Now forming — founding cohort

The Institute
for the People
Who Lead People

The People Performance Institute is a private community of senior HR executives — built for research, investment, and the kind of peer conversation that actually moves the work forward.

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Why PPI Exists

The People Function Has Never Been
More Strategic. Or More Isolated.

CHROs sit at the intersection of talent, technology, and organizational performance. They make decisions that shape how millions of people experience their work. And yet — they rarely have a space built for them. Not a conference. Not a certification. A genuine intellectual home.

The People Performance Institute was founded to change that. A private institute where research is rigorous, peer conversation is candid, and the executives who understand workforce complexity most deeply are finally at the table — including the investment table.

PPI is where the people who understand work best finally have a seat at the table where its future is decided.

What PPI Does

Three Ways to Engage
with the Institute

Featured Research
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Research Report · 2025

The CHRO's Dilemma:
Technology Abundance, Adoption Failure

Enterprise HR leaders are navigating a paradox — more workforce technology than ever before, with adoption rates that suggest fundamental misalignment between what vendors build and what operators actually need. This report examines why, and what the next generation of HR technology must look like to earn genuine adoption.

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Executive Community

A Network Built on
Genuine Candor

Most professional networks ask you to perform. PPI is built for a different kind of conversation — one where senior HR leaders speak plainly about what's working, what isn't, and where the function is heading.

Monthly roundtables. Curated peer cohorts. Research that reflects the real questions you're facing. A founding group is forming now — and being early matters.

Monthly
Roundtables
Structured peer sessions for
senior HR executives
Founding
Cohort
A curated group forming now.
Invitations are limited.
100%
Confidential
What's said in the room
stays in the room.
Innovation Syndicate

Your Expertise
Has Investment Value

The executives who understand workforce complexity most deeply are rarely the ones deciding which companies get funded. The PPI Innovation Syndicate exists to change that equation — putting operator insight at the centre of capital allocation.

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For accredited investors. Participation is invitation-only.

  • iDeal-by-deal SPV participation — no blind pool commitments
  • iiDirect influence on product roadmaps through operator roundtables
  • iiiEarly access to AI-native and enterprise-grade HR technology
  • ivEquity participation in category-defining companies
  • vStrategic peer dialogue at the intersection of capital and HR expertise
Who PPI Serves

Three Ways to
Engage with PPI

CHROs & Senior HR Executives

Your Intellectual Home

Research written for you. Peer conversations without performance. Investment access on your terms. PPI is built around the work of the senior HR executive — not as a service, but as a community.

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HR Technology Vendors

Build What the Market Actually Needs

Direct access to the senior HR decision-makers who will adopt — or reject — your platform. Research partnerships, roundtable participation, and advisory access to the operators who shape enterprise buying.

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Investors & Capital Allocators

Signal Before the Market Sees It

The PPI ecosystem surfaces category-defining workforce technology companies earlier than traditional channels — sourced and vetted by the operators who understand enterprise adoption most deeply.

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Founding Cohort

Be Part of
What's Being Built

PPI's founding cohort is forming now. The conversations are real, the research is rigorous, and the people in the room are the ones who shape how work gets done.

Membership is by application. All conversations are confidential.