Bersin's Galileo Mars Aims to Remake HR with AI and Workday

OAKLAND, Calif. – March 18, 2026 – The Josh Bersin Company, a prominent HR advisory firm, today announced a significant upgrade to its AI platform, Galileo, with the launch of the Galileo Mars Release. The new version introduces "intelligent workflows" designed to transform HR processes and is now licensed by over 1,100 companies globally. This milestone is coupled with a strategic partnership that brings Galileo into the vast Workday enterprise ecosystem, signaling a major push to shift AI in HR from a simple query tool to a sophisticated engine for organizational development.

The announcement marks a critical point in the evolution of AI for human resources, moving beyond generative text and simple automation. With the Mars release, The Josh Bersin Company aims to provide HR teams with a programmable "superagent" capable of orchestrating complex, multi-step tasks across various enterprise systems.

From AI Assistant to Intelligent Workflows

Since its initial launch, Galileo has evolved rapidly. It began as an AI-powered expert assistant trained on The Josh Bersin Company's extensive library of research. Subsequent updates added a reasoning model, integrations with labor market data, and tools for managers. The Mars release, however, represents a fundamental shift in capability.

The centerpiece of the update is the introduction of "intelligent workflows." The platform now includes 400 common HR challenges translated into multi-step, branched guides. These workflows are designed to solve specific problems for employees, managers, and HR teams, covering areas such as individual career development, team building, and engaging with complex research. This moves the platform beyond one-shot prompts toward reusable, guided experiences.

"From agents, workflows, apps, learning experiences, and a lot more in the wings, Galileo Mars is all about empowering you to build things," said Josh Bersin, the company's CEO and a global industry analyst. "We're giving organizations a way to codify their own methods, workflows and IP into intelligent AI experiences – for HR and learning. Over time, that's how companies will turn their unique know‑how into a real competitive advantage in the AI era."

This "superagent" capability is powered by Sana, an AI platform that provides a unified interface to orchestrate these workflows. By leveraging Sana, Galileo Mars also introduces AI-native features like "Supertutor" and "Edit Mode," allowing learning and development teams to instantly turn corporate research or internal documents into personalized training paths that can be edited and updated in real time.

A Strategic Alliance with Workday

Perhaps the most significant business development is The Josh Bersin Company joining the Workday Agent Partner Network. This move makes Galileo available on the Workday Marketplace, directly integrating it with one of the world's leading Human Capital Management (HCM) systems.

This partnership is more than a simple marketplace listing; it represents a deep integration that promises to create a seamless experience for the thousands of companies that rely on Workday. Workday users will be able to access Galileo’s capabilities directly within their native environment. The integration allows Galileo to leverage a user's Workday profile and job data to provide instantly relevant guidance. This strategic alignment combines Galileo's research-backed intelligence, Sana's learning technology, and Workday's system of record for people and finance into a single, powerful offering.

The move expands Galileo's potential market reach exponentially and solidifies its position as a serious contender in the enterprise HR technology space. For Workday customers, it provides access to a specialized AI tool designed to help tackle complex HR issues like creating development plans, improving employee retention, and enhancing recruitment strategies, all backed by Bersin's industry-leading research.

"We are also very excited to partner with Workday," Bersin stated. "Through our long-lasting relationship with Sana, Galileo will be seamlessly integrated with Workday for all Workday customers."

Codifying Expertise into Actionable Intelligence

The core promise of Galileo Mars is its ability to operationalize decades of HR research and advisory expertise. The platform is designed to act as a virtual analyst, guiding users through complex problems with the same logic and data they would receive from a human consultant.

Amy Farner, EVP of Product and Research at The Josh Bersin Company, explained the user-centric development process. "We have been in constant dialogue with Galileo users to understand their ongoing needs and use-cases for management, leadership, and HR issues," she said. "As a result, the new ways to work with Galileo help you get real work done... In HR, it means managers get guided, conversational experiences for tasks like development planning and performance management."

This approach is already showing results. Seneca Polytechnic, a Canadian public college, has made Galileo available to its entire HR team. "Galileo became a new path—providing us an economical way to not just continue our transformation but accelerate it in ways we hadn't originally envisioned," shared Caroline Riley, Vice President, Human Resources at Seneca Polytechnic.

This ability for organizations to not only leverage Bersin’s knowledge base but also blend it with their own priorities and content is a key feature. The "Edit Mode" allows L&D teams to take a research-based framework from Galileo, refine it with company-specific language and priorities, and publish it as a new training program, keeping it current as business needs change.

The Competitive Edge in a Crowded AI Field

The market for AI in HR is becoming increasingly saturated with tools that promise to automate tasks, from recruitment chatbots to performance management analytics. Galileo seeks to differentiate itself by focusing on strategic empowerment rather than just administrative efficiency. While many competitors offer solutions for specific, narrow tasks, Galileo positions itself as a comprehensive intelligence engine for the entire HR function.

Its unique value proposition rests on several pillars: the unparalleled depth of its proprietary research corpus, the "superagent" architecture that enables complex, multi-system workflows, and the deep, strategic integration with enterprise platforms like Workday. The rapid adoption, growing from a few hundred companies to over 1,100 in roughly a year, suggests this approach is resonating with the market.

By equipping HR professionals with AI-driven tools that augment their problem-solving and strategic planning capabilities, The Josh Bersin Company is betting on a future where the HR function is a central driver of business value. The Galileo Mars release is a definitive step toward realizing that vision, aiming to transform not just HR technology, but the very nature of the HR profession itself.