AI is closing one era of work. Lead the next one.

Most organizations have AI. Few have changed how work gets done. We measure the gap and bring the methodology to close it, starting with your leaders.

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The Leader's AI Brief · No. 01

AI and the redesign of work.

Gallup found four conditions that separate organizations where AI takes hold from the ones where it stalls. Get all four in 15 pages, with a Leader's Move on every idea and two worksheets to use this week.

The Problem

The AI Adoption Gap

65%

of employees in AI-adopting companies say AI made them more productive

14%

strongly agree it has transformed how work gets done

The gap closes with people, not tools. Only 9% of non-users say they lack access.

Why People Who Have AI Don't Use It

  1. 46%

    “I prefer to keep doing my work the way I do it now”

  2. 43%

    “I am ethically opposed to using AI”

  3. 43%

    “I am concerned about data privacy, security, or compliance”

  4. 39%

    “I don't believe AI can assist with the work I do”

  5. 17%

    “I do not feel prepared to use AI effectively”

  6. 9%

    “I do not have access to AI in my role”

Source: Gallup, Global Indicator: Artificial Intelligence, as of May 2026.

Source: Gallup, AI in the Workplace: What Separates Adopters and Holdouts, April 2026. 23,717 U.S. employees.

Our AI Adoption Model
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Become AI-native through your own people: leaders first, then the employees closest to the work.

Built on Gallup's Q12 and CliftonStrengths data.

What We Provide

Measurement

Tracks AI sentiment, engagement, and the four conditions each year.

Methodology

Coaches people to find the friction in their work, decide where AI belongs and where it doesn't, and build it to their own strengths.

What Your People Leave With

Capability

We coach your people inside their real work until they can do it without us.

Certification

Official, renewable, and current.

Community

Certified people across companies share what works at regular check-ins.

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The Program Sequence

The tools will keep changing. Build the capability that doesn't.

AI is changing what one person can do at work, but most organizations still run the way they did before. Our methodology starts with your executives, who apply AI to their own roles first. Then everyone who wants to build learns to do it in their own work. Then your strongest builders redesign whole workflows your organization owns outright. Each person is taught to their strengths.

Start with the Senior Leader Intensive →

Senior Leader Intensive Testimonial

“This was easily one of the most valuable experiences I've ever had as a CEO. It gave me a clear methodology for how we are adopting AI tools and how I lead my team with hope and clarity through this journey.”
Stephanie HogueChief Executive OfficerMobile Infrastructure
Lead With Hope

In a change this big, people need hope more than anything.

Gallup asked people in 52 countries to name three words for what a leader contributes to their life. No list, no options. Hope drew 56% of all mentions. Trust drew 33%. People don't resist AI. They resist a future they can't see themselves in. Showing them one is your job, not IT's.

Source: Gallup, Global Leadership Report: What Followers Want, February 2025. 52 countries, 72,439 responses.

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56%Hope

33%Trust

7%Compassion

4%Stability

Why this matters →

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Same people. Bigger mission.

Give your people the skill to fix the work in front of them, and the confidence to try what they couldn't before. It starts with you, in the room, building.