AI & Employment: Lattice Debuts Habits and AI Agent Plus
October 22, 2025 - Lattice announced Habits and the next evolution of its AI Agent: AI Agent Plus. The goal is simple and overdue: make work clear, connected, and aligned to purpose.
For HR, this is a shift from scattered activity to steady rhythm. From noisy updates to useful signals you can trust.
The Work Problem: More Tools, Less Clarity
Teams are buried in emails, pings, and meetings. People still ask, "What matters today?" That is a management problem masked as a communication problem.
As Lattice CEO Sarah Franklin puts it: "The most powerful system in the world is the system of people... with all our technology, we still can't answer simple questions like 'what should I focus on today?' The result: miscommunication, misalignment, and meaningless work."
The Solution: Lattice Habits + AI Agent Plus
Lattice is building a system of behavior, not just another system of record. Habits creates a shared space where managers and employees sync on what matters and keep it visible week after week.
Franklin calls it "your team's sacred, shared space for communication… your campfire of work." When conversations are transparent, rhythm follows.
What Habits Brings to Your Team
- Weekly priorities and goals: Keep focus tight and outcomes visible.
- Impactful 1:1s: Structured agendas, notes, and follow-ups that actually lead somewhere.
- Actionable feedback: Timely inputs tied to growth and performance.
- Live Q&A boards: Employees ask and upvote questions so leaders address what's top of mind.
What AI Agent Plus Adds for Managers
- Personalized coaching: Joins 1:1s, captures notes, and offers guidance based on your style, team dynamics, and company context.
- Proactive insights: Tracks goals and progress, flags risks, and nudges you when people or projects need attention.
- Voice practice: Simulated conversations to rehearse tough feedback or career discussions.
- Smart integrations: Pulls context from your workplace tools and delivers prioritization where you work.
Lattice's original AI Agent has already supported customers like Bark, Red Door Interactive, and Waterford.org, and is now available at no additional cost. AI Agent Plus builds on that with premium, proactive capabilities focused on manager effectiveness and employee growth.
These features extend through Lattice's partner ecosystem, including Workday Human Capital Management, giving HR a broader, connected view of the employee lifecycle.
Why This Matters for HR
- Clear priorities: Everyone knows what wins the week.
- Better 1:1s: Consistent coaching beats annual heroics.
- Less noise, more signal: One place to track progress and remove blockers.
- Real-time visibility: Spot risks early; support managers before issues spread.
- Culture of candor: Q&A boards make it safe to ask, learn, and fix.
How to Roll This Out in Your Org
- Set the rhythm: Weekly priorities, monthly goal reviews, quarterly resets. Keep the cadence light and repeatable.
- Standardize 1:1s: Provide templates, expectations, and coaching prompts. Hold managers to a consistent practice.
- Turn on Q&A: Encourage upvoting. Answer in public. Archive decisions.
- Define AI norms: Clarify what the AI can access, how notes are used, and privacy guidelines. Put this in policy.
- Train managers: Practice tough conversations with AI simulations before they happen.
- Integrate stack: Connect HRIS, comms, and project tools so signals show up where work happens.
- Measure what matters: Track goal progress, coaching frequency, and time-to-resolution on team issues.
- Close the loop: Share wins, remove friction, and iterate on the rituals every quarter.
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The Future of Work: People + AI
Lattice's stance is clear: AI should make work more human. Reduce friction, increase clarity, and help managers coach with confidence.
"People + AI is a new way to work, where we can all grow, lead, and succeed together," says Franklin. "It isn't about replacing people; it's about helping people realise the potential of meaningful work."
About Lattice
Lattice is an all-in-one people platform combining a modern HRIS with performance management, engagement insights, AI-driven analytics, payroll, and career development tools. The goal: give HR the systems to build high-performing teams and make sound, data-backed decisions without trading off usability.
- Serving 5,000+ customers worldwide, including Gusto, Brilliant Earth, Intercom, Calm, NPR, and Tide
- Offices in North America and the UK
- Four consecutive years on the Inc. 5000 and a Great Place to Work rating
Learn more at lattice.com.
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