Across today’s HR landscape, the conversation has shifted from process to purpose. The focus is no longer simply on managing people but on creating environments where innovation, adaptability, and wellbeing work in concert. This edition explores how leaders are realising that balance through technology and strategic foresight. In BaxterStorey Ireland wins Overall Excellence in HR at the 2025 HR Leadership & Management Awards, we see how values-led leadership and a deep investment in culture are delivering tangible business outcomes. Workday strengthens HR leadership with new AI centre in Dublin highlights how the convergence of people analytics and artificial intelligence is shaping the future of decision-making and talent strategy. Meanwhile, JLL HR leaders reshape workforce management with AI integration demonstrates how aligning technology with empathy can drive performance and employee engagement on a global scale. These stories reveal an HR function that is moving beyond administration to transformation. The sector’s most forward-thinking leaders are proving that when data meets purpose, the result is not just efficiency but enduring human advantage.