HR Leaders will be able to ask questions regarding recruitment, skills, or team design, and receive answers based on The Josh Bersin Company research and best practices.
Pleasanton, California, November 12th / PRNewswire / -- Workday , Inc. (Nasdaq ticker: WDAY ) and The Josh Bersin Company today announced that they will make AI, their leading human resources research and consulting agency, available to Workday customers for use with Sana. By integrating decades of HR research, benchmarks, and best practices directly into Sana's agent-based experience and orchestration engine – Galileo – leaders will be able to go beyond general recommendations, explore strategic labor challenges within the context of their own organizations, and receive more targeted guidance.
Behind Galileo is decades of research and accumulation by The Josh Bersin Company. This company is a globally renowned human resources research and consulting firm, and its work has helped shape the way organizations approach talent management, leadership, and labor strategy. This collaboration reflects Workday's open approach to AI; that is, specialized partners like Galileo can operate in parallel with Workday's native agents and data, allowing customers to directly access in-depth expertise in their daily work scenarios.
Leveraging Galileo within Sana, leaders and managers can ask questions in natural language and receive guidance from The Josh Bersin Company research, benchmarks, and best practices, without having to spend hours searching or piecing together information from multiple sources on their own. Galileo has reviewed over 50,000 pages of research content, covering areas such as recruitment, employee development, labor planning, leadership, and organizational design.
For example, a leader planning to enter a new market can ask Galileo how other companies have dealt with similar expansions, what skills are required, and how to get the team up and running quickly. Instead of relying on trial and error, this leader can make more informed decisions by leveraging research and real-world cases.
Workday Vice President of Talent Management and Insights, Nikki Helmer, stated: "Leaders in the HR industry are facing a rapidly changing labor environment, and it is crucial to have access to verified expertise in real-time. By integrating specialized partners like Galileo into our Sana efforts, we provide organizations with a reliable advisory resource that helps them assess their labor strategies more quickly and with greater confidence."
Provide expert guidance under an organization's trusted data protection framework.
By integrating with Sana, Galileo will operate under the existing security policies, permissions, and access controls that the organization already relies on. Leaders can explore strategic scenarios influenced by their organizational context while maintaining strict data privacy and access management. Importantly, Galileo is designed to provide recommendations regarding labor strategies, including recruitment methods, skill development, and organizational design, rather than making employment decisions.
Help organizations prepare for the future of work.
Galileo integration is part of the broader HR 2030 initiative between Workday and The Josh Bersin Company. This initiative aims to help organizations prepare for a future where people work together with AI. This collaboration will continue to combine research with practical recommendations to assist leaders in understanding how work methods are changing, determining where to focus their efforts, and preparing teams for the future.
The Josh Bersin Company Global Industry Analyst and CEO Josh Bersin stated: "Leaders don't need another dashboard or another report; they need to know what is effective. Galileo brings our research and experience directly into their work processes, allowing them to learn from the practices of other organizations instead of starting from scratch."
To further support labor leaders, the two companies are also developing a set of learning courses that are planned to be launched at the beginning of 2027. These courses aim to help professionals in the HR field develop the skills necessary to guide their organizations through this transformation. Combining the research on Galileo and the two companies' studies regarding HR for 2030, this course series will provide leaders with practical resources to help them plan for the future and put new methods into practice.
Availability
Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) Customers can now purchase Galileo through Workday. The integrated Galileo proxy is expected to be available to Sana Enterprise customers in February 2027.
More information
You can read more about why Josh Bersin collaborates with Workday to jointly achieve the HR vision for 2030 on the Workday blog.
About Workday
Workday operates at the core of enterprises – HR, finance, and IT – areas where there is virtually no room for error. By closely integrating AI with the context, safeguards, and trusted processes that support business operations, Workday provides more than just auxiliary tools; it offers agents that can drive measurable results. Over 11,500 organizations worldwide, including more than 65% of the Fortune 500 companies, trust the services provided by Workday. For more information, please visit workday.com.
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About The Josh Bersin Company
The Josh Bersin Company is the world's most trusted human capital consultancy, providing research-based insights into talent, leadership, and organizational performance.
The company has a dedicated team that continuously tracks market changes, tests ideas, and applies a unique business perspective to help over 1 million HR individuals and business leaders address the most pressing talent challenges – coordinating work, knowledge, and skills to achieve the greatest impact. For more information, please visit joshbersin.com.
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