Executives are inundated with dashboards but short on time and patience for clutter. HR leaders need narratives that surface risk, cost and capacity clearly, withstand AI-era scrutiny, and prompt action. A makeover-based approach turns noisy people data into decisions while maintaining trust, transparency and ethical guard-rails.

• Audio makeover cold open using the book's before → after cadence, plus a closing five-point checklist.
• Narrative planning for 2025: audience, tension, single message, and 'minimal change, maximum clarity'.
• Dashboards vs curated stories: where monitoring ends and decision storytelling begins for people analytics.
• GenAI as co-pilot: faster theming and summarising with human oversight for accuracy, nuance and ethics.
• Boardroom translation and trust: CHRO/COO/CFO framings, evidence and calls to action, with ways to measure impact.

• Plan a persuasive narrative that aligns to executive priorities and removes visual clutter.
• Decide confidently when to stay in live BI and when to craft a one-page decision story.
• Apply 'Before & After' editing moves – title, highlight, declutter, annotation – to sharpen comprehension.
• Use GenAI responsibly as a first-draft accelerator while preserving judgement, context and transparency.
• Measure whether your story worked with leading and lagging indicators tied to business outcomes.