For HR Practitioners & Teams
Two Frameworks.
One Story.
A practical guide for HR teams navigating technology decisions and AI readiness. Use B.R.I.D.G.E. to buy technology with more structure, and The Five Workforces to understand how your organization is becoming AI-enabled.
An 8-page guide from the Jumpstart HR Research team — the analysts who've been the CHRO and advised the CHRO.
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B.R.I.D.G.E.
How HR teams buy technology
- B Business Problem — name the real problem first
- R Requirements — separate must-haves from nice-to-haves
- I Internal Alignment — get the right people on board
- D Decision Criteria — decide how you'll decide
- G Guided Vendor Review — evaluate with confidence
- E Execution Readiness — make sure you can adopt it
The Five Workforces
How organizations absorb AI agents
- 1 The Free-for-All — ungoverned, experimental AI use
- 2 The Augmented — people plus AI assistants
- 3 The Delegators — handing tasks to agents
- 4 The Orchestrated — humans directing agent teams
- 5 The Autonomous — agents running end-to-end work
Why these frameworks matter to HR practitioners
Buy with more structure
Define the problem, separate must-haves from nice-to-haves, and evaluate vendors with confidence.
Improve stakeholder alignment
Surface who needs to be involved, what proof is needed, and where the process may stall.
Assess AI readiness realistically
Understand how your organization is currently absorbing AI agents — not the hype.
Plan change with more confidence
Match governance, enablement, and training to the workforce model that fits you.
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