Imagine a company where AI can do half the work. Profits rise, productivity soars, and management celebrates.

**But what happens to the people?**

That’s the uncomfortable question raised by *The CHRO Reimagined: Architecting Human Value in an AI-Shaped Enterprise* by Aadesh Goyal, former Global HR Chief of Tata Communications, with a foreword by renowned HR thinker Dave Ulrich.

For decades, HR departments have recruited, trained and managed employees. But Goyal argues that their future role must be radically different: **not managing human resources, but creating human value.**

It’s a fascinating shift.

When machines can handle routine work, human creativity, judgement, empathy and adaptability become increasingly important.

But here’s the bigger question.

**If a company can achieve the same results with half its employees, is that success—or a failure of human responsibility?**

For Sri Lanka’s young professionals, students and business leaders, this is no distant debate. AI is already reshaping the future of work.

Perhaps the real challenge isn’t teaching machines to work like humans. It’s ensuring that humans remain valuable in a world increasingly run by machines.

What do you think? Will AI make us more valuable—or more disposable?

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