Everyone's using AI. Nobody is steering it.
of the businesses the British Chambers of Commerce surveyed in 2026 are using AI
of UK employees have used unapproved consumer AI tools at work
of AI using businesses have any policy or guidelines for it, and just 5% a formal written one
of managers feel very confident leading teams that use AI
Sources: British Chambers of Commerce, Powering Productivity: AI and the Future of UK Work, March 2026. Microsoft UK (Censuswide), October 2025. DSIT, UK Business Data Survey 2026, section 3.4. Chartered Management Institute, June 2026.
Sound familiar?
- You've paid for licences.
- Your people use their own accounts, with data you can't see.
- There isn't an owner of AI in your business.
- Your managers aren't sure how to lead teams using AI.
Doing nothing is risky.
AI is evolving every month. A clear strategy turns scattered use into something the business can steer. Without one, you carry the risk without the reward.
Risk
Client data in the wrong place, or shared inadvertently, and work leaving the building unchecked.
Wasted spend
Tools paid for and barely used, and time lost to work that has to be redone.
Lost ground
Only 5% of managers say AI has transformed their productivity so far. The difference isn't the tools. It's strategy and leadership.
Source: Chartered Management Institute, June 2026.
One programme. Strategy, with the skills and confidence to lead.
Leading with AI is one package in four stages, across six to eight weeks. It starts with a leadership diagnostic, then two half days with your senior executive team to decide how AI will be used in your business. Then two half days with your heads of department and team leaders to put it to work, and a review to check it's working.
Four stages. One package.
- DiscoverLeadership diagnostic
60 to 90 minutes with you and one or two senior colleagues, at your offices. We map where AI is already used and where you'd worry.
You leave withA clear picture of where you stand and what to do first.
- DecideLeading with AI
Two half days for your senior executive team: a briefing on AI governance, risk and your regulator, then a working session on the decisions that matter.
You leave withYour AI strategy and implementation plan, with named owners.
- DeliverAI at Work
Two half days for heads of department and team leaders: what AI can really do with your systems, then putting it to work inside your rules.
You leave withThe confidence, knowledge and practical experience to apply the strategy.
- ReviewCheck it's working
We come back to your senior team and team leaders to check every area has an owner, no AI is in use that nobody knows about and data is where it should be.
You leave withA team that audits itself against the five questions, plus a six monthly sense check.
About two days of senior time over six to eight weeks.
A plan, an owner and a team that can lead it.
- Your AI strategy and implementation plan, in your words, dated and owned.
- A named owner for each area of the business.
- Clear rules: approved tools, what data goes where, what gets checked.
- Managers who can lead teams that use AI, not just use it themselves.
- Something your team built, that is working.
- A plan to inform your AI policy, ready to write.
How you'll know it worked
Your leaders answer five questions at the start and again at the end. The difference between the two answers is the result.
- Who owns AI here?
- What can staff put in, and what never?
- What gets checked before it leaves, and by whom?
- Where is use recorded?
- Who is accountable when an output is wrong?
We know the challenge.
Built for growing businesses
We're a growing small business ourselves, so we know the challenge you face.
Inspected rigour
We are an Ofsted inspected training provider, and we bring that rigour to this programme.
In person, not on a screen
Behavioural change happens through practical exposure.
Strategy and skills together
Most organisations get one or the other. You get the plan and the people to deliver it.
We know the rules
We bring the right lens for your sector. For solicitors, the SRA's warning notice "Misuse of AI" (17 August 2026) says firms that fail to have proper regard to it risk disciplinary action. For auditors, ICAEW's "Artificial intelligence in audit work: managing the risks" (6 May 2026) expects every audit firm to set AI policies and train staff on them. And the FRC's "Generative and Agentic AI Guidance" (30 March 2026) asks firms to consider AI within their ISQM (UK) 1 quality management.
Download the Leading with AI Pack
An 11 page guide for MDs and leadership teams: the problem, the four stages, what you leave with and how you'll know it worked.
Download the pack (PDF, 2 MB)Or download the one page overview (PDF, 316 KB)
Not ready to talk yet? Our AI readiness assessment scores your organisation across six dimensions and emails you a report on where you stand and what to do next. 20 questions, about 8 minutes, free.
Take the AI readiness assessmentWhat our learners say
Feedback from learners across a range of TechNative Digital programmes.
Steve, Robin and Jenny took our earlier funded AI for Business bootcamp. Leading with AI is a different programme, so treat these as a picture of what learning with us is like rather than feedback on it.
Start with a conversation
A short call to talk through where AI sits in your business today, and whether Leading with AI is the right fit for you.
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