The 2026 HR Executive Top 100 HR Tech Influencers, now in its eighth year, recognizes practitioners, product leaders, analysts and advisors who influence, shape and communicate how enterprise technology directly affects the workforce.

Younger employees are curious about AI and keen to use it; older employees are navigating a question about where their expertise fits.

Executives expect faster HR insight, which AI can support; what tends to lag behind, in many cases, is clear oversight around how the tools are being used.