Lessons from Ben Redshaw (Orchard Tree Consulting) HRPro is member of the EAPM, the European Association of People Management. CIPD extended an invitation to hrpro members to attend the conference in Manchester. One of the standout sessions of this year's conference explored how artificial intelligence is transforming the HR function — and what comes next. The session, chaired by Haifa Modi, Senior Policy and Practice Advisor for Technology at CIPD, featured Ben Redshaw, founder and director of Orchard Tree Consulting, Chartered Fellow of the CIPD, and member of the CIPD AI Advisory Group. This was his core message: AI in HR has reached an inflection point — and now it’s our time as a profession. Here"s an impression of that session. From IT-led to HR-owned For much of the past decade, the introduction of AI in organisations has been led by IT teams. Their focus was necessarily technical: ensuring systems were secure, compliant, and stable. But as AI tools increasingly shape the work i