Fortune 500 Chief People Officers say AI has killed org charts, and employees who will thrive need to ‘unlearn’

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What happened

At Fortune’s inaugural AIQ Summit, executives from Palo Alto Networks, HPE, and Lennar, discussed how AI is reshaping firms—and the workers within them.

Key facts

  • Reported by Fortune and published Thu, 01 Oct 2026 22:08:35 UTC.

Why it matters

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  1. Fortune 500 Chief People Officers say AI has killed org charts, and employees who will thrive need to ‘unlearn’

  2. Top futurist Amy Webb sees Fortune 500 firms suffering from ‘learned helplessness’ with AI, like taxi drivers who need Google Maps

  3. ServiceNow unpacks the Fortune AIQ list, where the widest gap between AI leaders and laggards is training for humans

  4. Mark Ruffalo says Paramount’s $111 billion Warner Bros. deal ‘Will stifle creativity, weaken free speech, and cost people their jobs’

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