About BlueChip People Strategies
BlueChip People Strategies is a practical AI and leadership development firm based in Edmonton, Alberta, serving organizations across North America. We help municipalities and small businesses work out which routine tasks to hand to AI, so their people can get that time back, and we help organizations grow the leaders they run on. We draw on people who've carried these roles, matched to each engagement: educators, executives, CAOs, councillors, board chairs and specialists.
Two ways we help
Practical AIHand the right tasks to AI
Routine tasks add up. Hand the right ones to AI, and give your people that time back. It starts with the free AI Pulse: about 4 minutes, no email needed. If it shows time worth going after, the AI Handoff Plan is the next step.
Start with the free AI Pulse Then: the AI Handoff Plan · Practical AI and/or Embedded HR
Leadership developmentGrow the leaders your organization runs on
Culture, team surveys, leadership behaviours and succession, sized to you, from a half day to a multi-month cohort.
Explore leadership development Including Leadership Cohort · Assessments
matched to the workPeople first, AI second
We draw on people who've carried these roles, matched to each engagement.
Post‑secondary educators from leading universities, polytechnics and colleges, including award‑winning teachers.
Current and past executives in national, provincial, municipal and nonprofit organizations, CAOs and councillors, and sport commissioners and board chairs.
Doctoral and master's degrees in leadership, coaching and education. CPHR, CLGM, CRSP and Prosci designations. Psychology and trauma-informed practice. Honours include the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal.
Who joins depends on the work, from successful entrepreneurs and strategy experts to psychology and trauma‑informed specialists. We add other experts when it calls for them, always with your approval.
Five things you can count on
We work out what's actually going on before we recommend anything, because it's often different from what it first looked like.
We build around your people and what you can actually execute, not what looks good in a proposal.
You get an honest read, including the parts you may not want to hear.
The work that matters happens when a new approach meets reality, so we check in and, when you want us to, stay with you through it.
If we don't have it ourselves, we bring it in. If we can't offer it, we'll let you know and recommend someone who can.
BlueChip People Strategies also proudly offers
- Governance evaluations: CAO and executive director evaluations
- Workplace investigations: fair and documented, and independent where it counts. If we're your HR partner, we handle lower-risk investigations ourselves. Higher-risk ones, including any complaint about a senior leader, go to an independent investigator we'll refer you to.
- Org architecture: structure and roles that fit the work
All available on request. Tell us what you're working on and we'll point you to the right one, even if it's someone else.
Where to start
Explore familiar work, see where AI could help and choose one useful starting point. Free, with no email required.
Review the agreed people and work areas, see where AI could help, and decide what stays with your people. The current one-time investment is C$795, with the safety net explained on the Handoff page. Pricing for future bookings may change at BlueChip's sole discretion. Your fee is confirmed before you book.
See what's in the AI Handoff Plan