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Elvis Eckardt Recruitment @elviseckardtrec.bsky.social · 19h

As Dayforce’s CPO warns: “Without clear AI training pathways, companies risk creating a two-tier workforce, those driving innovation and those left behind.”

If 2024 was the year of AI hype, 2026 will test whether leaders can close the confidence gap.

Elvis Eckardt Recruitment @elviseckardtrec.bsky.social · 19h

Where AI is deployed, the results are real:

- 71% see measurable gains in HR automation

- 71% in internal mobility

- 69% in learning & reskilling

The tech is ready — the people aren’t.

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Elvis Eckardt Recruitment @elviseckardtrec.bsky.social · 19h

82% of executives say firms should reskill staff for AI-driven roles… Yet only 17% of employees report that reskilling is actually happening.

That’s the “say-do gap”, the difference between AI vision and execution.

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Elvis Eckardt Recruitment @elviseckardtrec.bsky.social · 19h

The numbers are stark:

- 87% of execs use AI on the job

- Only 27% of workers do

- Just 26% of organisations have responsible AI oversight

AI enthusiasm is soaring, but skill-building isn’t keeping up.

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Elvis Eckardt Recruitment @elviseckardtrec.bsky.social · 19h

🚨 71% of workers haven’t had any AI training, even as adoption surges.

Dayforce’s new Pulse of Talent Report reveals a widening AI gap between executives and employees.

Here’s what it means 👇

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Elvis Eckardt Recruitment @elviseckardtrec.bsky.social · 19h

The future HR agenda:

- Build critical thinkers, not prompt typists

- Keep entry-level talent for learning loops

- Retrain recruiters to spot adaptability over technicality

The companies that win won’t have the best prompts.

They’ll have the best people and architecture for AI.

Elvis Eckardt Recruitment @elviseckardtrec.bsky.social · 19h

Borowski calls this the “post-prompt age.”

AI implementation is everyone’s job now, not a tech silo.

HR and IT must be “connected at the hip” to build adaptable organisations, not just new skill lists.

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Elvis Eckardt Recruitment @elviseckardtrec.bsky.social · 19h

HR’s focus has moved from upskilling for tools to redesigning the workforce.

The key question isn’t “who can prompt best?” It’s “what kind of talent and structure lets humans + AI deliver value together?”

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Elvis Eckardt Recruitment @elviseckardtrec.bsky.social · 19h

According to consultant David Borowski (West Monroe), the age of teaching employees to write clever prompts is over.

AI now understands natural language; it doesn’t need engineers, it needs strategists.

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Elvis Eckardt Recruitment @elviseckardtrec.bsky.social · 19h

“Prompt engineering is dead.”

That’s not a tech headline, it’s an HR strategy warning.

The latest shift in AI-readiness shows how fast workforce priorities are evolving.

Here’s what HR leaders should focus on instead 👇

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Elvis Eckardt Recruitment @elviseckardtrec.bsky.social · 20h

Bottom line: The HR agenda for 2026 = clarity, cadence, and capability.

Back to business fundamentals, just delivered with smarter data and better tech.

Elvis Eckardt Recruitment @elviseckardtrec.bsky.social · 20h

AI is now the 2,000-pound gorilla in HR.

Leaders are using it to scale talent programmes, analyse engagement signals, and automate admin, freeing time for strategy and coaching.

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Elvis Eckardt Recruitment @elviseckardtrec.bsky.social · 20h

But engagement isn’t dead. It’s a “twin star” with performance: engaged employees drive performance, and retaining top performers depends on daily engagement, not just annual surveys.

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Elvis Eckardt Recruitment @elviseckardtrec.bsky.social · 20h

40 % of HR professionals say performance management tops their to-do list, the first time in six years it’s overtaken engagement.

Reason? The post-pandemic whiplash ais over.

Firms are refocusing on goal-setting, check-ins, and measurable results.

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Elvis Eckardt Recruitment @elviseckardtrec.bsky.social · 20h

After years of remote-work chaos and culture wars, HR has gone back to basics.

A new global report says performance management is now the top HR priority for 2026, not “engagement”.

Here’s why 👇

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Elvis Eckardt Recruitment @elviseckardtrec.bsky.social · 20h

The FRC praised KPMG’s “co-operation” but warned: impairment audits require diligence and judgment, not box-ticking.

It didn’t challenge N Brown’s accounts, but called the audit work “seriously deficient”.

Elvis Eckardt Recruitment @elviseckardtrec.bsky.social · 20h

KPMG’s partners earned an average of £816,000 each last year, even as the firm paid record fines for audit failures like Carillion.

So much for accountability: fines are rounding errors at the partner level.

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Elvis Eckardt Recruitment @elviseckardtrec.bsky.social · 20h

The audit botched tests on asset impairment and cash-flow assumptions, despite impairment being flagged as a major risk.

Translation: the numbers didn’t stack up, and the checks meant to catch that failed, too.

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Elvis Eckardt Recruitment @elviseckardtrec.bsky.social · 20h

The UK’s Financial Reporting Council fined Sykes £51,000 and KPMG £711,000 over its audit of retailer N Brown.

It’s the 14th sanction for KPMG since 2020, which is nearly half of all penalties levied on Big Four firms.

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Elvis Eckardt Recruitment @elviseckardtrec.bsky.social · 20h

Another week, another Big Four embarrassment.

KPMG and ex-partner Anthony Sykes just got fined again, his third penalty in four years for “serious breaches” in auditing.

Here’s what’s going wrong 👇

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Elvis Eckardt Recruitment @elviseckardtrec.bsky.social · 22h

Bottom line

This is a capital markets play as much as an AI one. Watch the terms of any raise, not just the headline valuation.

Elvis Eckardt Recruitment @elviseckardtrec.bsky.social · 22h

Key risks

Advertising fragility at X, governance churn, regulatory scrutiny, and the classic AI question: capex first, cashflows later.

Execution > hype.

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Elvis Eckardt Recruitment @elviseckardtrec.bsky.social · 22h

Next move: raise

Reports of a new round valuing xAI near ~$200bn suggest a war-chest for chips, data centres and model training, possibly with structured elements (convertibles/strategics) to lower cash burn optics.

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Elvis Eckardt Recruitment @elviseckardtrec.bsky.social · 22h

Two balance sheets, one story

Post-merger, X brings audience + distribution; xAI brings product + IP.

A combined CFO can shape one funding narrative and one cash runway, critical after ad pullbacks and rising AI capex.

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Elvis Eckardt Recruitment @elviseckardtrec.bsky.social · 22h

Why him, why now

Armstrong advised Musk on the $44bn Twitter buyout. He’s a tech-M&A operator who knows capital stacks, syndicates and special situations.

Expect sharper treasury control at X and institutional polish at xAI.

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