Thursday 8 October 2026

The Algorithm Doesn’t Know Every Hallway - AI in Succession Planning

When it comes to succession planning, talent management and organizational development, Bettina Graser, HR Director at LG Electronics Deutschland GmbH, has over two decades of experience. In “The Algorithm Doesn’t Know Every Hallway”, the main goal is to take a critical, practitioner’s look at AI in succession planning. We will look at two case studies and see how a model would have evaluated the succession planning versus an experienced HR Leader. What does gut feeling and AI have in common and where do they go on different paths. Artificial Intelligence and succession planning is based on historical promotion patterns, which can inherit and automate existing organizational bias. Using AI as a second opinion rather than a decision maker, auditing training data for bias, and preserving HR’s role as a critical check is crucial when using AI ethically and legally in Europe.