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…
The People Ops diagnostic toolkit
The read comes before the fix. The People Ops diagnostic toolkit is five repeatable diagnostics that tell you where a People…
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…
Choosing AI models for HR work
No single best AI model for HR work exists. Match the model to the task, run two or three, and cross-check what matters. Here is…
Prompting patterns for People Ops
Better AI output is not about a better model. It is about prompting patterns for People Ops: five blocks, prompt chains, and the…
From prompts to systems
Buying tools or nudging people to use ChatGPT is not building AI capability. The move from prompts to systems has one order…
AI workspace setup for People teams (Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot)
Your AI sounds generic because it works generically. Here is the AI workspace setup that turns Claude, ChatGPT or Copilot into a…
Diagnosing AI readiness in People Ops
AI readiness in People Ops is not a model problem. It is a data, process, tooling, sponsor and risk read. Here is the diagnostic…
More ways into foundations
Readiness
Readiness and diagnosis
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…
A workflow assessment framework for People Ops
Most People teams pick AI workflows by instinct or by what is loudest. A workflow assessment framework scores value, frequency…
The People Ops AI domain map
A People Ops AI map: the five domains where AI fits across the People function, the shape of the win in each, and how to pick…
Enablement
Enablement and change
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 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…
Reading is one thing. Doing is another.
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