One of my favorite phrases is "you don't get what you don't ask for."
My 7-year-old has fully adopted it, and wow, some of the things she asks for are bananas. But isn't that supposed to be what turns today's kids into tomorrow's leaders? LOL.
The French major who fell into HR
Interns and early-career folks ask me all the time if I regret not getting my MBA. Nope. But I'll be honest, I was a French major. I had big dreams of being a translator at the United Nations.
Then I graduated in 1999 into a job market that, a lot like today's, was not kind to new grads. I didn't grow up around business mentors. I didn't really know what jobs I could do. A friend told me, "Nobody cares about your major or your GPA. They care that you showed up for four years and finished." So that's what I leaned on.
I fell into HR the way most of us do. I didn't set out to be a CHRO (that title barely existed back then). I love meeting the unicorns who actually studied HR in college. What kept me here is that HR is messy and complicated, and there's always a new shiny thing to chase.
Right now, that shiny thing is AI.
Everyone's talking about AI. Few know where to start.
I've been networking a lot more lately, and every single conversation turns to AI. Some people use ChatGPT for trip planning and weekly meal plans. Companies are trying to figure out where it helps their business and where it could hurt.
So I'm in my AI era. How is this going to change HR? I'm reading everything I can find, testing tools, and signing up for classes. I'm starting the AIHR certification, and next month I'm joining Harvard's Data Science AI Immersive. I'm way too excited about both.
And here's the kicker
Before I signed up, I asked both programs if they had any discounts or scholarships.
They both said yes. 25% off each.
You don't get what you don't ask for.
