Neil | AI Change Leadership
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Neil | AI Change Leadership
@neil-harrison.bsky.social
Developing leaders for confident, human-first AI transformation. 25+ years in org change, now teaching through the AI Change Leadership Accelerator.
62% say their organisations have yet to begin scaling AI across the enterprise.

That's the state of AI in 2025, according to McKinsey's November 2025 report.

Stuck in pilot purgatory.

High performers seeing significant value from AI rethink how work gets done.

www.mckinsey.com/capabilities...
The state of AI in 2025: Agents, innovation, and transformation
In this 2025 edition of the annual McKinsey Global Survey on AI, we look at the current trends that are driving real value from artificial intelligence.
www.mckinsey.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Today’s AI hype echoes the California Gold Rush.

Levi Strauss didn’t follow the crowd, he solved a genuine problem, workwear that wouldn’t fall apart.

AI projects are chasing ‘shiny things’ rather than addressing real business needs.

The gold is solving the problems of people closest to the work
a group of people are standing on top of a rocky hillside .
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November 10, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Stop studying how competitors use AI.

Your teams already know the inefficiencies, bottlenecks and opportunities. They live them daily.

The best AI opportunities aren’t in case studies, they’re in your people’s frustrations. Just give them permission to solve them.
November 8, 2025 at 7:46 AM
💡 Not Every AI Innovation Is Worth The Investment. Here are 8 Criteria for Prioritising the Right Ones:

1️⃣ Business Impact
2️⃣ Feasibility & Readiness
3️⃣ Human-Centric Considerations
4️⃣ Risk & Ethics
5️⃣ Scalability
6️⃣ Speed to Value
7️⃣ Cost vs Value
8️⃣ Strategic Differentiation

Which matters most to you?
February 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
AI adoption fails when it’s just an IT project.

Leaders, this is your responsibility. AI needs strategic alignment, cross-team collaboration, and a focus on people. Is your team ready? #AIChange
February 16, 2025 at 10:03 AM
AI is changing how we lead change.

🔹 It evolves continuously, there’s no end state
🔹 It’s not just a new tool, it reshapes how people work.
🔹 It raises profound fears

We need:

✅ Continuous learning
✅ Empowered teams
✅ Psychological safety

How are you leading AI change?
February 16, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Seeger’s If I Had a Hammer wasn’t about the tool, it was about change.

Don’t roll out Copilot unless you can answer:

🔹 What problem you’re solving
🔹 What’s in it for your people

It’s not about the hammer.

Are you talking about Copilot, or the future you’re building?
February 15, 2025 at 11:03 AM