Immersions and Strategy 1-1 Bundles
From Challenge to Strategy and Impact
All immersions include:
-> 1 day online immersion with up to 5 others
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-> 2 follow up 1-1 Strategy Sessions
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-> The ability to commission follow-on project work/support (subject to availability).
Common challenges you might be facing:
• “How do I manage employee fears about AI replacing them?”
• “We’ve implemented tools, but adoption is patchy and morale is shaky.”
• “How do we get productivity and engagement from AI-enabled teams?”
• “We talk about needing to be “human-centred” but then jobs are going because of AI – what do we do?”
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Course content overview:
• AI & leadership strategy – Understanding emerging research on AI’s impact on workforce dynamics, performance, efficiency and emotions, and how leaders can shape the future of work
• Building effective human-AI teams – Best practices for fostering trust, transparency, and collaboration between employees and AI systems
• The psychology of AI adoption – Methods to address employee concerns, reduce resistance, and create a culture of AI-driven innovation
• AI-driven employee retention & motivation – Insights from workforce research on keeping employees engaged during AI transformation
• Ethical & regulatory considerations – Navigating AI governance, mitigating bias, and ensuring compliance with global regulations
• Practical AI integration – Real-world strategies for optimising efficiency, and upskilling teams
Common challenges you might be facing:
• “We know change is coming but aren’t sure which skills we’ll need — or when…it’s paralysing”
• “Our re-skilling efforts are too reactive — we’re always chasing the next gap.”
• “Leaders want internal mobility, but we don’t have the visibility or structure to enable it.”
• “We’re not confident we can deliver on the talent needs of our future strategy.”
• “The landscape of change is so complex with so many simultaneous transformations, positive progress with workforce planning and delivery feels impossible”
Course content overview:
This immersion supports leaders to shape their workforce planning and talent management approaches for today’s VUCA and BANI world of work. Stepping well beyond a people-team perspective, this immersion will look at the essential cross-organisation roles and relationships needed for success, and tools and frameworks that can help.
Designed to help participants step back from short-term firefighting, and demonstrate leadership in this space with tried and tested approaches, the course covers:
• Translating strategy into future capability needs across time
• Dealing with the complexity of multiple transformation programmes and high levels of uncertainty – methods for planning despite the noise
• Spotting future skills gaps before they become urgent
• Options for creating visibility of internal skills and talent pools, and their challenges
• Frameworks for talent management, including internal mobility and re-deployment
• Seizing untapped opportunities and avoiding a talent drain
• Engaging individuals in transformation and career change
Common challenges you might be facing:
• “Our incentive arrangements and culture aren’t driving the innovation we need.”
• “We want to reward skills, but don’t know where to start.”
• “Recognition feels ad hoc and inconsistent across teams.”
• “How do we make innovation part of everyday work — not just special projects?”
Course content overview:
• Strategic reward frameworks – Designing incentive structures that align with long-term business goals and encourage innovation
• Effective innovation programmes – How to implement systems that capture employee ideas and translate them into actionable business improvements
• The role of recognition in driving innovation – How companies like 3M and British Airways have leveraged recognition to boost creativity and performance
• Financial vs. non-financial incentives – Balancing monetary rewards with career growth, professional development, and public recognition
• Skill-based pay in practice – Understanding how pay-for-skills models improve workforce flexibility, productivity, and quality
• Overcoming barriers to innovation – Addressing leadership resistance, disengagement, and quality control in employee-driven initiatives
• Measuring success – Implementing the right metrics to track engagement, innovation impact, and return on investment