# Sheila Maceira Journal
> Learning in public. Writing to understand. Sharing to help.
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## Pages
- [About this site](https://www.sheilamaceira.com/about.md) - About The story behind this journal — what I explore, why I write and what you can expect to find. Sheila Maceira Journal is an independent publication launched in July 2026. Welcome. This journal is where I explore ideas, document work and make sense of what I encounter. Perspectives holds longer…
- [Home](https://www.sheilamaceira.com/home.md) - Perspectives on business performance, transformation and AI—alongside applied work, case studies and personal notes on culture, creativity and discovery.

## Posts
- [Pratiques de leadership : développer les compétences au sein des équipes et entre elles](https://www.sheilamaceira.com/work-pratiques-de-leadership.md) - Les équipes solides ne se construisent pas par la seule formation. Quelques pratiques reproductibles peuvent aider les expertises à circuler, renforcer le jugement et faire de l’apprentissage une composante du travail quotidien.
- [Leadership Practices: Building Capability Within and Across Teams](https://www.sheilamaceira.com/work-leadership-practices.md) - Strong teams are not built through training alone. A small set of repeatable practices can help expertise circulate, strengthen judgement and make learning part of everyday delivery.
- [Zurich Insurance : faire évoluer le service, les compétences et la mesure ensemble](https://www.sheilamaceira.com/case-study-zurich-insurance-fr.md) - La hausse de la demande au Contact Centre ressemblait à un problème de capacité. En la replaçant dans une transformation plus large du modèle de service, nous avons relié IA, compétences et mesure de la performance — jusqu’à doubler la productivité des agents et atteindre un NPS de +82.
- [Zurich Insurance: Evolving Service, Skills and Measurement Together](https://www.sheilamaceira.com/case-study-zurich-insurance.md) - Rising Contact Centre demand looked like a capacity problem. Reframing it as a service-model challenge connected AI, skills and performance measurement — doubling agent productivity and lifting NPS to +82.
- [Youth Onboarding : de l’ouverture à l’usage réel](https://www.sheilamaceira.com/case-study-youth-onboarding-fr.md) - Avec seulement quatre semaines et très peu de budget, une lecture plus large de l’expérience parent-enfant a permis de transformer un parcours d’onboarding en difficulté en apprentissages mesurables — avec plus de conversion, moins de sollicitations et davantage d’investissement.
- [Youth Onboarding: From Account Opening to Real Use](https://www.sheilamaceira.com/case-study-youth-onboarding.md) - With four weeks and very limited budget, a broader look at the parent-and-child experience turned a stalled onboarding journey into measurable learning — improving conversion, reducing service demand and unlocking further investment.
- [ISA Transfers : piloter la performance au-delà du parcours digital](https://www.sheilamaceira.com/case-study-isa-transfers-fr.md) - Un meilleur parcours digital n’a pas suffi à réduire la demande de service. Une lecture de bout en bout a montré que le principal écart de performance apparaissait après la soumission — conduisant à une baisse de 32 % des sollicitations liées aux transferts.
- [ISA Transfers: Managing Performance Beyond the Digital Journey](https://www.sheilamaceira.com/case-study-isa-transfers.md) - A better digital journey did not reduce service demand. Looking at the service end to end revealed that the real performance gap began after submission — leading to a 32% reduction in transfer-related contacts.
- [One-Click Savings : de la conversion digitale à la performance métier réelle](https://www.sheilamaceira.com/case-study-one-click-savings-fr.md) - Un bon taux de conversion masquait un problème de performance plus profond : les clients ouvraient leur compte d’épargne mais peinaient ensuite à l’approvisionner. Une nouvelle lecture de la performance a déplacé l’attention de l’ouverture vers l’activation économique réelle.
- [One-Click Savings: From Digital Conversion to Real Business Performance](https://www.sheilamaceira.com/case-study-one-click-savings.md) - A strong conversion rate hid a deeper performance problem: customers were opening savings accounts but struggling to fund them. A new performance lens shifted the focus from opening to real economic activation.
- [50 hours of music, by accident](https://www.sheilamaceira.com/50-hours-of-music-by-accident.md) - An essential listening journey with featured works by winners of the Ernst von Siemens Musikpreis since 1974 -- curated by Sheila Maceira
- [The AI Paradox: Voice of the Customer and the Listening Layer of AI](https://www.sheilamaceira.com/article-the-listening-layer-of-ai.md) - What if the missing layer in AI scalability isn’t technical, but human? The Listening Layer turns experience into learning.
- [Le paradoxe de l’IA : Voice of the Customer et la couche d’écoute de l’IA](https://www.sheilamaceira.com/article-la-couche-decoute-de-lia.md) - Et si la pièce manquante au passage à l’échelle de l’IA n’était pas technique, mais humaine ? La couche d’écoute transforme l’expérience en apprentissage.
- [When Growth Looks Busy but Feels Fragile](https://www.sheilamaceira.com/s02a01-when-growth-looks-busy-but-feels-fragile.md) - Growth can look busy without becoming durable. This essay examines why visible activity is not the same as sustainable demand—and the infrastructure needed to turn momentum into growth that holds.
- [Quand la croissance s’agite mais reste fragile](https://www.sheilamaceira.com/s02a01f-quand-la-croissance-sagite-mais-reste-fragile.md) - La croissance peut sembler dynamique sans devenir durable. Cet essai explore l’infrastructure nécessaire pour transformer l’activité visible en une demande qui tient dans le temps.
- [Au-delà de l’activation : un nouveau tableau de bord pour mesurer l’onboarding assisté par l’IA](https://www.sheilamaceira.com/s01a12f-au-dela-de-lactivation.md) - La réussite de l’intégration ne se joue pas à la fin d’un parcours, mais dans ce que les clients comprennent et font ensuite. Une vision plus juste de la performance relie l’achèvement du parcours à la perception rapide de la valeur et à l’engagement dans la durée.
- [C'est parti !](https://www.sheilamaceira.com/testing-carnets.md) - There is no particular order to Carnets. It brings together drawings, photographs, fragments of writing and other things I have made or kept safe over the years. I am beginning with a deliberately mixed handful: flowers drawn and photographed, a London memory, and a small observation about British…
- [Beyond Activation: The New Scorecard for AI-Enabled Onboarding](https://www.sheilamaceira.com/s01a12-beyond-activation-the-new-scorecard-for-ai-enabled-onboarding.md) - Onboarding success is not the moment a journey ends, but what customers understand and do next. A stronger performance view connects completion with early value and continued participation.
- [Start Here: A Guide to Sheila Maceira Journal](https://www.sheilamaceira.com/start-here-a-guide-to-smj.md) - A short guide to Perspectives, Work, CX for AI and Carnets—and where to begin.
- [IA responsable : de l’intention à la mise en œuvre](https://www.sheilamaceira.com/s01a10f-ia-responsable-de-lintention-a-la-mise-en-oeuvre.md) - Les politiques peuvent exprimer la responsabilité ; seule une capacité opérationnelle peut la faire vivre. Cet essai examine comment rester en mesure de rendre des comptes après le déploiement d’un système d’IA.
- [Bridging the Gap: Why product-first AI fails — and How service design fixes it](https://www.sheilamaceira.com/s01a05-bridging-the-gap-why-product-first-ai-fails.md) - An AI product can work exactly as designed—and still create a poorly performing service. Service design closes the gap between technical success and realised value.
- [Putting AI at the Service of Inclusion](https://www.sheilamaceira.com/s01a09-putting-ai-at-the-service-of-inclusion.md) - AI can expand participation, but it can also scale exclusion. This essay explores why inclusive design is both a right and a performance discipline—and how organisations can make unequal outcomes visible.
- [Responsible AI: From Intention to Implementation](https://www.sheilamaceira.com/s01a10-responsible-ai-from-intention-to-implementation.md) - Policies can express responsibility; only operating capability can sustain it. This essay examines the boundaries, oversight, evidence and ownership that keep organisations answerable after AI systems go live.

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