What if you could see the consequences of a major workforce decision before making it? According to Professor Prithwiraj Choudhury, the answer may lie in a technology few HR leaders have heard of: the AI driven organisational digital twin.
Every HR leader has made a decision they'd love to take back. A restructure that didn't quite land. A return-to-office policy that caused more friction than expected. A reward scheme that solved one problem but created another.
"Most organisations still make these decisions using experience, intuition and spreadsheets," says Choudhury, professor at the London School of Economics (LSE). But what if you could test them first?
That's the idea behind an organisational digital twin: a virtual version of your business that combines organisational data with AI-powered simulations to predict how employees, teams and leaders are likely to respond to major changes before they're introduced. Rather than relying solely on instinct, HR leaders could explore different scenarios in a virtual environment before committing real people or resources. While the technology is still emerging, Choudhury believes it has the potential to transform HR in three key ways. They are…
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