Step 05 — Blueprint
Redesign Canvas
Blueprint — HR team
In HR team, AI could free ~1.70 FTE (35%) of today's work, most of it in Recruitment. It goes into 17 new focus areas, and people need 9 skills to get there.
Time freed
~1.70 FTE
68 h a week · 35%
New work
17
new focus areas
Skills to build
9
for the team
Actions
3
in the 90-day plan
Where is time freed?
Recruitment
3.00 → 1.83 FTE
Employee Development
1.00 → 0.69 FTE
Performance Management
0.50 → 0.36 FTE
Employee retention
0.30 → 0.23 FTE
The biggest shifts
Source candidates
Recruitment
Coordinate hiring
Recruitment
Screen applications
Recruitment
Rule of thumb: Human-led work keeps today's time, Human + AI needs about 70%, AI-led about 40%. Potential capacity — reinvested in new work and learning, not a headcount decision.
Where does the time go?
Recruitment
~47 h a week
AI agent supervision · Candidate experience quality · Candidate relationship building · Talent market intelligence · Workforce planning insight
Employee Development
~13 h a week
Checking AI learning advice · Coaching managers as developers of people · Hands-on training delivery · Measuring learning impact · Skills strategy with business leaders
Performance Management
~6 h a week
Feedback quality review · Manager coaching · Spotting performance patterns
Employee retention
~3 h a week
Career path design · Early attrition insight · Listening to employees · Pay fairness review
What do people need to learn?
What do we do in the next 90 days?
Up to five actions, each with an owner, a timeframe and a success measure.
Pilot AI-supported candidate sourcing with human review
Talent Acquisition · Weeks 1–8 · Success: Time-to-shortlist down; hiring manager satisfaction held or up
Redesign recruiter work towards strategic talent advisory
HR leadership · By day 60 · Success: New role expectations agreed with hiring managers
Build recruiter skills in agent supervision and AI evaluation
Learning & Development · Weeks 4–12 · Success: Every recruiter completes practice on live pilots