education, and community development. Prior to developing the Delve Group, Blythe provided corporate training and change management, gaining experience with complex projects within companies seeking a competitive edge in an era of technological advancement.

More about Blythe: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blythe-easterly


Bio: Kyle Easterly

Kyle Easterly is Co-Founder and CEO of https://delve-group.com/Delve Group, deploying AI solutions for organizations throughout Alaska. With 15 years of experience in enterprise software spanning oil and gas, telecommunications, and government sectors, he focuses on building durable, production-ready systems. As a Claude Community Ambassador, he was featured in Anthropic's oral history, The Making of Claude Code, and showcased his AI security research at DEF CON 31's AI Village. He is dedicated to cultivating a community of AI practitioners and guiding organizations toward successful AI integration.

Continuing education credit subimitted for approval  1.5 PDCs