23 October 2025
Using Gamification to Drive Copilot Adoption
Gamifying the adoption of new AI tools can boost motivation and make learning and using the tools both effective and enjoyable. Using points, challenges, and friendly competition encourages lasting behavior change. Read on for strategies to improve Copilot adoption.
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17 October 2025
What Can You Measure in Cognician That Traditional Copilot Training Misses?
Traditional one-time Copilot training sessions fail to capture how employees use the tool in their daily work, leaving leaders without insight into real adoption and impact. Cognician drives Copilot adoption by embedding generative AI (GenAI) challenges into daily work, enabling ongoing practice and measurable behavior change.
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22 September 2025
How You Can Succeed as a Leader with GenAI
Effective leadership in the Generative AI era requires fostering experimentation, developing skills, promoting ethics, and enabling quick decisions. Patrick Kayton outlines four key actions for leaders to drive GenAI success: mindset, proficiency, decisions, and activation.
18 September 2025
Stop Buying Content, Start Investing in Outcomes
Effective organizational transformation requires focusing on desired outcomes rather than merely acquiring content. Investing in behaviors and measurable results leads to meaningful change and better return on learning and development efforts.
9 June 2025
Four Surprising Findings from Our Copilot Adoption Rollouts
No two teams are alike, but our Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption programs reveal clear patterns. What are the shared and unexpected experiences people encounter? Discover four key highlights from our Copilot adoption rollouts.
28 April 2025
Reflections on Learning Technologies 2025
Patrick Kayton, Cognician CEO, reflects on the Learning Technologies Exhibition in London. His conclusion? AI is everywhere, but most vendors are making the same fundamental mistake.
17 April 2025
Activating Success: Thriving in Times of Uncertainty
In times of volatility and disruption, organizations face a critical choice: retreat or advance. Cognician CEO, Patrick Kayton, draws from Cognician's journey through financial crises and global pandemics to reveal a powerful truth – those who thrive don't simply weather storms, they harness them.
21 January 2025
The Illusion of the Inspiring Workshop
Discover why the 'one-and-done' workshop approach might be holding back your organization's change initiatives. Drawing from real client experiences and research on spaced practice, Patrick Kayton reveals why sustained activation programs are crucial for successful GenAI adoption and meaningful workplace transformation. 
24 September 2024
Sharing Transformation Tactics with KPMG's C-Suite Leadership Programme Delegates
5 September 2024
Accelerating Transformation: How to Activate Change at Speed Using Behavioral Tactics
Discover how to drive rapid change with behavioral tactics. Learn about actions that can boost transformation outcomes by as much as 400% in just four weeks.
23 February 2024
How do you shape a GenAI mindset?
To realise the value of GenAI it's not enough to create experiences that build adoption. Organizations should also focus on developing a GenAI mindset.
6 September 2022
Change Hearts, Minds, and Actions Through Activation. Here's How:
Cognician co-founder Patrick Kayton discusses our unique approach to behavior change. And how it can improve your change initiatives.
1 April 2021 | Opinion Piece
Why Manners are Key to Driving Change at Work
Manners play an important role in building trust, and trust is instrumental when it comes to driving behavior change at work.
2 March 2021 | Opinion Piece
Why Inspiration Is a Great Enabler of Change—and How You Can Inspire
To activate behavior change within a team or organization, you need to enable inspiration to come from anyone, anywhere.
18 February 2021 | Opinion Piece
How Reflection Helps Us Learn, According to Science
When it comes to learning, simply memorizing content isn't the most effective strategy. Reflection is a necessary element.
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