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BONUS: The Agentic Era – AI and the Future of EHS

Hosted by: Angelique Dickson

In this follow-up to our last episode on AI in the tech industry, Host Angie Dickson, President of the Inogen Alliance and EVP of Antea Group USA, sits down with Karl Huntzicker, Global VP of Health and Safety at Salesforce, to look ahead at the future of AI in EHS.

Karl shares how the move from bots to agents marks the beginning of what he calls the “agentic era,” where digital tools are not just answering questions but taking action, conducting investigations, and helping EHS professionals focus where it matters most. The discussion highlights opportunities for augmentation, the evolving idea of a digital workforce, and the hope that AI will finally allow EHS leaders to achieve long-standing goals.

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Karl Huntzicker is the Vice President of Global Health & Safety at Salesforce, bringing over 25 years of EH&S leadership experience across the tech, biotech, and manufacturing sectors. At Salesforce, Karl transformed the safety paradigm by launching "CAREforce," a program built on the idea that a profound safety culture is built when employees take simple, daily actions to look out for one another. Today, Karl applies that same philosophy to the future of Artificial Intelligence in Health & Safety. By taking the small step of actively using AI and providing intentional feedback, he believes the H&S community can shape a technology rooted in our human values, rather than just inheriting tools built by someone else. 

Time Stamps

00:32 Bots vs. Agents – What’s the Difference?

04:00 From Incident Investigations to the Agentic Era

07:13 Augmenting EHS Teams Without Losing Focus on People

10:22 The Digital Workforce: Opportunities and Challenges

13:00 Becoming “Bionic” – Augmentation and Superpowers

14:13 Hopes for the Next Five Years in EHS

 

Guest Quotes

“I really want to look back in five years and say we built agents that made sense, that helped our employees, that provided care to our employees, and that moved the health and safety program forward.” – Karl 

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