Beyond the Org Chart: Closing Cultural Debt and Building the AI-Ready Organization
AI adoption is moving faster than most organizations can absorb. According to Deloitte's 2026 Global Human Capital Trends, only 5% of organizations report making substantial progress on the cultural changes AI requires, and trust in employers declined in 2025 for the first time since 2018.
The organizations pulling ahead are treating culture and structure as strategic levers, not afterthoughts.
Join Eightfold AI and Deloitte for an executive conversation on what it takes to sustain AI-era growth from the inside out. We'll cover how cultural erosion compounds when human connection is deprioritized during technology adoption, and why rigid functional structures could become a liability.
In this session, we'll cover:
- Why cultural debt accrues silently during AI adoption and what it costs in trust and performance
- How to organize work around outcomes, separating what should be automated from what requires cross-functional collaboration
- The role of AI-powered skills intelligence in breaking down silos and connecting talent to the right initiatives
Presenters
Jason is a Principal in our U.S. Insights Innovation and Operate practice and a leader in Deloitte Consulting’s global Total Rewards practice. Jason has more than 30 years of experience helping companies design, deliver, communicate, and manage the financial and human capital aspects of their total rewards and broader talent programs both in the U.S. and abroad. He has worked with clients across a variety of industries, most notably in Consumer Products, Automotive, Oil and Gas, Life Sciences, and Financial Services.
Victor focuses on helping organizations reimagine their people strategies and HR capabilities to deliver business results, enhance talent experience, and anticipate and embrace future workforce challenges. In his more than 25 years as a management consultant, he has designed and implemented programs that include talent strategy, acquisition, and development; HR technology strategy and deployment; global shared services and outsourcing; and workforce analytics.
Amy Tilles is a strategic partnerships leader with 30 years of experience spanning consulting, HR technology, and enterprise SaaS. She currently serves as Director of Strategic Partnerships at Eightfold, where she helps organizations leverage AI-driven talent intelligence to transform how they hire and grow their workforce. Prior to Eightfold, Amy spent nearly two decades as a consultant and across HR, workforce analytics, and career products, and earlier in her career held a management consulting role focused on financial services/health services.