Your HR Team Can’t Do Everything. How to Decide Which Projects to Cut?
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How do you decide which HR projects deserve your team’s time? Amanda Poole, Chief People Officer at Bristol Myers Squibb, shares why her team cut 40% of its planned work after an initial planning exercise produced 353 proposed projects.
For Episode #5 of HR Leaders On the Road, Chris Rainey sits down with Amanda at UNLEASH World 2026 in Paris, with our series partner Workhuman.
Amanda explains how BMS approaches prioritisation, internal mobility and AI adoption. She shares why managers need to lead experimentation, how AI tools can help employees find opportunities across functions, and why HR must consider the work its own processes create.
The conversation also explores her move from HR into sales leadership, the demands of board-level people investment discussions and her advice for future Chief People Officers.
IN THIS EPISODE
- Why Amanda’s team cut 40% of its proposed HR work
- How BMS uses 3 priorities to focus attention
- Why HR should examine the work it creates for employees
- How AI-enabled career tools support internal mobility
- The manager’s role in AI adoption and work redesign
- How CPOs balance business investment with care for people
🙏 Thank you to our series partner, Workhuman
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