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

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.

Over the past few months, I’ve hosted closed-door roundtables with HR leaders across industries. While AI was the starting point, the real conversation turned to culture, trust, and the pace of change. These 10 takeaways highlight how CHROs are navigating talent disruption, rethinking learning, reshaping leadership, and partnering across functions to make AI adoption work.

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

Former CHRO Melinda Wolfe shares why traditional leadership training falls short and how AI-powered coaching can better support managers in real time. Drawing on her experience at Bloomberg, Pearson, and GLG, she outlines the risks of neglecting mid-level leaders and offers clear guidance on making the business case for AI, building internal buy-in, and getting early wins.

Marc Andreessen's vision for how AI reshapes skills, tasks, and career strategy across the workforce.

As you evaluate AI coaching options, you’ll encounter two fundamentally different approaches: coaching features embedded within existing HR suites, and purpose-built coaching systems designed specifically for behavior change.

Great leaders aren’t born—they’re made. But for too long, leadership development has been slow, expensive, and disconnected from the realities of day-to-day work and how adults learn. It’s time for a change. Today, we’re excited to share that we’ve raised a $2.5M Seed round led by eLab Ventures to fundamentally transform this industry.