How to adopt AI without losing your people

Most AI rollouts don't fail on the technology. They fail on the people front.

Tools get bought, training gets booked, and then adoption quietly stalls: anxious staff, quiet resistance, and an expensive tool nobody really uses.

In this practical 30-minute session, Mike Wakeham draws on 20 years of SME leadership and an MSc in Psychology to show why AI adoption really succeeds or fails, and what leaders can do about it.

Whether you're just starting with AI or already rolling it out, you'll leave with a clearer, calmer way to bring it into your business, one that builds confidence rather than fear.

Topics covered in this session

• Why AI rollouts lose people, and the human reasons adoption stalls even when the technology is right
• How to spot the early warning signs of resistance, anxiety and quiet disengagement
• How to bring your team along, building the confidence that turns reluctance into willing use

About the speaker

Michael has spent more than 20 years working inside owner-managed SMEs in recruitment, professional services, healthcare and franchising at the point where businesses have something that works and are figuring out how to build on it.

He sits on the advisory board at Arden University and mentors businesses through the Help to Grow: Management Course. He also works with founders and owner-managers through his practice, Brynley Knight.

If you have any questions you'd like Michael to answer during the webinar, please send them to events@enterprisenation.com.

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