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AI Bootcamp for Teams: AI Enablement
A Fortune 100 company. 113 people who already had AI on their desk and were using it like a slightly fancier search box.
The Brief
What they actually needed
Not a tools problem. They already had the tools. Everyone has the tools now.
What was missing was the thinking. How to frame a problem before you start prompting at it. How to spot the confident nonsense before you paste it into a deck. How to bring an actual structure to the conversation so you come out the other end with a decision instead of four paragraphs of pleasant text.
So the brief was: don't do a tools walkthrough, don't do a policy briefing. Change how people think when the box is open.
The Approach
The AI Bootcamp for Teams programme
Two days, built from scratch, run three times for batches of roughly 22 people each with 3 to 10 years behind them. Six session-days all in. Barely any lecture. They did about 80% of the work themselves, which is the only reason any of it stuck.
Day 1, think better with AI. Double Diamond for framing the problem. Lotus Blossom for getting ideas out properly. Problem versus symptom, which is where most people are actually losing. And how to catch a hallucination before it catches you. Every idea arrived through an activity, never through a slide.
Day 2, apply it and decide something. How to ask, so the answer is worth having. Output versus outcome versus insight, three words people use interchangeably and shouldn't. Then teams took the same scenario, argued it out, agreed a recommendation and committed to one card. Out loud. In front of each other.
That last bit is deliberate. Deciding in front of your peers is uncomfortable in exactly the way that makes it real. The point of the whole two days is that you walk out with something you can use on Thursday, not a framework to think about someday.
Results
What the numbers showed
8.82 out of 10 across 113 respondents and six session-days of one programme.
But here's the number I actually care about. Day 2 beat Day 1 in every single batch. Day 2 is the hard day, the one where you have to apply it and decide things in front of people. That is normally where scores dip, because nobody enjoys being put on the spot. It went up instead. Three times out of three.
| Batch | Day 1 | Day 2 | Lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batch 1 | 8.50 | 9.20 | ▲ 0.70 |
| Batch 2 | 8.71 | 9.38 | ▲ 0.67 |
| Batch 3 | 8.00 | 9.11 | ▲ 1.11 |
| Overall | 8.82 / 10 average | 113 respondents | |
Three batches delivered. Then the client came back and commissioned a completely new programme off the back of it. Digital Fluency and Mindset. Different problem, same trust.
Feedback forms are nice. A second cheque is the real score.
From the Room
What participants said
"No low score. It was fantastic."
- When asked what could be improved
"Usage of AI as a thinking partner."
- Day 1 most valuable takeaway
"Framing questions to AI for better outcomes."
- Day 2 most valuable takeaway
Want something like this for your team?
I build these programmes and I run them. Every batch, personally. No associates, no licensing, no B-team when the calendar gets tight. Tell me who your people are and what you want them doing differently.
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