AI
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Labs.

One team. One challenge. A better way of working.

Focused 90-minute experiences that help teams tackle the human challenges AI is creating at work, and leave with something they can use straight away.

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Any sound familiar?

"People are working faster, but they're also exhausted."

"Managers don't know what to say."

"Everyone's using AI differently."

"How do we know when we are relying on AI too much?"

YOU MIGHT BE HERE

You can see the problem, and just need to do something about it.

Maybe your managers don't know how to talk about AI with their teams. Maybe people are using it in completely different ways. Maybe workload is going up instead of down. Or perhaps you're worried people are starting to outsource too much of their thinking.

A Performance Lab gives you a focused place to work on it.

WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS

Not another session people forget by Friday.

A Lab starts with a real challenge your team is facing and turns it into something practical they can use in their work.

BEFORE

A real problem.

IN THE ROOM

90 minutes of conversation, challenge and practice.

AFTER

One agreed shift in how the team works.

WHAT'S INCLUDED?

90 MINUTES
Focused enough to fit into the working week.

UP TO 30 PEOPLE
Designed for teams, not audiences.

ONLINE OR IN PERSON
Delivered wherever your people are.

FROM £3,000
Tailored to your organisation.

Your sponsor also receives a one-page read of what surfaced and where the team may need further support.

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AI Perfomace Labs (The Labs)

THE LABS

Where is the pressure showing up?

AI Performance Labs help people think, relate, lead and perform as AI changes how work gets done.

Think Lab 01.

Thinking Clearly at AI Speed

Keeping reflection in the work when answers arrive instantly. THE PROBLEM AI makes answers faster but faster isn't always better. Reflection, challenge, and independent thinking can disappear, weakening decisions, originality and our ability to spot what others miss. PARTICIPANTS LEAVE ABLE TO ➜ Interrogate an AI answer before acting on it ➜ Build reflection back into the points where decisions get made ➜ Hold a view that differs from the output Designed for: All levels and knowledge workers

Think Lab 02.

AI, Creativity & Original Thinking

Using AI to expand ideas without flattening originality. THE PROBLEM AI can generate endless ideas, but more doesn't mean more original. When everyone uses similar tools and patterns, thinking starts to converge. The opportunity is to stretch human creativity, not automate it. PARTICIPANTS LEAVE ABLE TO ➜ Push past the first ideas AI offers ➜ Test whether an idea is distinctive or merely fluent ➜ Bring a human point of view back into work that has converged Designed for: Creative, marketing, innovation and strategy teams

Think Lab 03.

Learning & Developing in the Age of AI

Curiosity and adaptability when knowledge is instantly available. THE PROBLEM AI makes it possible to complete unfamiliar tasks without necessarily learning from them. As answers become easier to access, curiosity, experimentation and the ability to develop become more valuable. PARTICIPANTS LEAVE ABLE TO ➜ Separate completing a task from building capability ➜ Use AI as a learning partner rather than a shortcut ➜ Build curiosity and experimentation into everyday work Designed for: All levels, early careers and talent programmes

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Think Lab 04.

AI, Neurodiversity & Different Ways of Working

Removing barriers for some without raising them for others. THE PROBLEM The same AI tool can create freedom for one person and friction for another. Differences in how we think, communicate and organise shape how AI works for us. PARTICIPANTS LEAVE ABLE TO ➜ Map where AI helps and where it creates friction across a team ➜ Adapt AI use to different cognitive and communication styles ➜ Widen access to the tools rather than narrowing it Designed for: Teams, people teams and inclusion audiences

Relate Lab 01.

Psychological Safety in an AI-Enabled Workplace

Conditions to experiment, question and admit mistakes. THE PROBLEM One person experiments constantly while another avoids AI. Fear of looking incompetent, resistant or over-reliant keeps people from asking questions, challenging outputs and sharing mistakes. PARTICIPANTS LEAVE ABLE TO ➜ Surface where experimentation feels safe and where it does not ➜ Talk openly about uncertainty and mistakes ➜ Set shared habits for responsible experimentation Designed for: Intact teams and people managers

Relate Lab 02.

Human Connection in the Age of AI

Sustaining trust and empathy as work becomes AI-mediated. THE PROBLEM AI can write the email, summarise the meeting and prepare feedback. Work becomes more efficient, but something can disappear between people. We need to decide what to automate and what stays human. PARTICIPANTS LEAVE ABLE TO ➜ Track where AI is adding distance between people ➜ Decide which interactions stay human and hold that line ➜ Bring warmth and presence back into AI-mediated work Designed for: All levels and intact teams

Relate Lab 03.

AI, Inclusion & Belonging

Ensuring AI-enabled work doesn't reproduce existing barriers. THE PROBLEM AI doesn't enter a neutral workplace. Bias, unequal access and existing power dynamics shape who benefits, whose perspective is represented and who gets left behind. PARTICIPANTS LEAVE ABLE TO ➜ Challenge everyday AI use that reproduces existing bias ➜ Ask whose perspective is missing from an output ➜ Make more deliberate choices about where AI is used Designed for: All levels, people teams, ERGs and inclusion audiences

Relate Lab 04.

Using AI for Difficult Conversations

Feedback and conflict, rehearsed without outsourcing empathy. THE PROBLEM AI can help us rehearse difficult conversations, find language and consider another perspective. But it can also sanitise communication, reinforce bias and create distance from the person we're speaking to. PARTICIPANTS LEAVE ABLE TO ➜ Rehearse a real conversation using AI ➜ Test language and perspectives before the conversation happens ➜ Enter the room prepared rather than scripted Designed for: All levels

Lead Lab 01.

Leading Teams Through AI Change

Support for the managers carrying the rollout. THE PROBLEM Managers are carrying the AI rollout for everyone below them, fielding questions, absorbing anxiety and translating expectations they may not fully understand themselves. PARTICIPANTS LEAVE ABLE TO ➜ Find out what their team actually needs during change ➜ Lead through uncertainty without manufacturing false certainty ➜ Respond constructively to resistance and anxiety Designed for: People managers and team leads

Lead Lab 02.

Managing an AI-Enabled Team

Creating shared expectations for AI use, ownership & good work. THE PROBLEM Without shared expectations, everyone creates their own rules for AI. Differences in how people work quickly become questions of quality, fairness, trust and performance. PARTICIPANTS LEAVE ABLE TO ➜ Surface how AI is actually being used across the team ➜ Agree what good AI use looks like and write it down ➜ Clarify who owns the work when AI has produced it Designed for: Managers, intact teams and function heads

Lead Lab 03.

Using AI Without Outsourcing the Decision

Using AI without outsourcing judgement or accountability. THE PROBLEM AI can recommend an answer in seconds, creating false confidence in decisions that still need human scrutiny. AI can inform judgement. It cannot carry accountability. PARTICIPANTS LEAVE ABLE TO ➜ Challenge the assumptions and omissions behind a recommendation ➜ Check decisions for automation and confirmation bias ➜ Keep accountability with a named person, not a system Designed for: Leaders and decision-makers

Lead Lab 04.

Redefining Performance When AI Does the Work

Rethinking contribution and value when AI changes the work. THE PROBLEM When AI makes work faster, familiar measures of performance start to break down. More output doesn't necessarily mean more value, and the human capabilities that matter most begin to change. PARTICIPANTS LEAVE ABLE TO ➜ Separate greater output from greater value ➜ Redefine what good performance looks like in an AI-enabled role ➜ Recognise contribution that volume measures miss Designed for: Managers, leaders and people teams

Sustain Lab 01.

AI and Mental Health at Work

How AI-driven change affects anxiety, confidence and wellbeing. THE PROBLEM AI creates possibility, but also uncertainty around competence and whether people can keep up. Left unspoken, that uncertainty can become anxiety, disengagement and unhealthy pressure to adapt. PARTICIPANTS LEAVE ABLE TO ➜ Name the psychological responses AI change sets off ➜ Talk more openly about pressure and overwhelm ➜ Set limits that keep adoption sustainable Designed for: Whole-workforce and wellbeing audiences

Sustain Lab 02.

AI, Workload & the Productivity Trap

What happens to the time AI saves. THE PROBLEM AI saves two hours and the week fills them straight back up. Expectations rise, early adopters carry more and promised productivity gains never become meaningful capacity. PARTICIPANTS LEAVE ABLE TO ➜ Track where AI-created capacity is actually going ➜ Tell the difference between efficiency and rising workload ➜ Claim recovered time deliberately instead of losing it by default Designed for: Teams, managers and wellbeing audiences

Sustain Lab 03.

AI Anxiety & Career Uncertainty

The conversations your employees are already having. THE PROBLEM Employees are already wondering whether their skills will matter, which tasks will disappear and what they need to learn next. Many stay quiet because they fear sounding resistant. PARTICIPANTS LEAVE ABLE TO ➜ Name career concerns without fear of sounding resistant ➜ Identify which capabilities are becoming more valuable ➜ Have better conversations about future development Designed for: Whole-workforce, talent and learning audiences

Sustain Lab 04.

Learning Across AI-Enabled Teams

Turning individual experiments into shared capability. THE PROBLEM One team finds a better way of working. Another repeats a mistake already solved elsewhere. When AI learning stays with individuals, organisations keep paying for lessons they've already learned. PARTICIPANTS LEAVE ABLE TO ➜ Find where useful learning is getting stuck ➜ Share experiments, mistakes and good practice across teams ➜ Stop paying twice for the same lesson Designed for: Teams, function heads and AI champions

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WHAT MAKES A LAB DIFFERENT

Built around your team. Not pulled off a shelf.

YOUR PROBLEM

We start with what's actually happening in your organisation, not a generic AI curriculum.

YOUR PEOPLE

The conversation is adapted to their roles, experience and level of AI use.

SOMETHING TO USE

Your team leaves with an agreed behaviour, practice or way of working they can use immediately.

HUMAN EXPERTISE

Labs are facilitated by practitioners who understand behaviour, leadership, identity and group dynamics, not just AI.

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WHO'S BEHIND THE WORK

Human problems need human expertise.

Our global network of practitioners brings expertise across behaviour, leadership, identity, coaching, facilitation and organisational change, with specialist AI expertise brought in where the work requires it.

✔ 200+ Global Clients

✔ 100k+ Employees Engaged

✔ 300+ Trained Practitioners

LAB > ACCELERATOR

Sometimes a lab is enough. Sometimes it isn't.

If the same problem is being created by leadership expectations, workload, incentives, structures or ways of working across the organisation, a lab can't fix it alone.

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