AI and Automation Adoption: Leading Your Team Through Change training
Managers lead their team through the adoption of AI so that people actually start using the new tools: they understand what employees go through, work with resistance, communicate the change honestly and run the adoption to a plan with checkpoints.
Trainer license — one facilitator, who can also run it for their own clients. Company license — all trainers and managers in your company. Details
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A training you can run without the author
2 days, minute by minute
A trainer guide with what to say, exercise instructions, debrief questions and difficult situations.
13 exercises
Role plays, cases and cards — with print-ready handouts.
Tests with answer keys
A pre- and post-test to see what participants have learned.
An author with corporate experience
Stan Shaposhnikov: programs for PrivatBank, DTEK, Interpipe.
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Who this training is for
- Department and project managers introducing AI and automation
- HR and IT leaders responsible for digital transformation
- Internal trainers and L&D who need a ready-made program
- Independent trainers who sell training to companies
Problems it solves
- AI tools have been bought, but only a handful of people use them
- Employees fear being replaced and quietly sabotage the new tools
- Experienced specialists and informal leaders oppose the change
- People learn about changes from rumors
- The adoption runs without a pilot, checkpoints or metrics
What participants will be able to do
See AI adoption as a change for people, not just an IT project
Lead a change through six stages: diagnosis, goal, plan, involvement, support, closure
Understand what employees go through at each stage of the change curve and know what the manager should do
Build a stakeholder map and a force field analysis for their own change
Distinguish the causes of resistance and choose a method of working with it, understanding the pros and risks of each
Hold a five-step conversation with an employee who is resisting
Write an honest change message and a communication plan, and set checkpoints and adoption metrics
Training program: AI and Automation Adoption: Leading Your Team Through Change
Two days, 10:00–18:00 · lunch and two breaks each day
| Day 1. Understanding the change | |
|---|---|
| 10:00–10:30 | Opening, introductions "What AI has already changed in my work", pre-test |
| 10:30–11:15 | Why adoptions stall. The company life cycle. The "Vector" case |
| 11:30–12:30 | The change cycle: six stages. Practice on the case |
| 13:30–14:15 | Three levels of change: the person, the team, the organization |
| 14:15–15:15 | The change curve. Exercise "Voices of the curve" |
| 15:30–16:30 | The stakeholder map |
| 16:30–17:30 | Force field analysis of your own change |
| 17:30–18:00 | Summary of the day, task "Two conversations" |
| Day 2. Leading the change | |
|---|---|
| 10:00–10:20 | Warm-up "What I heard": employees' concerns |
| 10:20–11:15 | Causes of resistance. Six methods of working with it |
| 11:30–12:30 | Practice "A conversation with someone who resists" |
| 13:30–14:15 | How to announce a change: the key message and a communication plan |
| 14:15–15:15 | Business game "Launching an AI assistant" |
| 15:30–16:15 | Game debrief. Adoption metrics and closing the change |
| 16:15–17:20 | Practice "My change plan" |
| 17:20–18:00 | 30-day plan, post-test, feedback form, closing |
What's included: slides, trainer guide, workbook
Slide deck
50 slides with presenter notes (PowerPoint)
Trainer guide
28 pages: a minute-by-minute script for both days with what to say, debriefs and difficult situations
Participant workbook
15 pages: change cycle, change curve, stakeholder map, force field, change plan, 30-day plan
Exercises and cases
13 exercises with keys; the "Vector" case, voices of the curve, characters, 6 resistance situations, a business game
Tests and forms
Pre-/post-test, answer key, summary sheet, feedback form
Read me first
Preparation plan and printing list
License
Run it as often as you like, adapt it, add your own logo
License. Run the training as many times as you like, edit the materials and add your own logo. You may not resell the files or share them with third parties. License terms
Book on this topic. "AI-Powered Training Design" — Stan Shaposhnikov's book on designing training programs with AI tools — the method behind the AI modules in Couchinfo kits. The book on Amazon
Exercises from this kit
Voices of the Curve
Learn to recognize the stage of the change curve from an employee's words and choose the manager's response.
AI and Automation Adoption: Leading Your Team Through ChangeThe Force Field of My Change
See the forces that drive a change and hold it back, and choose what to weaken first.
AI and Automation Adoption: Leading Your Team Through ChangeA Conversation with Someone Who Resists
Practice a five-step conversation with an employee who is resisting the adoption of AI.
Need it tailored to your company?
We will rewrite the cases around your situations, apply your brand style and prepare your trainers.
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