Designing jobs
in the age of AI
Online
Online | Thursday 19 November 2026
13.00 – 14.00 GMT
Event
The impact of generative AI on the design of work and jobs is likely to be both disruptive and enabling. We can expect routine cognitive tasks – such as data entry or bookkeeping – to become automated, with many workers using GenAI tools to enhance productivity. Human differentiators, such as critical thinking, will also become more valuable. HR practitioners will be called on to become experts in harnessing the benefits of technology while ensuring core human needs such as learning, sense-making and social connection are respected.
In this online session, attendees will learn how to apply tools and frameworks for job and work design in their organisation.
Learning Objectives
- Understand how AI is reshaping tasks, skills and the structure of work.
- Discover key tools and frameworks for job and work design and learn how to apply them.
- Develop a set of questions or prompts to use with leaders or teams to guide future-fit job design conversations.
Who is this event for?
Senior HR professionals working in OD, organisation effectiveness, talent, and workforce planning.
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Speaker
Professor Sharon K. Parker
John Curtin Distinguished Professor of Organizational Behavior, Curtin Business School, and Director, Centre for Transformative Work Design
Sharon K. Parker is an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow, Director of the forthcoming ARC Centre of Excellence for Quality Work in a Digital Age (QWiDA), and a John Curtin Distinguished Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Curtin Faculty of Business and Law. She is the founding director of the Centre for Transformative Work Design.
Sharon’s research focuses particularly on job and work design, employee performance, proactive behaviour, organizational change, quality future work, and quasi-experimental designs. She has published more than 300 internationally refereed articles, including publications in top tier journals such as the Journal of Applied Psychology, Academy of Management and the Annual Review of Psychology on these topics and, in November of 2019, Sharon was named among the world’s most influential scientists and social scientists in the 2019 Highly Cited Researchers list released by the Web of Science Group. Sharon is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences, and a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychology. She is a past Associate Editor for the Academy of Management Annals and the Journal of Applied Psychology. Her research has been cited more than 60,000 times, and she has won several awards for her research including the WA Premier Scientist of the Year in 2024 and the 2026 Dave Ulrich Human Resource Management Impact Award. She is a recipient of the ARC’s Kathleen Fitzpatrick Award for mentoring, and the Academy of Management OB Division Mentoring Award.
Sharon has attracted competitive research funding worth over $100,000,000, and has worked as a researcher and consultant in a wide range of public and private organizations. She created the SMART Work Design model and co-created the mental health model Thrive at Work, and her work has shaped work health and safety policy in the USA, UK, and Australia. She is a present and past member of multiple boards and committees, such as the Woolworths Well-Being Advisory Council, the Corporate Mental Health Alliance, the AUGMENT Advisory Board, and the Smart Skills@Scale Advisory Board.
Gillian Pillans
Research Director, Corporate Research Forum
Gillian has worked as a senior HR practitioner and OD specialist for several organisations including Swiss Re, Vodafone and BAA. Prior to her HR career, she was a management consultant with Deloitte Consulting and is also a qualified solicitor. Gillian has written various CRF reports on subjects including HR strategy, organisation design and development, leadership development, coaching and diversity.
