The hidden talent challenge behind the AI productivity revolution
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Field notes on transformation, AI and work
What I write between programmes, on HR transformation, HR technology, artificial intelligence and skills.
HR Transformation 4
AI & HR 7
HR Tech Architecture 4
Future of Work & Skills 5
Leadership & Change 4
We don't have an AI problem. We have a data structure problem. Here is how to fix it.
The hype party of 2024 is over. 2025 was the year we had to clean up the mess. Here is the true story of our industry last year.
As we close 2025, the noise around AI has been deafening. I have spent the year auditing distressed HR tech projects and rescuing stalled...
For decades, we have segregated "Technical Skills" and "Soft Skills" into different buckets. Different training budgets, different LMS categories,...
The statistics from the recent "Hidden AI" survey are alarming but not surprising. 80% of workers are using AI, and most are hiding it from their...
A strategic debrief of eNovDay 2025. Analyzing the gap between HR strategy and operational reality with insights from industry leaders.
The greatest friction in corporate learning is the "Alt-Tab" tax. Every time a sales rep has to minimize Salesforce, open an LMS, log in, and find...
AI is not the executioner... It’s the mirror. It reflects whether your HR function is truly strategic or just administratively alive.
At the HR Technology Conference this month, the narrative shifted. It wasn't about Human *vs.* Machine anymore. It was about the synchronization of...
I am often hired to "de-risk" high-stakes investments. Usually, this means I come in when a project is bleeding money. But increasingly, it means I...
The buzz at Cornerstone Spark in Las Vegas wasn't just about AI helping people. It was about AI *replacing* tasks entirely through "Agentic"...
I spent the early 2000s coding payroll modules where a job description was a hard-coded field in a database. It was static, monolithic, and safe....
A client recently asked me to "turn on" content creation for all their managers. They wanted speed. They wanted agility. I told them they were...
I sat in a boardroom last week with a CHRO who was beaming about their latest industry award for "Innovation in L&D." On the surface, the trophy...
If you call it a 'Skill' and I call it a 'Competency', our systems are deaf. The boring work of Taxonomy.
The word 'Transformation' implies an end state. There isn't one. We are in permanent beta.
AI is killing entry-level jobs. Who will train the seniors of tomorrow? We are facing a competence crisis.
Stop measuring 'Time Saved'. Start measuring 'Profit Generated'. How to speak the language of the Board.
Your employees are using ChatGPT. You just don't know it yet. And your IP is leaving the building.
How solving complex algorithmic problems in 1996 helps me solve organizational chaos in 2023.
Why HR projects fail? Because IT thinks HR is 'fluffy' and HR thinks IT is 'rigid'. Bridging the gap requires a new glossary.
Excel sheets don't cry. People do. Lessons from leading HR for an airline group through a massive restructuring.
I audited a major bank in Dubai yesterday. They wanted Generative AI. They needed a data sanitation strategy.
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