The first wave of AI adoption in HR was fuelled by urgency, experimentation, and the promise of quick wins. Now comes the harder part: deciding what to keep, what to scale, what to retire, and how to prove that the investment is actually changing the way work gets done. As new tools flood the market, many organisations are facing a more complicated reality. Pilots are multiplying, tech stacks are getting heavier, employees are asking harder questions, and leaders want evidence that AI is delivering more than novelty value. For HR teams, the challenge is no longer getting started. It is knowing how to create lasting value without overwhelming the function, losing workforce trust, or locking the organisation into decisions it may later regret. This fireside chat offers a candid look at the messy middle of AI adoption, where ambition meets friction and early enthusiasm has to become disciplined execution. Expect practical discussion on vendor overload, stalled pilots, trust gaps, adoption fatigue, and the leadership choices that separate short-term experimentation from sustainable impact. Key takeaways: - Understand why many organisations are struggling to scale AI beyond isolated pilots. - Learn how HR leaders are responding to vendor overload and growing technology fatigue. - Explore the emerging trust challenges surrounding AI-driven workforce decisions. - Discover what organisations are doing differently to create long-term AI value instead of short-term experimentation.