HFA Working Groups
The working groups develop methods and procedures as public goods for the practical implementation and integration of human-centered AI and automation in projects and organizations.
Why
The HFA Alliance brings together numerous practitioners who have guided or studied a wide range of AI projects. The mindset of “humans out, AI in” is still widespread, as is the neglect of professional identity and retraining programs alongside IT projects.
AI challenges established project management models, project setups, and even how work itself is measured.
"The key question is: how do we reshape organizations for the AI era—in a way that combines technological efficiency with the preservation and empowerment of human expertise, vocation, and passion?"
In response, the HFA Alliance e.V. decided at HFA Day 2025 in Nuremberg to establish cross‑industry working groups.
All these working groups develop concrete actions and tools to help decision‑makers in business and the public sector. The HFA Alliance is committed to ensuring that its work is applied in real‑world practice. All results are intended to be made freely available as public goods.
The HFA Alliance aims to make human‑centric approaches the standard in AI strategies and projects. This is no easy task—human‑centricity represents a paradigm shift from decades of conventional business administration. Yet AI itself challenges these old paradigms, making many traditional success metrics obsolete. The HFA working groups are therefore contributing to a transformative shift—to redesign work and strengthen economic innovation through Human Friendly Automation. It is a change that will also shape science and education.
We are delighted that so many experts from diverse industries and academia are collaborating in this effort.
An initial progress report from the working groups will be presented on Human Friendly Automation Day 2026, October 1.
