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Bespoke AI Workshops for UK SMEs

AI in the Boardroom: From Curiosity to Commitment

AI in the Boardroom: From Curiosity to Commitment

AI in the Boardroom: From Curiosity to Commitment

3 hours


Boards and senior executives


  • A high-impact briefing that cuts through hype, aligns leadership, and sets a confident, compliant, strategically aligned direction for AI in your organisation.


  • Designed for CEOs and senior decision-makers, this session translates the noise around AI into clear opportunity, risk, and responsibility. You’ll explore how emerging regulations, shifting customer expectations, and competitor innovation converge - and what that means for your business model. Together, we’ll define your leadership role in this transformation, map your organisation’s readiness, and build an initial AI vision anchored in governance, ethics, and growth.


Outcome:
A unified, informed Board perspective, balancing ambition with accountability. A clear step toward AI-enabled strategy.

AI Fluency: Building Human + AI Capability

AI in the Boardroom: From Curiosity to Commitment

AI in the Boardroom: From Curiosity to Commitment

1 day


Cross-functional teams


  • A hands-on, energising introduction to using AI as a teammate — building curiosity, confidence, and competence across your workforce.


  • This immersive, practical workshop demystifies AI fundamentals and brings ChatGPT Teams to life through real business scenarios. Participants learn to co-create with AI safely and effectively - from drafting documents to analysing data - while exploring guardrails, ethical use, and EU AI Act compliance. The focus is not on tools, but on thinking differently: developing the mindset, language, and behaviours that unlock everyday innovation.


Outcome:
A confident, connected, AI-literate workforce, ready to experiment, share learnings, and drive measurable productivity gains.

AI Adoption: From Pilots to Performance

AI in the Boardroom: From Curiosity to Commitment

AI Adoption: From Pilots to Performance

1 day + 0.5 day follow up


Focus group & functional heads


  • Turn understanding into measurable business value through structured pilot projects, smart governance, and redefined KPIs.
     
  • This applied workshop moves beyond theory to design and deliver tangible AI use-cases. You’ll build a prioritised matrix of opportunities across your business, select high-impact, low-complexity pilots, and create clear success metrics aligned with your strategy. Together we’ll address practical integration, change management, disclosure, and risk, ensuring your approach is as safe as it is scalable.
     


Outcome:
A clear, evidence-based roadmap for AI adoption through pilots that deliver tangible ROI, teams that lead with confidence, and systems that can scale effectively and responsibly.

AI Training - FAQs

1. Q: Why are so many UK SMEs still hesitant about AI adoption?

A: Only 31% of UK SMEs are currently using AI, with barriers like uncertainty about where AI fits (39%), cost (21%), and lack of skills (16%). But hesitation doesn’t mean rejection—it’s a confidence and literacy gap. Once teams see how GenAI lightens everyday work (summarising, drafting, ideating), they build the instincts to spot ROI opportunities and challenge vendor hype. That’s why AI as Teammate adoption is the foundation for future tool evaluation.

2. Q: What business impact does AI really deliver for SMEs?

My AI training can help you optimise your operations and streamline your processes to improve efficiency and reduce costs. I provide tailored solutions to meet the unique needs of your business using the latest available technology.

3. Q: Do we need specialist AI tools first, or should we start with internal adoption?

A: You can technically start anywhere, but without baseline literacy you risk “bolting AI on” rather than “baking AI in.” Internal adoption builds fluency, reduces fear, and makes teams sharper evaluators of sector-specific AI tools (CRM add-ons, chatbots, predictive analytics). Think of it as learning to ride with AI as a co-pilot before choosing the right AI-powered vehicles for your business journey.

4. Q: How does AI change the way teams collaborate?

A: A 2025 Harvard/Procter & Gamble study showed that AI can act as a “cybernetic teammate,” boosting performance, breaking down silos, and even improving emotional engagement. R&D and commercial teams using AI together created more balanced, innovative solutions than when they worked separately. For SMEs, this means AI isn’t just about efficiency - it’s a cultural glue, sparking cross-functional collaboration that feels more human, not less.

5. Q: What skills do SME leaders and employees actually need?

A: The OECD warns that while 1% of jobs require deep AI expertise, the vast majority just need general AI literacy - confidence in using AI tools, awareness of risks, and critical evaluation skills. Yet only 12% of UK SMEs currently invest in AI training. For leaders, the skill is less “coding AI” and more leading with AI—aligning strategy, ethics, and adoption to business goals.

AI: DEMYSTIFY TO DEPLOY™ - don't just learn about AI, use it

Opportunity

Opportunity

Opportunity

My bespoke AI workshops will help you to use AI as a powerful co-worker and teammate, that empowers cross-functional collaboration, innovation, creative thinking and problem-solving across your workforce.

Start to build these technology-with-human-in-the-loop habits that will form the foundations for your future success.

 

Approach

Opportunity

Opportunity

No jargon. No hype. Just practical, business-first learning that meets you where you are. 

Blending context, explanation, interactive tools, and real-world examples in a highly experiential, invigorating workshop.

Think of it as an AI fitness plan for your business, led by an empathetic coach who gets strategy and humanity. innovation and efficiency. 


Outcome

Opportunity

Outcome

Your business won’t just talk about AI — it’ll use it; smartly, consistently and safely. You'll walk away with an AI-literate team, quick-win use cases, and a strategic roadmap tailored to your needs. Whether you're in management, finance, marketing, operations, sales or beyond, you'll be making faster decisions, saving hours, and building a more collaborative and resilient business. 

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