Do you know which of your people are wired to thrive in chaos, and which ones need certainty to do their best work?

In this episode, David is joined by Mike Flannagan, Corporate Vice President, Customer & Commercial Success at Microsoft, and Paul Burgess, founder of Instinctive Drives, to explore Microsoft's recent partnership with Instinctive Drives and what it reveals about the human side of AI transformation. Together they unpack why the biggest barrier to AI adoption isn't the technology itself, but the mismatch between people's natural instincts and the roles they're being asked to play.

Join the dynamic trio as they discuss:

• Why AI adoption is a people transformation
• How the Instinctive Drives framework explains why people react so differently to change
• What happens when the wrong people get pushed into high-experimentation, high-failure roles
• Why psychological safety is the real prerequisite for AI adoption at scale
• How a shared language around instincts can rebuild trust and speed up team performance

Listeners can try their own Instinctive Drives assessment for free for a limited time (expires 31st of October 2026) - the link is in the show notes below.

This episode is sponsored by Instinctive Drives.

As organisations invest heavily in AI, the people expected to deliver are often overwhelmed and working against their own natural wiring. Instinctive Drives' science-backed methodology reveals how each person is wired to work - which is why Microsoft chose them as their strategic partner for enterprise AI adoption worldwide.

Try your own Instinctive Drives assessment for free at instinctivedrives.com/digitalhrleaders - available until 31 October 2026.

Resources:

Instinctive Drives assessment - available until 31 October 2026

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Do you know which of your people are wired to thrive in chaos, and which ones need certainty to do their best work?

In this episode, David is joined by Mike Flannagan, Corporate Vice President, Customer & Commercial Success at Microsoft, and Paul Burgess, founder of Instinctive Drives, to explore Microsoft's recent partnership with Instinctive Drives and what it reveals about the human side of AI transformation. Together they unpack why the biggest barrier to AI adoption isn't the technology itself, but the mismatch between people's natural instincts and the roles they're being asked to play.

Join the dynamic trio as they discuss:

• Why AI adoption is a people transformation
• How the Instinctive Drives framework explains why people react so differently to change
• What happens when the wrong people get pushed into high-experimentation, high-failure roles
• Why psychological safety is the real prerequisite for AI adoption at scale
• How a shared language around instincts can rebuild trust and speed up team performance

Listeners can try their own Instinctive Drives assessment for free for a limited time (expires 31st of October 2026) - the link is in the show notes below.

This episode is sponsored by Instinctive Drives.

As organisations invest heavily in AI, the people expected to deliver are often overwhelmed and working against their own natural wiring. Instinctive Drives' science-backed methodology reveals how each person is wired to work — which is why Microsoft chose them as their strategic partner for enterprise AI adoption worldwide.

Try your own Instinctive Drives assessment for free at instinctivedrives.com/digitalhrleaders - available until 31 October 2026.

Resources:

• Instinctive Drives assessment - available until 31 October 2026

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How do you bring AI into an organisation without losing what's made it work for 150 years?

In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, David Green is joined by Eric Dozier, Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer at Eli Lilly, to explore what it takes for HR to lead AI and workforce transformation at enterprise scale.

Join them, as they discuss:

• Why HR has to transform twice over in the AI era, first as a function, then as an organisation
• What prompted Lilly's AI journey, and how the friction points that came up shaped the approach going forward
• How the role of the manager is changing as AI becomes part of everyday work
• What separates AI capability from simply increased AI usage
• The principles guiding Lilly's approach to responsible AI, including where it supports leadership judgement and where it shouldn't
• How employee feedback has reshaped Lilly's AI strategy, and what Eric believes HR leaders should prioritise as they lead their own transformations

This episode is sponsored by Valence.

Nadia, Valence's AI coaching platform, connects talent strategy to the work employees are actually doing — offering coaching from the frontline to the boardroom, and surfacing organisational insights that weren't visible before.

As the most widely deployed coach in the Fortune 500, Nadia is already helping global leaders like Nestlé, Delta, CVS, and Kraft Heinz transform talent at scale.

Learn more at valence.co/insight222

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