Workday and The Josh Bersin Company Bring Galileo Agent to Workday Customers in Sana, Giving HR Leaders Instant Access to Trusted Expertise

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Workday and The Josh Bersin Company Bring Galileo Agent to Workday Customers
in Sana, Giving HR Leaders Instant Access to Trusted Expertise

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HR Leaders Will Be Able to Ask About Hiring, Skills, or Team Design, and Get
Answers Drawn From The Josh Bersin Company's Research and Best Practices
PLEASANTON, Calif., Nov. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ:
WDAY), the trusted agentic platform for HR, finance, and IT, and The Josh
Bersin Company, today announced they will make Galileo, The Josh Bersin
Company's AI-powered HR research and advisory agent, available to Workday
customers in Sana. By bringing decades of HR research, benchmarks, and best
practices directly into Sana, Workday's agentic experience and orchestration
engine, Galileo will help leaders move beyond generic advice to explore
strategic workforce challenges with guidance tailored to their organizational
context.

Behind Galileo are decades of research from The Josh Bersin Company, a
globally recognized HR research and advisory firm whose work has helped shape
how organizations approach talent management, leadership, and workforce
strategy. This partnership highlights Workday's open approach to AI, where
specialized partner agents like Galileo operate alongside native Workday
agents and data to give customers direct access to deep domain expertise where
they already work.
With Galileo in Sana, HR leaders and managers will be able to ask questions in
natural language and receive guidance drawn from The Josh Bersin Company's
research, benchmarks, and best practices, without spending hours researching
or piecing together information from multiple sources. Galileo draws on more
than 50,000 pages of research covering hiring, employee development, workforce
planning, leadership, and organizational design.
For example, a leader planning to expand into a new market can ask Galileo how
other companies have approached similar expansions, which skills they needed,
and how they got their teams up and running quickly. Rather than relying on
trial and error, the leader can draw on research and real-world examples to
make more informed decisions.
"HR leaders are navigating rapid workforce changes, and having immediate
access to proven expertise is critical," said Nikki Helmer, vice president,
talent management and insights, Workday. "By bringing specialized partner
agents like Galileo into Sana, we are giving organizations a trusted advisory
resource right in their daily workflow, helping them evaluate workforce
strategies with greater speed and confidence."
Expert Guidance With the Data Protections Organizations Already Trust
Through the integration into Sana, Galileo will operate within the existing
security policies, permissions, and access controls organizations already rely
on. Leaders can explore strategic scenarios informed by their organizational
context while maintaining strict data privacy and access management.
Crucially, Galileo is designed to advise on workforce strategy, including
hiring approaches, skills development, and organizational design, rather than
make employment decisions.
Helping Organizations Prepare for the Future of Work
The Galileo integration is part of Workday and The Josh Bersin Company's
broader HR 2030 initiative, which is focused on helping organizations prepare
for a future where people and AI work together. The partnership combines
ongoing research with practical advice to help leaders understand how work is
changing, decide where to focus their efforts, and prepare their teams for
what's ahead.
"HR leaders don't need another dashboard or another report; they need to know
what works," said Josh Bersin, Global Industry Analyst and CEO, The Josh
Bersin Company. "Galileo brings our research and experience directly into
their workflow, so they can learn from what other organizations have done
rather than starting from scratch."
To further support workforce leaders, the companies are also developing a
learning curriculum, planned for early 2027, to help HR professionals build
the skills needed to guide their organizations through this transformation.
Together with Galileo and the companies' HR 2030 research, the curriculum will
give leaders practical resources to plan for the future and put new approaches
into practice.
Availability
Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) customers can purchase Galileo through
Workday now. The integrated Galileo agent is expected to be available to Sana
Enterprise customers in February 2027.
For More Information
Read more about why Josh Bersin is partnering with Workday to bring the HR
2030 vision to life on the Workday blog.
About Workday
Workday operates at the heart of the enterprise - HR, finance, and IT -
where the margin for error is effectively zero. By tightly coupling AI with
the context, guardrails, and trusted processes that run the business, Workday
goes beyond AI that assists with work to agents that are capable of driving
measurable outcomes. More than 11,500 organizations worldwide, including more
than 65% of the Fortune 500, trust Workday to deliver. For more information
about Workday, visit workday.com.
© 2026 Workday, Inc. All rights reserved. Workday and the Workday logo are
trademarks of Workday, Inc. All other brand and product names are trademarks
or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
About The Josh Bersin Company
The Josh Bersin Company is the world's most trusted human capital advisors,
providing research-based insights on talent, leadership, and organizational
performance.
With a dedicated team constantly tracking market change, testing ideas, and
applying a unique business lens, we help over a million HR and business
leaders address their most pressing people challenges, aligning work,
knowledge, and skills for maximum impact. For more information, visit
joshbersin.com.
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