Eighty-one percent of HR pros use AI personally, only 36% at work. Six HR Tech Europe voices explain the trust and data gaps holding AI back.

Accenture's Marta Lajmi argues the Western playbook for AI adoption – access, training, incentives – does not translate to a region where employees wait for leaders to make change feel safe.

"Organizations are running into the trap of empathy being a buzzword instead of woven into the fabric of who they are as an organization," says Marci Klipfel, chief engagement officer at Businessolver.

The architecture for something better already exists. What is missing is the coordination and the political will to build it before the wave hits.