HR People Pod – Ep 60: Commercial confidence, productivity and AI – with Neil Carberry

What opportunities does building commercial acumen as a skillset bring for the profession? Does quality of management matter more than any productivity metric? And what does it take for organisations to be bold about AI, without being reckless?

Lisa Pearl, People and Change Director at the CIPD, is joined by new CIPD Chief Executive, Neil Carberry.

Recorded: 16 October 2026

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