The HR Director

1. Your AI policy means nothing if your people don’t know about it

   Most organisations have an AI policy. Almost none have made sure their people know what it says. A policy gets drafted, signed off, uploaded to the intranet. Employees haven't been trained on it. Many couldn't find it if they tried. That's not governance. That's paper. AI governance is a people challenge. And people challenges belong to HR — not the CTO, not the board. If you haven't been brought into your organisation's AI governance conversation yet, I'd ask: why not?

2. AI Won’t Fix Your Hiring Problems. Your Recruiters Will.

   AI is everywhere in recruiting right now — sourcing bots, resume screeners, outreach tools. But teams that bolt AI onto a broken process just get faster at making the same mistakes. This piece argues that AI is a force multiplier, not a fix, and introduces the "judgment gap" — the space between what AI can surface and what a recruiter still has to do with it. Grounded in a real process overhaul that took onsite-to-offer rates from 15% to over 40%.

3. How to avoid adding to the tribunal backlog

   Beyond the headline issues of the backlog, the reality for employers is that people are becoming more willing to turn to law, and better equipped to use technologies that both encourage them to make claims and add to the difficulty and range of what has to be dealt with.

4. Succession planning: The leadership risk businesses still underestimate

   Succession planning remains a major weakness for many businesses, despite widespread recognition of its importance. Research shows that while 39% of firms have an embedded and regularly reviewed succession strategy, 61% lack a comprehensive approach and 22% have none at all. As experienced leaders retire in growing numbers, particularly across infrastructure, energy and engineering sectors, businesses risk losing critical expertise, disrupting operations and delaying growth.

5. Project skills are changing fast and HR leaders have a critical role to play

   The project profession is facing its most significant evolution in a generation due to economic uncertainty, technological disruption and rising complexity