Irish workplaces are struggling to keep up with the rapid rise of AI, according to new research from CIPD, the professional body for the HR industry.<\/p>\n
Its latest HR Practices in Ireland study, which was carried out in conjunction with the Kemmy Business School at University of Limerick, found that just 19% of organisations said that bosses are fully equipped to lead in an AI-driven environment.<\/p>\n
According to the research, despite almost two thirds of organisations citing automation, technology and AI as a leading concern, there are major gaps in readiness for technological shifts.<\/p>\n
Fewer than half of organisations have clear guidance on AI use at work, while just one third have provided employees with AI training.<\/p>\n
More than two thirds of HR professionals identified AI skills as their top professional development priority.<\/p>\n
“AI is evolving at a pace that many organisations are still trying to adapt to,” said CIPD’s Country Director Alison Hodgson.<\/p>\n
“The key for employers is to take an agile, practical and iterative approach, experimenting, learning and continuously refining how AI is used in the workplace.”<\/p>\n
“At the same time, organisations must ensure employees are supported through ongoing training and upskilling so that the benefits of new technology can be shared across the workforce,” Ms Hodgson said.<\/p>\n
The survey of 330 HR professionals found strong support for flexible working, with 73% agreeing that remote and flexible working improves productivity.<\/p>\n
The study also highlighted wider challenges facing employers, with 91% of organisations reporting skills shortages, 75% citing cost-of-living pressures and 73% saying the housing crisis is making recruitment more difficult.<\/p>\n
The findings are being released today to coincide with International HR Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Irish workplaces are struggling to keep up with the rapid rise of AI, according to new research from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342299,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[220,218,219,61,60,80],"class_list":["post-458080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}