How will AI reinvent HR – and why does Dirk Linn believe that we are only just at the beginning?
In this episode of the SAATKORN podcast, I speak to Dirk Linn, managing partner at p-manent consulting – an HR tech pioneer who founded his company in 2000 and has been working at the intersection of people, technology and transformation ever since.
Dirk is a committed early adopter. Long before AI became mainstream in HR, he was already exploring the technology’s potential. Today, p-manent develops its own AI solutions – including AIHRa, a dialogue-based AI interface designed to make HR services accessible in a whole new way.
One sentence in particular has stuck in my mind:
“If HR can’t get its act together, if it doesn’t have a roadmap, then things will go wrong.”
Among other things, we discussed the following topics:
🤖 Will HR, as we know it today, even exist in the future?
Dirk is convinced that AI will fundamentally transform roles and processes in HR – and that you should therefore familiarise yourself with the technological fundamentals today, rather than hoping that this trend will simply blow over.
🗣️ From HR software to conversational HR
What if you no longer had to navigate your way through complicated HR systems, but could simply say what you need? With AIHRa and the physical AIHRa Box, Dirk is rethinking HR services – including for blue-collar staff who don’t have their own work computer or company mobile phone.
💻 Is bespoke software making a comeback thanks to AI?
AI-powered software development could turn the traditional ‘make-or-buy’ logic on its head: rather than purchasing huge off-the-shelf systems and using only a fraction of their functions, companies could in future obtain software that is much better aligned with their own HR strategy and DNA.
🔗 Further links
👉 Dirk Linn on LinkedIn
👉 p-manent consulting website