By Sharmila Thakur— Global HR Transformation & Future of Work Leader Introduction: The Inflection Point for Talent Strategy Organizations today stand at a profound inflection point. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a tool to automate tasks — it’s an intelligent collaborator reshaping how organizations attract, assess, and engage talent — not as a passing technological phase, but as a structural shift redefining the future of human capital itself. For HR leaders, this