AI Readiness Starts With the Work
The organizations getting real value from AI aren't the ones with the most tools. They're the ones that treated readiness as a people strategy: clear AI Readiness Starts With the Work the work, deliberate about the skills, and honest about what changed.
If you're working through any of these stages, I'd welcome the conversation.
Most organizations chose their AI tools first and figured out the work later. The result is familiar: licenses in place, training completed, and the same small group of people still doing most of the experimenting.
AI readiness is a people question before it is a technology question.
👉 Which roles benefit most?
👉 Which tasks are worth changing?
👉 What do people need to learn, and how will you know it worked?
These resources are organized around those questions, in the order I use them. Each one links to the original source. The notes are my own: why it matters and how I'd put it to work.
Through the People Intelligence™ lens: start with the work, design for people, measure what changed.
Resources are selected for practical value and link to their original sources. Lead with PI has no affiliation with the organizations listed. Last reviewed: November 2026.