Topic Cluster
Readiness and diagnosis
Mapping where a People function actually stands before building anything.
6 articles in this cluster.
Part of the fuller People Ops AI: the guide for People and HR teams pillar →
Establish the starting point
Choose a function or workflow and record its current data, tools, skills and review process. A baseline should expose constraints before a pilot starts. The diagnostic articles below help distinguish a missing capability from a process that simply needs clearer ownership.
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…
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…
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
Score People Ops AI workflows by value, frequency, fit and risk. Use this workflow assessment framework to choose work worth…
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…
Reading is one thing. Doing is another.
The Grain Audit maps one People Ops process end to end, ranks the highest-return automations, and hands you a 90-day plan you keep whether or not we work together. Two weeks. £2,000, credited in full against a programme. Three slots a month.
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