Matthew Atherfold
I redesign how
work gets done.
Across operating models, technology, data, people and AI. I've spent 20+ years building and changing how organisations operate at Dell, TE Connectivity, Indeed and Workday.
NewExecutive AI Opportunity Assessment90 minutes to identify where AI can create value and what to do next.
Digital Worker Canvas
Design the work before you build the worker.
A practical framework for leaders deciding where AI agents fit, what they should do and where human judgement must remain.
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Matt's impact
Strategy is only useful when it survives contact with the organisation.
Dell · TE Connectivity · Indeed · Workday
Enterprise data, workforce and operating-model programmes.
Measured improvement from GTM redesign at Indeed.
Delivered across global transformation programmes.
From process excellence to data, platforms and AI.
Selected work
A few problems worth solving.
Built Dell's first global People Analytics function from scratch
Dell Technologies022020–22Redesigned the global HR operating model across 80,000 employees
TE Connectivity032022–24Rebuilt international GTM architecture without disrupting revenue
Indeed042024–25Stood up Workday's AI Centre of Excellence across a 2,500-engineer organisation
Workday052025–Founded a practical AI academy that turns awareness into capability
Future Academy062026Designed an executive programme for leaders of the human-AI workforce
Irish Management InstituteRecommendations
What people say“Matt has superpowers in producing vision for the future and setting the conditions for innovation inside the organisations he leads.”
“The AI STEM training completely wow'd parents and teens. Future Academy is such a great future-ready programme.”
“A fantastic example of how Irish companies are proactively addressing digital skills needs.”
Now
What I'm working on.
Digital Worker Canvas
A practical framework for designing work between people and AI agents before anything gets built.
Executive AI programmes
Helping leaders identify real AI opportunities, redesign workflows and build organisational capability.
Advisory engagements
AI strategy, governance, operating models and transformation with founders and executive teams.
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