Builders & Champions
Growing internal capability instead of buying tools.
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AI roadmap case study: FinEdge's first 90 days
An AI roadmap case study: how a 280-person fintech People team went from scattered ChatGPT use to nine production workflows in 90…
Coaching and feedback systems that actually compound
A review cycle is not a coaching system. Coaching and feedback systems that compound run weekly and evidence-led. Here is the…
The HR Architect: a new role inside the People function
AI is climbing from clicks to decisions, and the People roles that survive change shape. The HR Architect is the role your…
Designing the AI-native People team
Bolting AI onto the People org chart changes nothing but the bill. An AI-native People team is redesigned around it: fewer roles…
The champion model
You do not need engineers to build AI capability in People. You need a champion model: three or four operators given air cover, a…
Leading the AI transformation in People
Leading the AI transformation in People fails as a change programme far more often than as a technology problem. Here is the…
More ways into builders & champions
Enablement
Enablement and change
An AI enablement operating model for People leaders
Champions and licences are not a strategy. AI enablement is an operating model with three layers and a cadence. How People…
Designing values that stick
Most values projects produce a poster, not a behaviour. Values that stick are short, costly to live by, and wired into how…
People debt: what GenAI exposes, and what to do about it
GenAI does not create people debt, it exposes it: drifting levelling, unowned decision rights, undocumented process. Here is the…
Org design
Org design and roles
Designing values that stick
Most values projects produce a poster, not a behaviour. Values that stick are short, costly to live by, and wired into how…
An AI enablement operating model for People leaders
Champions and licences are not a strategy. AI enablement is an operating model with three layers and a cadence. How People…
Reading is one thing. Doing is another.
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