Welcome to Pinnacle’s blog

Key insights from Pinnacle's November CHRO roundtable on what's working in AI enablement and adoption across leading organizations.

Pinnacle announces its senior advisory council of CHROs and People leaders shaping how enterprises lead, learn, and work with AI.

How Sam Altman’s “legitimate AI researcher” timeline shapes the future of HR, performance, and talent strategy.

Danone made workforce planning about tasks, not headcount, redeploying 90% of affected employees and turning planning into business strategy.

ZoomInfo’s Satu Salminen on how HR leaders are expanding their roles to lead AI transformation across the enterprise.

The 90/10 model reframes workplace learning: 90% through AI support in workflow, 10% through high-touch human development.

Most AI projects fail due to poor adoption. HR leader Gail Fierstein explains why people teams should act like product orgs to drive real change.

Play turns AI from a mandate into a habit. Use sandboxes, challenges, and peer sharing to humanize adoption.

Long AI pilots lose early adopters and fail to convince skeptics. Learn why compressed one to two month timelines drive better ROI.

AI-generated “workslop” looks polished but wastes time, erodes trust, and costs millions in lost productivity.

People leaders from HubSpot, Zapier, and Marriott share how to drive AI adoption, build trust, and reshape workforce strategy in real time.

Jeff Diana Former CHRO at Calendly & Atlassian, shares how HR leaders can shape AI transformation by starting with tasks, building internal support, and building partnership with the CIO.

As AI reshapes the workforce, pioneering leaders are merging HR and IT into a new leadership model. Learn how executives at Moderna, ServiceNow, and ZoomInfo are designing hybrid human–AI

AI is reshaping jobs at every level, but not in the way most fear. Research from Cornell and MIT shows that while tasks are increasingly automated, human strengths like empathy, judgment, and creativity are rising in value.

Pinnacle welcomes three senior HR leaders, Shelby Wolpa, Jeff Diana, and Barb Bidan, as advisors. They ill work directly with Pinnacle's product and go-to-market teams, ensuring Pascal delivers value whether you're a fast-growth startup or global enterprise managing complexity at scale.