The Human AI Index
The only longitudinal study tracking professional women’s AI experience at work. Year 1 establishes the baseline. By Year 3, the data tells a story no snapshot survey can.
Why this research exists
Most AI research tracks technology. We track people. The Human AI Index follows the same cohort of professional women over multiple years, measuring how their relationship with AI tools changes – not in a lab, but in real workplaces with real pressures.
The result is a dataset that captures what cross-sectional surveys miss: how adoption actually unfolds, where resistance builds, what makes the difference between someone who integrates AI into their work and someone who doesn’t, and why.
This research directly informs how we design governance frameworks, structure adoption programs, and advise organizations. It’s not academic for its own sake – it’s the foundation everything else is built on.
What we measure
Access & Exposure
Which tools are available, which are mandated, and which are discovered independently. The gap between organizational intent and individual reality.
Adoption Patterns
How usage evolves over time – from first exposure through integration or abandonment. What triggers deeper engagement vs. quiet rejection.
Experience Quality
Confidence, trust, frustration, autonomy. The subjective experience of working with AI – the part that determines whether people actually use the tools they’re given.
Organizational Context
Training availability, policy clarity, manager support, peer culture. The environmental factors that amplify or suppress individual adoption.
Governance Impact
Does governance make people more likely to use AI responsibly, or less likely to use it at all? We measure the relationship between policy and behavior.
Change Over Time
The longitudinal core: how the same individuals’ attitudes, behaviors, and capabilities shift across years as AI tools and workplace norms evolve.
Built for the long view
Cross-sectional surveys tell you what people think today. Longitudinal research tells you what’s actually changing and why. That’s the difference between a headline and a strategy.
The Human AI Index is designed to produce insights that get more valuable every year – because the questions that matter most about AI adoption can’t be answered in a single snapshot.
Join the study
If you’re a professional woman working with or affected by AI tools at work, we’d like to include your experience. The survey takes about 15 minutes. Your data is anonymized and contributes to the only longitudinal dataset of its kind.
The Human AI Index research directly informs how we design governance frameworks and structure AI adoption programs. The data drives the strategy.