Leadership
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16 min
Leading AI adoption — what actually changes behaviour in a team
The problem
You mandate AI usage and run a training session. Usage spikes for two weeks and returns to baseline. The three people who were already using it continue.
The workflow
1Answer the fear question
2Pick one person
3Build one workflow
4Let them tell others
5Remove the friction
6Use it visibly
7Measure capability
★Repeat
What you need
Team: 8 people. Two already use AI daily.
The tool
One person's real tedious task
The prompt
Subscribers. The full prompt is part of the SMEMinds AI Playbook. See plans.
What comes back
1. THE FEAR QUESTION — address it first, before anything else.
Verify before you use it
Human review required. Check every line below before this leaves your screen.
- Answer the fear question in week one, unprompted. It is the item most likely to be deferred and most likely to be blocking.
- The observation about your own usage is direct and fair. It is the strongest signal you control and it currently points the wrong way.
- Have the ops person present, not you. Peer credibility is the mechanism.
- Do not set an adoption target even though it would be easy to report. It produces the exact activity-without-outcome you already have.