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AI Workforce Transformation & Leadership Build

May 2026

Global Technology Enterprise

Sector: Global Technology
Scale: 60,000+ employees
Geography: North America, Europe, Middle East
Duration: 12 months

Mandate

Establish an enterprise-wide baseline of AI readiness, leadership capability, and behavioural risk under automation pressure
Design a Human + AI Workforce Integration Model aligned to governance, ethics, and future capability demand
Align senior leadership and executive teams around responsible AI adoption and decision accountability
Embed trust, ethics, and workforce impact metrics into board and executive oversight

Delivered

Enterprise AI and leadership readiness assessment across critical functions
Human + AI Workforce Integration Model covering capability design, leadership behaviours, and governance controls
Future skills and reskilling roadmap mapped across priority roles
Trust and ethics metrics embedded into executive and board reporting cadence

Outcomes

12 months

42,000+ roles assessed and mapped against future AI capability requirements
1,200+ senior leaders aligned through common leadership and AI governance
30% reduction in leadership capability variance across regions
25% uplift in leadership alignment scores linked to AI adoption
Enterprise-wide trust metrics adopted into board and executive risk oversight
Standardised AI governance controls implemented across all business units

Role

Dr Kate Barker was appointed Board Advisor for Human + AI Transformation, working directly with the CEO and Chief Digital Officer to align leadership, workforce, and governance systems for AI-enabled scale.

Scale

60,000+ workforce · 3 continents

Enterprise-wide AI and workforce transformation at global scale.

Authority

Board-level advisory mandate

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Impact

Governance-ready AI adoption

Leadership-aligned, trust-led workforce transformation embedded into oversight.

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