Palmer's Trough of Potential: A Behavioral Framework for Workforce AI Readiness
Where to Start? For Organizations Interested in understanding how your workforce actually engages with AI? Palmer's Trough provides the diagnostic foundation for adoption strategies that work with your people, not against them. Reach out for a research collaboration or organizational partnership conversation.
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AI adoption isn't failing because of the technology.
It's failing because organizations don't understand their people well enough to bring them along.
What is Palmer’s Trough of Potential? Palmer's Trough of Potential is a behavioral framework that maps how individuals engage with AI — not just whether they use it, but how they use it and what that behavior signals about readiness, development needs, and organizational risk.
How can organizations use it? The framework identifies distinct behavioral profiles, each carrying different implications for AI adoption strategies, learning design, and a category of risk that traditional adoption models miss entirely. This isn't another maturity model. It's a diagnostic lens built for the workforce reality organizations are navigating right now.
Developed by Karida Palmer, MBA, SPHR, Procsi© Certified Change Practitioner. Proprietary assessment in development. Published framework available for qualified research collaboration. © 2025 Karida Palmer. All rights reserved.
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