Paul Kruchoski

Paul Kruchoski

Guiding institutions through human-AI transformation

I help organizations redesign not just their technology, but the structures, skills, and cultures needed to make that technology actually work. Most AI initiatives fail because they treat transformation as a technology problem. It’s not—it’s a human problem.

Current Role

Director at Guidehouse, building a Technology Organization Transformation practice for the AI era. I work with organizations navigating the gap between what technology can do and what their people are ready to adopt.

Background

Former Chief Operating Officer for U.S. Public Diplomacy at the State Department, where I managed a $1.5 billion budget and 5,000-person global organization. I led the State Department’s Public Diplomacy Modernization—restructuring teams worldwide and establishing the first doctrine for public diplomacy practice.

Winner of the Sean Smith Award for Innovation in the Use of Technology. Term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Founding Curator of the World Economic Forum Global Shapers Washington DC hub. First University of Cincinnati student to be dual finalist for both Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships.

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Expertise

  • Technology Organization Transformation

    Simultaneous co-design of technology platforms and organizational structures—the only approach that actually scales.

  • Human-AI Collaboration

    Building collective AI capabilities rather than individual productivity. AI literacy as ongoing infrastructure, not one-time training.

  • Government Modernization

    Evidence-based approaches to federal transformation with measurable outcomes. 20+ years navigating complex bureaucracies.

  • Change at Scale

    Proven experience scaling teams from 4→40 people and budgets from $500K→$10M while maintaining quality and culture.

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