AI Leadership
Adoption is not a rollout. It is a hundred small permissions.
Most AI adoption fails quietly. The license gets bought, the announcement goes out, a few enthusiasts use it, and eighteen months later the renewal is a conversation nobody wants. Nothing broke. It just never happened.
It failed on the people. Someone was worried about their job and never said so. A team was told to use a tool that made their work slower before it made it faster, and nobody stayed for the second part. A manager could not answer what happens when it is wrong, so the team stopped asking and stopped using it.
This is the adoption workshop of our three AI leadership courses, focused on your team and the change they have to make. Setting enterprise direction is AI for Leadership and Management. Delivering a specific initiative is Leading AI-Enabled Programs and Initiatives. Over two days there is time to practice the conversations rather than discuss them.
Content, scenarios, and examples are built around your actual work and your approved tools before delivery. Most groups train live online, and on-site in-person delivery is available by request. This workshop is available by request only, with a three participant minimum, and sits alongside our other leadership development workshops.
This course includes
- Live, instructor led workshop delivered over four 4-hour sessions
- Readiness assessment of your own candidate use cases
- Practice with the conversations adoption actually requires
- An adoption plan for a real use case, built during the workshop
- Digital learning materials and take home reference guides
- Certificate of completion for every participant
Description
Day one starts with readiness, and it is two questions rather than one. Is the use case suitable, and is this team able to absorb it right now. Participants evaluate their own candidate use cases against both, and most disqualify at least one they had been enthusiastic about. They learn the profile of the use case that looks compelling and delivers nothing.
The rest of day one is the people. Participants practice the conversation with someone who believes the tool is aimed at their job, which is often a reasonable belief and cannot be handled by reassurance. They work on the productivity dip that comes before the gain, and on being able to answer what happens when it is wrong, because a manager who cannot answer that will not get adoption.
Day two is the balance leaders actually have to hold: innovation against risk, speed against public trust, and enthusiasm against the policy they operate under. Participants practice saying no to an AI proposal from above, defending one from below, and setting the standard their team will follow when they are not watching. They leave with an adoption plan for a real use case.
What You'll Learn at a Glance
- Assess whether a use case and a team are both ready
- Recognize the use case that looks compelling and delivers nothing
- Lead adoption through the people who have to change how they work
- Handle the employee who believes the tool is aimed at their job
- Manage the productivity dip that precedes the gain
- Answer what happens when the tool is wrong
- Balance innovation against risk, policy, and public trust
Details
Duration
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this workshop. It is designed for managers and senior staff leading teams through AI adoption. Leaders setting enterprise strategy should look at AI for Leadership and Management, and those delivering a specific initiative at Leading AI-Enabled Programs and Initiatives.
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Tuition
AI Leadership is available by request only, scheduled around your team.
- $695 per participant, with a three participant minimum
- Private training: request a custom quote. One on one sessions and teams below the three participant minimum are priced case by case
- Larger groups: request a custom quote. We price larger cohorts case by case based on group size, schedule, and delivery format
- Optional courseware: the AI for Business Leaders Student Guide (Logical Operations) is available at $65 per participant and is not included in the course price
Colorado state agencies, higher education institutions, cities, counties, school districts, and certified nonprofits may purchase this course directly through our State of Colorado Price Agreement. Request a quote and we will build pricing around your team.