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Reskilling & Upskilling
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Jan 09 , 2026
AI and the Talent Mobility Story: The Pros, the Cons, and What Leaders Need to Do Next
Ben Eubanks is an author, speaker, and researcher living in Huntsville, AL. As the Chief Research Officer at Lighthouse Research & Advisory, his team surveys thousands of employers and workers each year to understand the latest workplace trends and changes. He has written two bestselling books and his newest, Artificial Intelligence for HR (3rd ed), was released in September 2025. The book has become the world's most comprehensive and respected resource on how AI technology will affect the HR profession. He also founded HR Summer School, an event with more than three million minutes watched this year. He also hosts We're Only Human, a podcast focusing on improving human resources, one HR pro at a time. When he's not speaking or writing, he spends time with his five kids and runs in a variety of outlandish races for fun.
Anne Fulton is the founder and CEO of Fuel50, pioneers of the skills-powered Talent Marketplace. Passionate about career enablement and pathing, Anne and co-founder Jo Mills created Fuel50 to help employers power internal mobility and workforce reskilling initiatives to meet the needs of an evolving future. Over the last ten years, Anne has grown the company to more than 100 ‘Fuellies,’ raised more than $36M, and supported world-class brands, including WPP, Citizens Bank, Trane Technologies, Fidelity, and countless others.
AI and the Talent Mobility Story: The Pros, The Cons, and What Leaders Need to Do Next
The verdict is in. AI is all the rage for a wide variety of talent practices, and that includes talent mobility. But what's really working today?
In this session, Fuel50 CEO Anne Fulton and Lighthouse Research & Advisory Chief Research Officer Ben Eubanks will share the latest research and real-world examples on the intersection of AI, employee growth, and talent mobility. You will leave with a clearer view of where AI truly adds value, where it creates unintended consequences, and what leaders need to do next.
As the author of three editions of Artificial Intelligence for HR, Eubanks was the industry's first researcher to delve deeply into AI applications to support talent practices, but as you'll hear in this combined presentation and fireside chat conversation, he believes a human-first workforce is the best path to the future of work.
Combined with Fuel50's CEO and her perspective of what high-performing organizations are doing today, this is one session you don't want to miss.
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