Strategic Alliances

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Strategic alliances are formal agreements between organizations to collaborate and leverage each other’s strengths, resources, or expertise to achieve shared goals, create mutual value, and gain competitive advantage while remaining independent entities.

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Stage 2 - WorkTech & Pay
Oct 21, 2026
11:20 AM11:45 AM
AutomationStrategy and LeadershipStrategic AlliancesData and Analytics

Building Cross-Functional Foundations For AI High-Tech, Higher Touch: Why CHRO–Chief Data Partnership Fast-Tracks Automation at Scale

Rachel IbarraCardinal Group CompaniesVice President, Data and InnovationPeter LynchCardinal Group CompaniesChief People & Innovation Officer
Description

Work Moves Fast. Humans Don't: Technology can move at silicon speed, but organizations still depend on human decision-making, trust and adoption. Automation only works when it's built around how people actually operate.

  • Why CHRO-CIO alignment is the key enabler of successful automation programs
  • Where automation delivers real value: removing friction, not just reducing cost
  • Identifying which workflows should be automated vs where human judgment must remain
  • Avoiding "automation overload": when too many tools create complexity, not efficiency
  • Designing end-to-end processes across HR, IT and Finance rather than automating in silos
  • Embedding governance early: accountability, risk and decision rights in automated environments
Stage 1 - Humans vs AI
Oct 21, 2026
5:30 PM6:00 PM
Strategy and LeadershipStrategic AlliancesOrganizational DesignCompany CultureEconomy

CEO–CHRO Partnership: Rebuilding a Global Enterprise for the Next Decade

Dr. Charles-Henri Besseyre des HortsHEC ParisProfessor EmeritusNicolas HieronimusL'OrealChief Executive OfficerJean-Claude Le GrandL'OrealChief Human Resources Officer
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The session offers a rare, inside view of how a global leader is redefining the CEO–CHRO partnership to navigate long-term transformation with precision, pace, and control.

  • How AI is reshaping L'Oréal's business model across innovation, operations, and customer experience
  • The evolving nature, distribution, and volume of work as automation and augmentation scale
  • Aligning enterprise architecture with workforce strategy in a complex, multi-market environment
  • Navigating geopolitical fragmentation while maintaining global consistency and performance
  • The role of the CEO–CHRO partnership in driving integrated, enterprise-wide decision making
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