AI for HR: Moving from Spreadsheets to Strategy with Violetta Drobot,

What happens to the HR role when AI takes over the data crunching? In this episode, Andy Storch talks with Violetta Drobot, a Boston-based consultant who leads organizational transformation and systems projects at the intersection of HR, project management, and AI. Violetta explains how AI flips the traditional HR workload so that the strategic part of the job grows from 10% to 60%. She shares a simple rule for deciding where AI should stop and human judgment has to take over, and she explains why project management skills are becoming essential for HR. She also walks through how any HR professional can build a first AI agent this week, with no technical background required.

In This Episode, You’ll Hear:

• Why Violetta added a PMP to her SHRM-SCP, and why she believes project management is the future of HR
• The 60/30/10 flip: how AI moves HR from spreadsheets and data handling to strategy, governance, and trust-building
• The courtroom rule: why any decision that could end up in front of a judge needs a human decision, not “AI told me to”
• Why the first answer from any AI tool is never the final answer, and how to push back to get better results
• Three ways Violetta sees AI changing HR: flatter organizations, faster performance feedback, and diversity of thought as a competitive advantage
• How to pressure-test your ideas by asking AI to play your CFO, your CEO, or your legal team before you present
• Why HR leaders will soon be leading people and leading agents
• How to build your first HR agent in Copilot, including an onboarding agent that answers new hires’ questions from your own documents
• RAG explained with a living-room rug analogy, and why it keeps answers specific to your company’s policies

Resources Mentioned:

• Wispr Flow (voice dictation)
• PMP certification (Project Management Institute)
• SHRM-SCP certification

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