Leaders accountable for a programme that has to be used, not just delivered
If you are running an AI rollout or a major system change in a regulated environment, some of this will sound familiar.
The technology is on track, and nobody can say with confidence how many people will use it.
Training is planned for the weeks before go-live, with little support planned for the months after.
Line managers are expected to lead the change and have not been equipped to do it.
AI pilots impressed the steering committee and have not spread beyond the pilot team.
SOPs, validated processes and daily habits pull people back to the old way of working.
Adoption is reported as logins and course completions, which say little about how work is done.
Begin with a free check. Go further when it is useful.
Adoption risk check
Eight questions that show where your programme is exposed once the launch is behind you. It takes about three minutes and you see the result straight away.
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Senior change leadership for your programme, from a short readiness review to hands-on support through go-live and the months that follow.
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Services
Adoption readiness review
A short, independent look at a programme before or shortly after go-live. You get a clear view of where adoption is at risk, what is already working, and the few actions that will matter most.
AI adoption strategy
A plan for moving AI from pilot to everyday use: which roles change and how, what managers need, how capability is built, and how you will know that people are working differently.
Change leadership for a live programme
Hands-on change and learning leadership inside your programme team for rollouts such as Veeva, SAP S/4HANA, MES or enterprise AI tools, through launch and the period after it.
Talks and leadership workshops
Sessions for leadership teams and conferences on the human side of AI and digital transformation, and on why adoption decides whether the investment pays back.
Varuna Balmogim
Varuna is a senior change and learning leader with more than 20 years of experience helping large organisations adopt new technology. Her career has been spent on the human side of digital transformation in regulated industries, where a system only delivers value once people trust it and use it.
She has led change and learning on global rollouts reaching tens of thousands of users. AdoptionRidge brings that experience to leaders who need their AI and transformation programmes to hold after launch.
- Sectors
- Life sciences, healthcare and industrial
- Career
- NNIT, Ferring Pharmaceuticals, NHS, BMW South Africa
- Programmes
- Veeva, SAP S/4HANA, MES, AI adoption
- Methods
- Prosci ADKAR, Kotter, CCMP, PRINCE2, Scrum
- Education
- Oxford Saïd Executive Leadership Programme
- Speaking
- Women in Tech Global Conference, GSDC Change Management Summit
- Based
- Aubonne, Switzerland