Field notes on people and AI.
Strategic HR perspectives on leadership, reskilling, culture, organisational design and change communication.
The market just asked your organisation an HR question
AI agents challenge more than software economics. They challenge how work, roles and accountability are designed. Three decisions executive teams should make before scaling adoption.
Three in four AI agents are switched on and doing nothing
New research shows 76% of enterprise AI agents sit idle while keeping access to company data. Three questions every executive should ask before the next agent goes live.
The AI Act gives HR more time. Trust cannot wait.
The EU's high-risk AI rules arrive in December 2027. Here are three questions HR leaders should answer now to build trust and prepare their teams.
Alden Biesen gave us the compass. OpenAI just showed why we need it.
OpenAI quietly published the policy programme of a European social democrat — for an America that won't touch it. The gift is on the table. The question is whether Europe has the nerve to pick it up.
AI in client-facing social work: where to actually start
Staff shortages, paperwork, pressure on the front line. AI doesn't fix that by magic — but it does shift the right work away from people whose time is needed elsewhere.
Why most AI rollouts fail at the manager layer
Executives sponsor it, employees experiment with it — but the layer that decides whether AI sticks is squarely in the middle.
From job descriptions to skill portfolios: rewriting the HR contract
Static job descriptions can't keep up with AI-shaped work. Skill portfolios are the next operating unit of HR.
Psychological safety is the missing layer in your AI stack
You can deploy the best models in the world. If your people feel watched instead of supported, adoption will plateau.
Designing the org chart for AI-augmented work
AI doesn't just change tasks. It changes who decides, how fast, and with what evidence. Your structure should reflect that.
The narrative is the strategy: communicating AI change
If your people can't explain the AI change in their own words, you don't have a strategy — you have a slide deck.