Welcome to Word on the Future!
This month we’re cutting through the noise with clear, actionable insights on AI readiness, experimentation, accessibility and modern WordPress. If you’re shaping next year’s digital strategy, this roundup will give you the edge you need.
What’s inside this issue 📚
– Fresh research from HM & WordPress VIP into where enterprise organisations stand with AI 🤖 (plus a handy TL;DR)
– Your invitation to unpack the AI Readiness Report live with HM’s Tom Willmot and VIP’s James Giroux on 10th Dec 📅
– Introducing Accelerate, a new way to experiment, personalise and optimise directly inside WordPress 👩🔬
– The cost and causes of digital fragmentation, and how scattered platforms drain budgets, slow delivery and dilute customer experience 💔
– Building smarter with FSE: What our own redesign taught us about modern WordPress workflows 🏗️
– Hot off the press, it’s Accessibility in WordPress: The Definitive Guide! 📘
New research: the AI Readiness Report 🤖
Most digital leaders now see AI as essential for long term competitiveness, yet fewer than a third believe their current CMS gives them a true advantage. Our latest research with WordPress VIP dives into the gap between aspiration and real capability, based on insights from 99 senior leaders.
Learn where teams are investing, which barriers slow progress and why a long term capability mindset matters for every enterprise.
“The “AI readiness paradox” isn’t a failure of vision, but a failure of foundations. The data is clear, most organisations are trying to build a high-performance AI engine on top of a “partially structured,” decade-old architecture.
This is the hard truth of the AI era: your AI strategy is only as good as your content architecture.”
– Noel Tock, Partner & CGO, Human Made
(or skip ahead with the 5 key takeaways!)
Register for the AI Readiness webinar 📅
Join Human Made’s Tom Willmot and WordPress VIP’s James Giroux for a data-driven look at how enterprise marketing and technology teams are preparing for the AI-native future.
We’ll unpack the findings from the 2025 AI Readiness Report — what’s driving adoption, where organisations are struggling, and what sets the most AI-ready teams apart. We hope to see you there!
📅 10th December | 4pm GMT
Register now to save your spot →
Introducing Accelerate: the new way to experiment in WP 👩🔬
Experimentation should be part of everyday publishing, not a separate workflow or another expensive tool. Accelerate brings testing, personalisation and dynamic content directly into the block editor so teams can learn fast and optimise without friction.
From rotating content with Broadcasts to built in performance insights, Accelerate helps teams ship smarter and grow faster inside WordPress.
With use cases from the Human Made marketing team, we’re breaking down how to get the most out of your content.
When teams work across multiple CMSs, disconnected data, and region specific workflows, the cracks appear quickly.
Delivery slows. Costs rise. Governance becomes harder. Customer experience suffers.
We’re exploring the real operational strain of fragmented platforms and explaining why consolidation unlocks faster delivery, better consistency and more value.
Find out how much digital fragmentation is costing your team →
Building smarter with Full Site Editing 🏗️
When we redesigned the Human Made website, we went all in on Full Site Editing. It gave us design consistency, reduced dependencies and a more intuitive workflow for our team. Just as importantly, it created a platform that is easier to extend and evolve over time.
HM’s Digital Marketing Manager Iliana Mustafa is digging into why evolution, not revolution, was the right choice for us. If you want a real world view of what FSE makes possible, this is it.
Read the full post from Iliana →
Accessibility in WordPress: The Definitive Guide 📘
Accessibility improves usability, boosts performance and strengthens trust. This guide shows you how to bake accessibility into every part of your WordPress platform, from design and development to content and governance. You will learn the principles, the tools and the real world practices that make accessible sites clearer, faster and easier for everyone to use.
It is practical, easy to action and designed for busy teams who want to raise the quality of their digital experiences.
