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    Service · AI CHAMPIONS & AI UPSKILLINGN° 2026 · 05

    AI Champions & AI Upskilling.

    AI succeeds or fails on adoption, not on technology. We start with a skills baseline: what can your people do, which questions do they have and what must they learn? Focused AI Upskilling, a champion network and application in your own processes turn learning into daily use.

    Skills baseline · AI Upskilling · Champion network
    RoleFacilitator
    Timeline8–16 weeks
    OutputAdoption that sticks
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    The problem

    Licences are rolled out. Usage lags behind.

    Most organisations have AI tools and a pilot. What is missing is a network of people that pulls AI into daily work, with mandate and rhythm. That is where we come in: champions with their own use-case backlog, leads carrying responsibility, and agents landing in existing systems rather than a separate browser tab.

    Our approach

    From baseline to daily usage.

    · 01

    Skills baseline & use-case backlog

    We map current AI skills, open questions and gaps by role and department. The skills baseline connects to concrete processes and use cases.

    · 02

    Selecting AI Champions

    We select champions on mindset and influence, not job title. One AI Champion Lead per department as a fixed point of contact with their own roadmap.

    · 03

    AI Upskilling & facilitation

    A role-based learning path based on the skills gap: targeted training, practical tasks and coaching. Champions help colleagues apply learning; we assess progress against the baseline.

    · 04

    Integrate & measure

    Agents land inside the systems you already use — Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Teams, SharePoint, ERP, CRM and ticketing. Adoption is measured, not assumed.

    Roles in the programme

    We facilitate. Your people own it.

    · 01

    AI Champion

    A colleague inside a team who applies AI daily, answers questions and surfaces use cases.

    · 02

    AI Champion Lead

    Fixed point of contact per department. Owns the roadmap, prioritises use cases and reports progress.

    · 03

    Us as facilitator

    We build the programme, train the champions and facilitate the rhythm — until your organisation carries it itself.

    What you get

    No pilot report. A working adoption rhythm.

    • Skills baseline: existing capabilities, questions and gaps by role
    • AI Upskilling plan with learning goals and focused practical tasks
    • Use-case backlog with impact, effort and owner
    • Champion programme: selection, learning path and working rhythm
    • Trainings for champions, leads and end users
    • Copilot adoption plan (Microsoft 365 Copilot & Copilot Studio)
    • Agent integrations into existing systems
    • Adoption dashboard with clear KPIs
    • Governance and ways of working that make usage stick
    Frequently asked questions

    Questions about the champion programme

    What does an AI Champion actually do?+
    An AI Champion is someone with a mandate and a rhythm who pulls AI into the daily work of their own department: gathering use cases, sharing examples, helping colleagues get started and signalling where things stall.
    How much time does it take to be a champion?+
    That varies per role and department. What is certain: it only works when the role is explicitly given room alongside regular work and the manager acknowledges it. Without that recognition, being a champion becomes something extra on the side.
    What is AI Upskilling in this programme?+
    AI Upskilling develops skills from a baseline. We identify current capabilities, learning needs and practical tasks by role. AI Champions support application at work, and we reassess progress.
    How do we prevent it from staying at enthusiasm?+
    By starting with one process that has a clear owner, delivering one real use case, measuring adoption and only then scaling up. The Automation Group guards that order: proof first, broadening second.
    What does The Automation Group do, and what do we do ourselves?+
    The Automation Group facilitates, trains the AI Champion Leads and builds the agents into your existing systems. The champions and the mandate come from within your organisation, so the programme keeps running after handover without us.
    · Ready to accelerate?

    Let's put your champions to work.

    A 45-minute conversation about where AI currently stalls in your organisation. Afterwards you know which champion programme fits and what the first 90 days deliver.

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    Service05 · AI Champions & AI Upskilling
    RoleFacilitator
    Timeline8–16 weeks