Discover Your 'Why' For AI

Human-led AI Change Management

Advising Leaders on AI Adoption

 

Ensuring Measurable Results with Positive People

 

 

 

The Adaptologists

 

Our AI Change Management and Leadership services help you stay ahead of the competition, enhance productivity, and drive innovation through human-centred AI adoption.

 

AI's Opportunities and Uncertainty.

 

AI is creating unprecedented opportunities for innovation and growth, yet uncertainty is holding adoption back.

 

Is your organisation:

⚠️ Unsure where and how to identify efficiencies, productivity gains, or new opportunities with AI?

⚠️ Lacking the skills needed for adaptability, innovation, and collaborative problem-solving, causing missed opportunities?

⚠️ Facing resistance to AI adoption, with employees worried about AI data biases, ethics, or job displacement?

These challenges could put you at risk of falling behind your competition.

 

AI's real potential lies in your people!

 

AI can lead to a profound shift in the future of work - creating fulfilling, rewarding opportunities for your people by driving innovation and automating tedious tasks, allowing them to focus on more meaningful work.

We can help you:

✅ Assess your change readiness for AI adoption and address the gaps.

 

✅ Design Business Cases that justify AI investment, ensuring strategic alignment and a clear understanding of the problems it can solve for your organisation.

✅ Embed leadership and team skills, mindsets, and approaches that enable continuous innovation and adaptability at the pace of AI development.

✅ Lead human-centric change, reducing resistance and empowering your teams to co-create change and continuously learn.

Our solutions help you discover your ‘Why’ for AI, empowering your people for more purposeful, fulfilling, and rewarding work - driving their engagement and measurable organisational growth.

 

Our Mission

 

Empowering leaders so their AI adoption delivers organisational prosperity with positive people.

 

What We Do

 

We help mid-sized UK organisations to PREPARE their AI foundations,  PROPOSE AI Business Cases, PILOT innovative solutions, and PROGRESS them for measurable and sustained impact. That helps you stay ahead of the competition, enhance productivity, and drive innovation through AI adoption.

 

AI Leadership and Change Management Advisory

 

Flexible and impactful advisory services, whether that supports your AI Strategy development, defining and measuring return on investment or detailed change leadership and management planning. 

 

See our services page for more details.

Email us today for more information at: info@theadaptologists.co.uk

 

 

AI People Readiness Diagnostic

 

Is unclear leadership direction, skill gaps, or resistance to change slowing progress with AI? We identify your people-related risks and provide focused and practical early actions to build confidence.

 

What you'll get:

 

  • A clear diagnostic of your leadership and workforce readiness.
  • Insights tailored to your strengths and gaps.
  • Immediate, practical actions to reduce risk.

 

See our services page for more details.

Email us today for more information at: info@theadaptologists.co.uk

 

 

PREPARE: Leadership Foundations for AI Adoption

 

Do your leaders lack the AI leadership skills needed for innovative adoption? Our Leadership Foundations for AI Adoption service closes skills gaps in your current capability, helps you align innovative AI adoption strategically, and addresses ethical concerns & resistance.

 

What you'll get:

 

  • Insights into the health of your AI leadership capability.
  • Early, tailored learning on priority AI leadership skills gaps, and AI awareness training.
  • Clarity on the ethical use of AI and overcoming resistance.

 

See our services page for more details.

Email us today for more information at: info@theadaptologists.co.uk

 

 

PROPOSE: AI Business Case Design

 

Are you uncertain about AI's value for your business? Our AI Business Case Design service helps you discover your justification for AI investment.

 

What you'll get:

 

  • A clear justification for early investment in AI.
  • Proposals aligned to your business goals.
  • A plan to manage potential risks.
  • A pilot roadmap & change management plan.

 

See our services page for more details.

Email us today for more information at: info@theadaptologists.co.uk

 

 

PILOT: AI Innovation Pilots That Scale

 

Are you struggling to innovate and scale AI experiments? Our AI Innovation Pilots embed a human-centric design approach, enabling collaborative prototyping, testing, and preparation for scaling AI solutions.

 

What you'll get:

 

  • Validated AI prototypes tested and refined through real-world feedback.
  • Stakeholder alignment and engagement throughout the innovation process.
  • A clear path to scale your AI solutions with a change management plan

 

PROGRESS: AI Scaling and Optimisation

 

What you'll get:

 

  • Embedded AI solutions across departments.
  • Continuously improved AI solutions, driven by real-world feedback.
  • AI adoption aligned with evolving business needs.

 

See our services page for more details.

Email us today for more information at: info@theadaptologists.co.uk

 

 

 

An Evolutionary Approach

 

An evolutionary approach to AI adoption, with collaborative, iterative experimentation.

 

 

Diverse and Inclusive Teams

 

Diverse and inclusive teams with a clear purpose for AI adoption and innovative problem-solving approaches.

 

 

Change Leadership

 

Leadership that creates psychological safety & empowers people to make decisions and learn by doing.

 

 

Strategic Alignment

 

AI adoption aligned across your organisation and to strategic goals.

 

 

Testimonials

 

 

“It’s been a pleasure working with The Adaptologists. Their careful consideration of our requirements, insight and recommendations, and research-based approach have made the sessions with our senior management team highly effective.

 

They helped guide our thinking and introduced us to key topics, including organisation evolution, neuroscience and change, systems and design thinking and, crucially, psychological safety and emotional intelligence. Feedback from our senior leaders has been excellent, and the workshop sessions have created much excitement about our next steps.”  

 

[Matthew Downton , Director,  PSD Finance, Projects and Operations, ICAEW]

 

*****

 

I wanted to extend my deepest gratitude for the exceptional work you have done with me and my team.  Your dedication, expertise and holistic approach have really impressed me, and I am truly thankful for all that you have done.

 

You have been instrumental in educating and supporting our team...in embracing change management best practices.  Your ability to explain complex concepts in a relatable manner and your unwavering patience in addressing our questions have been invaluable.  

 

I am excited to share my wholehearted recommendation for your experience. Your approach, professionalism, and passion for driving positive change have left an indelible mark on our team.  

 

[ Suleman Qureshi, Head of Change Management Office, Nokia CFO]

 

 

Neil Harrison

Founder

 

Experience

 

I have over 25 years of experience in global change leadership, coaching and delivery across sectors. I have worked, and lived, in the UK, US and Australia for international and boutique consultancies, and as an internal consultant.

 

I'm a LinkedIn Top Voice for both AI and Change Management and hold internationally recognised certifications in Change Management and Programme Management.  I've undertaken extensive Leadership Development programmes and a wide range of facilitation and change leadership learning.

 

I believe in a practical application of skills and knowledge and draw on experience across disciplines (AI, systems thinking, design thinking, neuroscience, leadership, teamwork, mental well-being, and change management).

 

Motivation

 

I've witnessed too many organisations overlook the critical role of their own people when implementing change, and seen the negative effects this can have on people's wellbeing, especially in the face of increasing uncertainty.

 

I firmly believe that successful companies distinguish themselves with leaders who embrace inclusion, collaboration and empowerment for those closest to the challenges and opportunities. I've seen how this results in happier and more engaged employees, enabling companies and their people to Explore, Evolve, and Prosper.

 

I value:

 

  • Courage
  • Humanness
  • A pioneer's spirit
  • An evolutionary approach

  • Adaptability, free from rigid models