Brooke Kolodzieczyk
Chief Human Resources Officer Kellogg Community College
Seminars
Wednesday 24th June 2026
Panel: Redefining the CHRO Role in an Era of Disruption, Scarcity, and Sector Divergence
11:40 am
- Where are the greatest capacity constraints in your HR or talent function today, and which AI‑enabled use case could deliver relief without undermining trust?
- What guardrails do you need to define now (appropriate use, review thresholds, data boundaries) to ensure AI supports, rather than replaces, human decision‑making?
- What human capabilities (judgment, ethical reasoning, influence, collaboration) must be intentionally developed alongside AI adoption in your faculty and staff workforce?
- What near‑term indicators (time saved, consistency, service quality, adoption confidence) will you track to demonstrate value and guide responsible scale?
Wednesday 24th June 2026
Discover: From Reactive HR to High Trust, High Efficiency Operations: How Kellogg Community College Increased Decision Velocity, Reduced Rework, and Strengthened Institutional Trust in HR
3:30 pm
- mproving institutional productivity by redesigning legacy workflows that required multiple unnecessary handoffs, reducing rework, shortening turnaround times, and shifting upstream responsibilities back to departments so HR could redirect capacity toward higher value strategic work instead of administrative triage
- Increasing decision clarity and reducing escalations by eliminating the “up and over” culture, elevating HR specialists as authoritative experts, and standardizing accountability expectations across all employee groups, creating faster, more consistent, and more defensible people decisions college-wide
- Enhancing employee experience and organisational alignment through structured feedback sessions, benefit design conversations, cultural surveys, and union engagement, resulting in stronger buy in for HR initiatives, clearer understanding of process realities versus perceptions, and greater trust in HR as an objective, data informed partner
Wednesday 24th June 2026
Develop: How Can Higher Education HR Functions Strengthen Trust and Decision‑Making While Navigating Disruption and Change?
4:10 pm
- How can HR redesign workflows and decision rights in higher education to reduce rework, escalation, and confusion without shifting undue burden back to departments?
- What behaviors and operating norms help HR move from reactive, transactional support to a trusted, authoritative partner for leaders, faculty, and staff?
- How can care‑centered approaches to restructuring, offboarding, and internal transitions be delivered with clarity and consistency in shared‑governance environments?
- What data sources best help institutions understand where trust, belonging, and manager effectiveness are breaking down across colleges and divisions?
