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 and Readiness Assessments

 

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

 

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

 

 

PREPARE: Leadership Foundations for AI Adoption

 

Leadership skills for the AI-era.

 

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.

 

Within a month, you'll have:

 

  • 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.

 

Why Our Approach:

 

  • Assessment-based tailored priority learning.
  • Early clarity on AI leadership and people-centric change skills for reducing resistance.
  • Ethical safeguards for AI usage.

 

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

 

 

PROPOSE: AI Business Case Design

 

Discover Your 'Why' for AI.

 

Uncertain about AI's value for your business? Our AI Business Case Design service helps you discover your justification for AI in just 8 weeks.

 

In just 8 weeks, you'll have:

 

  • 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.

 

Why Our Approach:

 

  • Clear and confident AI investment decisions.

  • Benefit from a tailored, adaptable approach.

  • People-focused, innovative team working.

  • Test what’s needed, possible & risky early.

 

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

 

 

PILOT: AI Innovation Pilots That Scale

 

Struggle 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 within just 4 months.

 

Within 4 months, you'll have:

 

  • 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.

 

Why Our Approach:

 

  • Systemic and human-centric design thinking integration to address complex problems.
  • Rapid iteration and prototyping for practical insights and solution refinement.
  • Outcome-focused approach ensuring that AI solutions meet actual business needs.

 

PROGRESS: AI Scaling and Optimisation

 

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

 

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 has made the sessions with our senior management team highly effective. Working our way up the psychological safety ladder has greatly assisted our own senior leadership team's journey.

 

Fast-paced change is upon us. While becoming more comfortable with uncertainty and with care, empathy and collaboration, how can our leaders build and guide effective teams to secure maximum benefit from digital and AI transformation in particular? Encouraging debate, 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 take a moment to extend my deepest gratitude for the exceptional work you have done with me and my team throughout our change management journey.  Your dedication, expertise and holistic approach has really impressed me and my team, and I am truly thankful for all that you have done.

 

Your guidance went far beyond addressing operational topics - you have been instrumental in educating and supporting our team at the earlier stage of their change management journey 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.  

 

Your contributions have not gone unnoticed. and 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.  

 

If anyone is seeking a change management expert who not only excels in operational aspects but also goes the extra mile to educate and empower teams, I wholeheartedly recommend your name and your guidance has been pivotal in our journey, and I am confident you can provide the same level of support to others.

 

Once again, thank you for your outstanding work and dedication.

 

[ 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