Jenny Garrett Global https://jennygarrett.global/ The go-to consultancy that truly empowers leaders, champions diverse talent, and builds genuinely inclusive workplaces. Sun, 02 Aug 2026 21:51:36 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://jennygarrett.global/storage/2025/10/fav-150x150.png Jenny Garrett Global https://jennygarrett.global/ 32 32 AI adoption happens at the speed of trust, not the speed of implementation https://jennygarrett.global/ai-adoption-speed-of-trust/ https://jennygarrett.global/ai-adoption-speed-of-trust/#respond Sun, 02 Aug 2026 17:33:56 +0000 https://jennygarrett.global/?p=14725 I said it out loud in conversation with Melvina Metochi, and meant it as an instinct. Then I went looking for the evidence. AI adoption really does run on trust, and the numbers are worse than I thought.

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]]> https://jennygarrett.global/ai-adoption-speed-of-trust/feed/ 0 20 Years. 21 Lessons. https://jennygarrett.global/20-years-21-lessons/ https://jennygarrett.global/20-years-21-lessons/#respond Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:04:38 +0000 https://jennygarrett.global/?p=14670 Twenty years ago I was saying things nobody wanted to hear, to rooms that were not full. Here are twenty-one lessons from twenty years. Some of them flatly contradict each other. That is not a mistake, it is the honest answer.

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]]> https://jennygarrett.global/20-years-21-lessons/feed/ 0 The Leaders We Built and the Leaders We Need: What 120 Leaders Said at the House of Lords https://jennygarrett.global/the-leaders-we-built-and-the-leaders-we-need-what-120-leaders-said-at-the-house-of-lords/ https://jennygarrett.global/the-leaders-we-built-and-the-leaders-we-need-what-120-leaders-said-at-the-house-of-lords/#respond Sun, 12 Jul 2026 15:25:10 +0000 https://jennygarrett.global/?p=14658 On 2 July 2026, 120 leaders gathered at the House of Lords to mark twenty years of Jenny Garrett Global. The event, Built on Impact, 20 Years Forward, was hosted by broadcaster Arti Halai and opened by Baroness Verma. It asked one question, in two halves: what kind of leaders have we built, and what […]

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]]> https://jennygarrett.global/the-leaders-we-built-and-the-leaders-we-need-what-120-leaders-said-at-the-house-of-lords/feed/ 0 AI, Social Mobility and Inclusive Leadership: Is the Ladder Being Kicked Away? https://jennygarrett.global/ai-social-mobility-inclusive-leadership/ https://jennygarrett.global/ai-social-mobility-inclusive-leadership/#respond Thu, 14 May 2026 09:26:44 +0000 https://jennygarrett.global/?p=14557 It struck me standing in the Mediterranean Biome at the Eden Project. If AI absorbs the entry-level work, where does the next generation of leaders learn how organisations really function? The ladder is not being climbed more slowly. In places it is being kicked away.

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]]> https://jennygarrett.global/ai-social-mobility-inclusive-leadership/feed/ 0 The AI-Ready Leader: What It Really Takes to Lead When AI Is Already Here https://jennygarrett.global/the-ai-ready-leader-what-it-really-takes-to-lead-when-ai-is-already-here/ https://jennygarrett.global/the-ai-ready-leader-what-it-really-takes-to-lead-when-ai-is-already-here/#respond Tue, 12 May 2026 12:25:30 +0000 https://jennygarrett.global/?p=14524 Most conversations about AI leadership start in the wrong place: tools, platforms, risk checklists. They treat this as a technical problem waiting for a technical solution. It is not. Here is what being an AI-ready leader actually asks of you

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]]> https://jennygarrett.global/the-ai-ready-leader-what-it-really-takes-to-lead-when-ai-is-already-here/feed/ 0 Beyond the Boardroom: Why Jenny Garrett Global Invests in the Next Generation of Global Leaders https://jennygarrett.global/beyond-the-boardroom-why-jenny-garrett-global-invests-in-the-next-generation-of-global-leaders/ https://jennygarrett.global/beyond-the-boardroom-why-jenny-garrett-global-invests-in-the-next-generation-of-global-leaders/#respond Fri, 08 May 2026 10:52:40 +0000 https://jennygarrett.global/?p=14510 At Jenny Garrett Global, social value is not a line in a tender document. It is woven into why we exist. For twenty years, our work has been built on a single conviction: that the right leadership development, at the right level, changes lives. That conviction does not stop at the edge of the corporate […]

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]]> https://jennygarrett.global/beyond-the-boardroom-why-jenny-garrett-global-invests-in-the-next-generation-of-global-leaders/feed/ 0 Your ethnicity pay gap isn’t a pay problem. It’s a progression problem. https://jennygarrett.global/your-ethnicity-pay-gap-isnt-a-pay-problem-its-a-progression-problem/ https://jennygarrett.global/your-ethnicity-pay-gap-isnt-a-pay-problem-its-a-progression-problem/#respond Tue, 05 May 2026 10:05:52 +0000 https://jennygarrett.global/?p=14475 I have spent nearly two decades working with organisations on ethnicity pay gaps. And the single most important thing I can tell you is this: the number you will publish is not the problem. It is the symptom. The gap in your report reflects decisions made years before you ran the analysis. Who got sponsored […]

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]]> https://jennygarrett.global/your-ethnicity-pay-gap-isnt-a-pay-problem-its-a-progression-problem/feed/ 0 AI in Defence: Why the Real Question Isn’t Speed vs Safety https://jennygarrett.global/ai-defence-responsible-power-leadership/ https://jennygarrett.global/ai-defence-responsible-power-leadership/#respond Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:18:14 +0000 https://jennygarrett.global/?p=14455 In April I sat on a parliamentary panel with Dr Allison Gardner MP and Dr Melanie Garson, in a field where getting AI wrong is irreversible. The debate is usually framed as speed versus safety. I think that framing is the problem, and not only in defence.

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]]> https://jennygarrett.global/ai-defence-responsible-power-leadership/feed/ 0 Why the Tri-Level™ Methodology Won Professional Services Initiative of the Year at the British HR Awards 2026 https://jennygarrett.global/why-the-tri-level-methodology-won-professional-services-initiative-of-the-year-at-the-british-hr-awards-2026/ https://jennygarrett.global/why-the-tri-level-methodology-won-professional-services-initiative-of-the-year-at-the-british-hr-awards-2026/#respond Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:45:02 +0000 https://jennygarrett.global/?p=14450 This one means a lot to us. After twenty years and more than fifty cohorts, our Tri-Level™ methodology has been named Professional Services Initiative of the Year at the 2026 British HR Awards. Selected from a record 474 entries, the recognition is for an approach that achieves 35%+ promotion rates by developing diverse talent, their […]

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]]> https://jennygarrett.global/why-the-tri-level-methodology-won-professional-services-initiative-of-the-year-at-the-british-hr-awards-2026/feed/ 0 Women’s Leadership Programmes UK: Why Most Fail and What Makes the Difference https://jennygarrett.global/womens-leadership-programme-uk/ https://jennygarrett.global/womens-leadership-programme-uk/#respond Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:05:57 +0000 https://jennygarrett.global/?p=14328 When an organisation comes to us and says their previous women’s leadership programme ‘wasn’t as effective as hoped,’ we’re not surprised. We hear it regularly. The reason is almost always the same: the programme focused on developing the women, but left the system entirely unchanged. That’s not a women’s leadership problem. That’s an organisational design […]

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