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AI Readiness for Leaders 

Leading and Perfecting AI Adoption 

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Overview

AI will play an increasingly central role in the delivery of public services. As a leader, it is essential that you take an active role in driving AI adoption and ensuring your organisation is prepared to embrace the opportunities it presents. 

Our AI Readiness for Leaders course equips you with the knowledge, confidence and practical skills to navigate the rapidly evolving AI landscape, support effective adoption across your organisation and manage the associated risks. 

Learn from use cases to better adopt AI and discover the potential of Microsoft Copilot and how it can improve productivity. 

You will leave with practical insights and actionable strategies to help position your organisation for the future, strengthen AI adoption and ensure its responsible and effective use. 

Learning outcomes 

By the end of the course, you will be able to: 

  • Understand the evolving AI environment and position your organisation to make the most of emerging opportunities. 

  • Explore successful and unsuccessful AI use cases and understand the lessons they offer. 

  • Identify potential risks associated with AI adoption and understand how to mitigate them. 

  • Review your organisation's ethical frameworks, policies and governance arrangements to support responsible AI use. 

  • Understand how to use Microsoft Copilot effectively to improve productivity and efficiency. 

  • Develop practical strategies to embed AI across your organisation and maximise its benefits. 





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Agenda

9:00 to 9:30  Registration 

9:30 – 10:00 Trainer’s Welcome and Clarification of Learning Outcomes 

10:00 – 10:45 Gain an Overview of the AI Landscape 

  • Gain an overview of the AI landscape 

  • Learn how Large Language Models (LLMs)  

  • Understand capabilities of current tools.   

  • AI in the context of organisational change and how to take an empathic approach to objections, resistance and questions.  

  • Learn how to involve and communicate with stakeholder involvement and managing the process of deployment.  

10:45 to 11:00 Break 

11:00 to 12:00 Good (and bad) AI Use Cases 

  • Identify when (and where not) to think about introducing AI tools  

  • Develop more robust business cases for AI adoption and demonstrating return on investment. 

  • The importance of starting with the underlying business need and then identifying the right technology. 

  • Evaluate ongoing costs and support needs for AI projects. 

12:00 to 13:00 Understanding AI Risk: Ethics and Governance 

  • Gain an overview of the legislation and regulation shaping AI use 

  • Better understand AI-related ethical, privacy and reputational risks 

  • Learn about AI’s environmental impact and its effect on human interaction 

  • Take back practical approaches to identifying and mitigating AI risks 

13:00 to 14:00 Lunch 

14:00 – 14:45  Copilot Demonstration 

  • Learn how to use copilot to improve productivity  

  • Use it for essential work tasks: writing reports, producing presentations 

14:45 – 15:00 Break 

15:00 – 16:00 Action Planning: Strategies for Effective AI Adoption 

  • Apply the days learning to ensure the best adoption 

  • Gain staff buy-in to achieve full adoption 

  • Address and reduce risks 

  • Develop strategies to utilise AI within your organisation

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