LutherOne hit the road to speak with HR leaders in person and on the ground at four different events. Discover what we learned about the biggest challenges HR is facing, as well as trends from the people living them.
Already this summer, the LutherOne team has been part of conversations with HR leaders across London, Warsaw, and Prague. Some took place on conference stages, others around roundtables or workshop tables. Despite different formats and different audiences, many of the same challenges kept surfacing.
Here's where we went and what we heard.
Engage Employee Summit, London
Our CPO Lukas Foglar joined a panel discussion on "Using Data to Drive Culture & Leadership" alongside senior HR leaders from AXA and Wolf & Badger.
One message came through clearly: annual engagement surveys are no longer enough. Organizations that are making meaningful progress are building a more continuous understanding of employee experience and using those insights to inform decisions, not just produce reports.
CHRO Business Roundtable, Warsaw
Twenty CHROs. One room. One topic: HR's role as AI reshapes the workplace.
Without presentations or prepared talking points, the discussion quickly focused on practical questions. Where are organizations seeing value from AI? Where are they struggling? What capabilities will matter most over the next few years?
These conversations rarely make it into keynote presentations, but they often provide the clearest picture of what's actually happening inside organizations.
Inspire to Impact Network
On home turf in Prague, we partnered with participants to explore the relevance of different AI-related skills in today's workplace.
One interesting pattern emerged: many organizations are still trying to understand which capabilities will create long-term value. Technical AI skills matter, but skills such as adaptability, critical thinking, learning agility, and human judgment consistently ranked among the most important.
Forbes Business Fest Česko
While the event extended far beyond HR, many discussions eventually converged on a similar topic: organizational resilience.
Whether leaders were talking about growth, technology, strategy, or people, the underlying challenge remained the same: how do organizations stay adaptable in an environment where change is becoming the norm?
What We Kept Hearing
Across all four events, several themes surfaced repeatedly:
Data without context doesn't drive action
Most organizations already have access to more employee data than ever before. The challenge is no longer collection. It's interpretation. Turning data into decisions remains one of the biggest opportunities for HR teams today.
AI raises the value of human judgment
As more analytical and operational tasks become automated, the ability to ask better questions, understand context, and make sound decisions becomes increasingly important.
HR is evolving into a strategic intelligence function
The strongest HR teams are moving beyond reporting metrics. They are helping leaders understand workforce dynamics, identify emerging risks, and make more informed decisions about people and performance.
Adaptability is becoming a competitive advantage
Organizations that learn and respond faster tend to outperform those that don't. Building that capability starts with understanding how people experience change, develop new skills, and stay engaged through uncertainty.
HR On the Edge
Many of these themes align with findings from our recent field research among HR leaders. To capture those insights in one place, Lukas Foglar compiled them into HR On the Edge, a report exploring the priorities, challenges, and questions shaping HR leadership in the second half of 2026Grab your free copy here: HR On the Edge
Stay in the Loop
The value of events isn't the stage, the venue, or the networking session. It's the opportunity to compare perspectives, challenge assumptions, and better understand what organizations are dealing with right now. If you'd like to follow what we're learning from the field, follow us on LinkedIn.
