Everyone is talking about AI as if the future of work is just a headcount story. It is not. That framing is too small, too reactive, and too dangerous. The real shift is not that AI will simply replace jobs. It is that AI is forcing companies to rethink what work is, how value gets created, and where human contribution becomes even more important. That changes the mandate for CHROs completely. CHROs cannot stay in a reactive HR role. They…