Ep 791: Making Agentic AI Work For HR & Talent

The real value of AI agents in HR comes from connecting them to work across the employee lifecycle, not from deploying them on individual tasks. That's where most large organisations are getting stuck. Working in a fully agentic way means dealing with different systems and different data sources that often have no shared foundation. The result is fragmented experiences for employees and managers, with the end-to-end potential remaining out of reach. Getting there requires some serious work in data governance, process design, and integration, the kind of foundational work that rarely gets mentioned at industry conferences. So what needs to be in place before AI agents can work at enterprise scale? My guest this week is Melissa Shelley Höjwall, Global HR Technology Lead at H&M Group. In our conversation, which we recorded live at HR Tech Europe, she explains what it takes to build a connected AI architecture across HR and why many companies are undermining their own progress. In the interview, we discuss: The approach to Agentic AI in HR at H&M From niche agents to connected architecture Process automation design and date integration The role of data governance Adoption in the enterprise Shadow AI and over-governance Why cutting jobs isn’t the way to get true value from AI New roles for HR professionals Breaking the silos in the Talent function What to focus on for the future Follow this podcast on Apple Podcasts. Follow this podcast on Spotify.

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Ep 791: Making Agentic AI Work For HR & Talent is an episode from The Recruiting Future Podcast - Innovation in HR and Recruitment by Matt Alder.

This episode is 22:24 long.

This episode was published on May 3, 2026.

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