We guide businesses of all sizes across the full AI adoption journey, from leadership alignment through to embedded capability. Every engagement is grounded in the hum[ai]n Compass, our five-stage framework for AI adoption that actually sticks. Every engagement starts with a conversation.
Our approach
A five-stage framework for AI adoption that is circular, not linear. Businesses return to each stage as they scale and as AI evolves. Culture is not a stage. It is the thread that runs through every stage.
![The hum[ai]n Compass: a five-stage framework for AI adoption with culture at the centre, including Foundations and Leadership Alignment, AI Readiness and Tool Selection, Governance and Guardrails, Enablement and Champions, and Capability Building.](images/humain-compass.png)
Foundations and Leadership Alignment·AI Readiness and Tool Selection·Governance and Guardrails·Enablement and Champions·Capability Building
For founders and business owners
For founders and business owners who want AI to actually work in their business.
Most business owners know AI matters. What they do not have is a clear picture of where to start, what will actually make a difference, and how to get their team using it consistently.
We work with you across the full AI adoption journey: building shared understanding, putting the right tools and guardrails in place, creating the cultural conditions for AI to stick, and building capability across your team. The pace and depth is shaped by where your business is right now.
Foundations of AI Literacy is included as part of this engagement, so your team builds real capability alongside you.
What you get
For leadership teams in mid-sized and large organisations
For leadership teams who want AI to actually work across their organisation.
You have invested in AI, or you are about to. Licences are in place, or being considered. But knowing which tools to use, how to get your people using them consistently, and how to lead that change confidently, that is where most organisations get stuck.
Some teams are experimenting. Most are not. Leadership is not aligned on what good looks like. People are uncertain, cautious, or using AI quietly without clear guidance. The risk is harder to see than the opportunity.
We guide leadership teams across the full AI adoption journey: leadership alignment, governance and guardrails, the cultural conditions that determine whether AI succeeds or fails, and the capability uplift that brings your teams with you. Diagnostic-led. Grounded in evidence. Built for the long game.
What you get
“We engaged Kate to support us to build AI capability in our corporate sustainability team, not a theory-focused overview, but practical skills our people could apply immediately. Kate delivered exactly that. In three hours, the team moved from a mixed capability AI skillset to applying these tools strategically: how to research smarter, how to prompt with intention, and how to develop briefs for AI assistants tailored to our work.
What stood out was how well Kate understood our context. The session was built around our tools, our team diagnostic results, and our priorities: it didn’t feel generic. Our team left with practical tools, a clear personal learning commitment and a scoped brief ready to work through with our tech team.”
“I was very deliberate about the kind of AI expert I wanted in the room. My clients are senior hospitality professionals, not tech people, and I needed someone who could meet them where they were. That search led me to Kate. She delivered a genuinely engaging, practically grounded session that had a room full of commercially sharp, experienced professionals leaning in. She read the room beautifully, made complex ideas feel immediately accessible, and left people feeling excited rather than overwhelmed. If you are looking for someone to help your organisation navigate AI in a way that actually brings people with it, Kate Russell is the person I would call.”
“The team at Allara were successfully leveraging AI tools to support productivity, but as a training provider we knew the value of proactive governance and decided to invest early in training. The experts, Kate Russell and Steve Hunt (at The Square Wave) helped us formalise the momentum that was building, establishing shared standards, consistency and confidence business wide.”
Every engagement starts the same way. A straight conversation about where your organisation is, what is not working, and whether hum[ai]n is the right fit. No pitch deck. No pressure.