For People & Culture leaders
Seven things from my sessions on leading AI transformation, free to use.
AI Readiness Self-Check
Rate your organisation on the 27 elements that decide whether an AI transformation lands, and get a first move for your weakest three. About seven minutes, and your answers stay in your browser.
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The slides from my session on leading AI transformation.
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The recording of my session with Tim Rayner on AI in organisations, with the transcript and both sets of slides.
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The elements of an organisation-wide AI transformation
27 elements in four themes, from leading this work inside organisations.
Lead it from the top
- Executive sponsorship
- The sponsor's own AI knowledge
- The People & Culture leader leads it
- An AI strategy with accountability
- AI adoption in the goals
- Permission to have a go
- Encouraging AI use
Fund it and prove the value
- The full cost of AI
- Value in weeks, not years
- Value beyond cost
- Scaling from pilots
- A watch on token spend
Bring people with you
- Willing users
- Access to AI tools
- AI champions
- Capability building
- Resistance and change
- Productivity and jobs
- Expert knowledge
- Human oversight
Govern it so the Board can stand behind it
- An AI policy everyone knows
- Governance of agents
- An AI steering committee
- A stated position on ethics
- Security
- Data foundations
- Ready for agents, with the right model for each job
This framework is Helen Hovenga's, from her work as a fractional and interim Chief People Officer. It builds on Professor Jon Whittle's 14 dimensions of AI adoption (Goldilocks AI), used with his permission, and on Stanford's Enterprise AI Playbook.
Try this Score your organisation one to five on each element, every Executive member separately, then compare. Start on the lowest score you agree on.
Score your organisation on all 27 elements, in about seven minutes: helenhovenga.com/self-check