It’s irresponsible leadership to not be upskill your teams in AI

If you’re a leader and you’re NOT upskilling your teams in AI, why not?

Why are you putting them behind the market?

Why is your organisation choosing to fall behind?

What’s your plan for the arrival of AI-powered competitors?

I’m constantly surprised that AI is treated as a tech project when it’s something that could enhance results in every business team. AI being implemented in your ecommerce or supply team doesn’t mean your organisation is AI-Ready.

Any delay from putting your people on the tools (after training) is costing you. I hear of audits and consultant deep dives that won’t be delivered for a few months. Yet there are AI tools and features that could be making impact today.

Here is my vision for every leader I work with: you could stop anyone in the office or shop floor and say ‘how is AI helping you do your work?’

It might be just a prompt, it could be a project or perhaps a revised strategy to be ready for the new-world.

They might also say ‘we don’t use it in my role, here is why’ - perfect.

My guidance to every manager, leader or AI transformation enthusiast is to lead by example. Live and breathe the AI policy - if you don’t have one, take ownership for putting one in place. Champion safety and security first and foremost.

Then experiment. Build your personal AI toolkit.

Talk about what you use and why, about what works well - and what’s gone wrong. It’s all valuable learning.

When it comes to your team, get into the hard work. The foundations. The business problems. The training.

The strategy to upskill the business and the 2-3 use cases (no matter how small) that add value.

There’s no shortcuts.

But it is straightforward to start. I ensure everyone leaves the workshops I leave with new tools, prompts and skills to apply right away. And valuable use cases after 90-days.

Start today. Make Progress. No more delays.