{"id":249550,"date":"2026-08-18T07:35:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T07:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evertise.net\/?p=136231"},"modified":"2026-08-18T07:35:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T07:35:52","slug":"improv-launches-industry-research-initiative-to-benchmark-ai-adoption-in-hr-hcm-and-workforce-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2026\/08\/18\/improv-launches-industry-research-initiative-to-benchmark-ai-adoption-in-hr-hcm-and-workforce-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Improv Launches Industry Research Initiative to Benchmark AI Adoption in HR, HCM, and Workforce Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Improvizations, LLC (Improv), an Austin-based HCM and WFM advisory firm, has launched &#8220;The State of AI in HCM and WFM,&#8221; an anonymous benchmark survey designed to produce the first credible, cross-platform picture of where AI adoption in HR, Human Capital Management, and Workforce Management actually stands.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-136232\" src=\"https:\/\/evertise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-18-123349.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evertise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-18-123349.png 620w, https:\/\/evertise.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-18-123349-300x138.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Improvizations, LLC (Improv), a strategic advisory, implementation, and managed support firm for Human Capital Management and Workforce Management initiatives based in Austin, Texas, has launched <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/improvizations.com\/ai-in-hr-survey?utm_source=Press-Release&amp;utm_medium=PR&amp;utm_campaign=Survey-PR\"  rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The State of AI in HCM and WFM<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, an anonymous benchmark survey open to HR, HCM, and WFM professionals across industries, company sizes, and platforms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The research initiative is designed to close a gap Improv identified in the market: no credible, publicly available benchmark exists that shows where organizations actually are on AI adoption in HR and workforce management, broken out by platform, industry, and company size.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The survey covers 16 questions and takes approximately three minutes to complete. The survey will address:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Current AI usage status and implementation ownership<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">AI governance policy and strategy ownership<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Outlook and sentiment including barriers and ROI measurement<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Most high-value starting points<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All responses are fully anonymous and reported only in aggregate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The research addresses four specific topics that HR professionals, HCM and WFM practitioners, and operations leaders will benefit from:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1. Main use cases that teams are running AI in production versus still piloting<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2. Adoption differences by platform across UKG, Workday, ADP, and SAP<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">3. Understand what is actually slowing teams down between budget constraints, skills gaps, and trust<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">4. Review if governance policy is keeping the pace with adoption on the ground<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The survey results will produce six outputs designed to help leaders leverage AI to optimize value for their companies, including:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1. A real baseline on AI adoption in HCM and WFM segmented by size, industry, and platform<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2. Platform level data showing user perception on AI readiness across the leading HCM and WFM solutions<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">3. Identification of the dominant barrier slowing adoption<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">4. A quantified picture of how far governance policy is trailing actual deployment<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5. A ranked list of the problems practitioners most want AI to solve, drawn from open-ended responses<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">6. A shared industry report available to every organization that participates<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Respondents who provide a business email receive the finished benchmark report before it goes public.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The initiative reflects Improv&#8217;s position as a technology-independent HCM and WFM advisory firm operating across multiple platforms and industries. Because Improv&#8217;s work spans UKG, Workday, ADP, and other platforms across healthcare, manufacturing, retail, public sector, and service and distribution, the firm is positioned to design research that cuts across the platform boundaries that typically limit industry benchmarking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;AI is moving through HR, HCM, and WFM faster than almost any other part of the business. Some organizations are already capturing real advantage from it. Others are still deciding where to start. The honest answer is that nobody has published a clear picture of where the market actually stands, broken out by company size, industry, and platform. That is the gap this research closes,&#8221; said Vince Jackson,\u00a0President\u00a0of Improv.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">HR professionals, HCM and WFM practitioners, and operations leaders can take the survey and request the benchmark report at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/improvizations.com\/ai-in-hr-survey?utm_source=Press-Release&amp;utm_medium=PR&amp;utm_campaign=Survey-PR\"  rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Improv AI in HR Survey page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The survey takes three minutes to complete and all responses are anonymous.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>About Improv<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Improvizations, LLC (Improv) offers strategic advisory, implementation and managed support for Human Capital Management (HCM) and Workforce Management (WFM) initiatives. With decades of proven success, Improv helps companies simplify their transformations and evolve with clarity. Their Elevated Suite of services supports every stage of the WFM\/HCM journey. From igniting strategy to forging solutions and evolving performance, they provide the flexibility to start anywhere and deliver measurable results that last. Their industry-specific expertise, adaptable solutions, and technology independence drive measurable outcomes for the businesses and industries they serve. Connect with them at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/improvizations.com\/?utm_source=Press-Release&amp;utm_medium=PR&amp;utm_campaign=Survey-PR\"  rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">improvizations.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Improvizations, LLC (Improv), an Austin-based HCM and WFM advisory firm, has launched \u201cThe State of AI in HCM and WFM,\u201d an anonymous benchmark survey designed to produce the first credible, cross-platform picture of where AI adoption in HR, Human Capital Management, and Workforce Management actually stands. 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