Humans Required.
AI transformation in business isn't a technology problem – it's a human one. Most are high-stakes, complex projects driven from the top down, and most stall or fail. Employees are told AI is inevitable and their jobs are safe. Scepticism reigns anyway. It's time for a different approach – one that closes the gap between vision and reality. Three shifts make the difference.
Three shifts that
survive the trip home.
Clarity on the people strategies required for successful AI transformation, and how leaders can set up teams for success.
Discover the narratives quietly sabotaging AI adoption – inevitability, replacement and helplessness – and how leaders can change the story.
Belief doesn’t cascade down from strategy decks – it moves sideways through trusted people and teams. Learn how to align personal, team and organisational stories on the fly.
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Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace 2026 found just 12% of employees strongly agree AI has changed how work gets done. A parallel NBER survey of executives across the US, UK, Germany and Australia found 89% report no productivity gain at all.
The one thing that makes humans unique – building trust through storytelling – is the irreplaceable key to success.
Mark Jones
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