Building an AI-Ready Culture & AI Champions Programme

Course Overview

Organisations are investing heavily in AI, yet many struggle to achieve meaningful adoption. The challenge is not the technology; it is people, culture, and behaviour. Without the right mindset, capabilities, and internal ownership, AI initiatives remain isolated, underutilised, or resisted. Building an AI-ready culture has become a critical success factor for organisations seeking to translate AI investments intosustained value.

What You Will Gain

Great AI ideas in workshops, but little follow-through in day-to-day work. Different teams pulling in different directions, without a shared approach. Some people are hesitant about risk and change, others are eager, but unsure where to begin. And in the background, AI is already being used, just not in a way that is visible, aligned, or governed.

You do not need more inspiration sessions. You need a way to turn momentum into real, repeatable adoption. This course gives you exactly that.

You Will Learn

• Assess your organisation’s cultural readiness for AI adoption across mindset, behaviours, capabilities, and leadership alignment
• Analyse barriers to AI adoption, including resistance, skills gaps, and organisational constraints, and determine appropriate interventions
• Design an AI-ready culture model that aligns people, processes, and ways of working with AI-driven objectives

This Course Is Ideal For

This course is designed for leaders, managers, and transformation professionals who need to enable AI adoption through people, culture, and capability development, and for those preparing to lead or support AI-driven change.

• Senior Leaders and Executives
• Strategy and Transformation Leaders
• Digital Transformation and Innovation Professionals
• HR, Learning and Organisational Development Professionals

Certification Requirements

To qualify for a Certificate of Completion from Informa Connect Academy, learners are required to meet two criteria:

• Assessment
  • Learners are required to complete the end-of-course group presentation
• Punctuality and Attendance
  • Eligibility for the end-of-course assessment is linked to full attendance
  • Unavoidable absence of up to 2 hours of the total course duration may be considered upon prior written approval to Informa Connect Academy

Learners who do not qualify for the Certificate of Completion will receive a Certificate of Attendance indicating the number of hours attended.

Delivered by Abdallah

Abdallah has over two decades of experience in consulting, executive advisory, and professional coaching and education, specialising in strategy execution, transformation leadership, AI strategy and adoption, andorganisational excellence across the GCC and international markets.

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