Research & Insights

Intelligence Built
for the CHRO

Rigorous research on the workforce challenges that matter most — written for senior HR executives who make decisions, not academics who publish papers.

Our Research Philosophy

The Questions
That Actually Matter

Most HR research is produced for an audience of HR practitioners, academics, or technology vendors. PPI research is produced for one audience: the senior HR executive who is responsible for translating workforce complexity into organizational performance. That distinction shapes everything — the questions we ask, the methodology we use, and how we communicate findings.

Research Agenda

The Six Areas
We Research Most Deeply

01

AI & Workforce Analytics

How AI is reshaping the CHRO's toolkit — from predictive attrition to workforce planning — and what separates adoption that drives performance from adoption that drives noise.

02

HR Technology Adoption

Why enterprise HR technology fails to reach its adoption potential, and what the structural conditions for genuine adoption look like from the operator's perspective.

03

The Strategic CHRO

How the role of the Chief Human Resources Officer is evolving — its relationship to the board, to the CEO, and to the broader question of organizational performance.

04

Talent & Organizational Design

How leading organizations are rethinking talent architecture, skills-based hiring, and organizational structure in response to rapid technology change.

05

Financial Wellness & Benefits

The growing intersection of financial wellness infrastructure and workforce performance — and what HR leaders can do to close the gap between benefits offered and benefits used.

06

Workforce Technology Investment

How capital is flowing into HR technology — which categories are over-funded, which are under-resourced, and how operator insight can improve investment outcomes.

Coming Soon

Research Currently
in Development

In Development

The State of HR Technology Adoption 2025

A quantitative study of enterprise HR technology adoption rates across platform categories — with analysis of what separates high-adoption from low-adoption environments.

In Development

AI Fluency in the HR Function

How senior HR leaders are building AI capability within their teams — skills, governance, vendor selection, and the organizational conditions that enable real fluency versus surface-level adoption.

Planned · Q2 2025

The CHRO and the Board

How the relationship between senior HR leadership and the board has evolved — and what CHROs who navigate it most effectively do differently.

Planned · Q3 2025

Workforce Planning in the Age of AI

A practitioner's guide to workforce planning when the skills landscape is shifting faster than traditional planning cycles can accommodate.