Wednesday, 6th May 2026 | 11:00am - 2:00pm
Tech Summit Stage @ HR Tech Asia
Agentic Leadership: An Interactive Learning Lab
for CHROs & Senior HR Leaders
Overview of the Duke CE VIP Luncheon
- 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM: Interactive Workshop & Working Lunch
Join an engaging, high-level session designed for HR leaders, featuring expert-led discussions and practical insights over lunch.
- 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM: Exclusive CHRO Networking & Speed Networking Session
Connect with fellow CHROs and senior HR decision-makers in a curated networking experience designed to spark meaningful conversations.
What You’ll Gain from This Exclusive Session
As AI evolves from generative (i.e. assistant) to agentic (i.e. autonomous, goal‑driven), CHROs must lead a fundamental shift in Organizational Leadership, People Strategy, and Organizational Work Design.
This 150 min “hands‑on” learning lab promises to immerse CHROs and senior HR Leaders in the most innovative AI use cases for People-function leaders through insights, small group discussions and real‑time synthesis.
The workshop opens with use cases to reveal how agentic AI is dynamically transforming boardroom thinking, from risk monitoring to strategic delegation. Participants then work in teams to identify the critical mindset shifts and new competencies required for AI‑augmented C-suite and boardroom leaders.
A second set of use cases will demonstrate how leading organisations leverage agentic AI to transform workforces, particularly across dynamic talent marketplaces, AI‑powered reskilling, and HR’s new role as agent governor. Then the fun begins: participants work in teams to design a concrete HR pilot (e.g., AI agent for talent review, burnout prediction, or internal mobility) and test it with the rest of the participants.
A third set of use cases will evidence agentic AI redesigned/redesigning workflows: self‑optimising exception handling and collapsed client onboarding processes. Participants will build a one‑page agentic workforce planning model - clarifying decision rights between humans and AI agents.
Throughout this experiential learning lab, Duke CE will feature expert practitioners, facilitate interactive peer and group learning, provoke deeper thinking, and distil collective insights into a usable, one‑page framework. By the end of the session, every CHRO leaves with a personal 90‑day action plan and a question for their CEO and Board!
(Limited to 30 CHROs and senior HR Leaders. No prior AI expertise required.)
Workshop Agenda
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- Welcome, Introductions & Well-Being Check-In
- Context & Framing: The Generative → Agentic AI Shift Impacting People-Function Leaders
- Participants form-up into Action-Learning Groups (ALG)
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Duke presents two real world use-cases:
- How a global bank’s board uses an AI agent to monitor risk and suggest strategic pivots
- How a manufacturing firm’s board delegated operational oversight to an agent, freeing director time for long‑term strategy
Key Takeaways:Board agendas, information flows, and decision rights are changing rapidly.
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Group Work x Discussion:
- Top 3 mindset shifts for leaders
- Top 3 new leadership competencies
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ALGs share key insights, Duke Educators distil and synthesize
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Duke presents two real world use cases:
- A tech company’s “agentic talent marketplace” where AI agents match internal talent to projects, shifting managers from scheduling to coaching
- A retailer’s use of agentic AI to reskill 10,000 store associates – agents act as personal learning guides
Key Takeaways:Workforce planning becomes dynamic, HR’s role shifts to agent governance
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ALGs to design one concrete HR pilot (e.g., AI agent for talent review, burnout prediction, internal mobility). Include: what, how, success measure
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- ALGs to share pilot ideas
- Duke Educators to distil and synthesize
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Duke presents two real world use cases:
- A logistics company’s autonomous agent that manages exception‑handling workflows, reducing manual escalation by 80%
- A professional services firm that embedded agentic AI into client onboarding, collapsing a 5‑day process to 2 hours
Key Takeaways:Workflows become self‑optimising; managers move from task‑supervision to outcome‑management
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ALGs to complete a one‑page template: key workforce decisions, AI agent actions, human oversight, success metrics
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- ALGs to present their workforce planning models
- Duke Educators to synthesise and crystalize into a master framework
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- Duke to share one‑page synthesized master framework
- Each CHRO writes a 90‑day action plan and a question for their CEO