The Human Side of AI Adoption for Team Leaders & HR
Why You Need This
54% of employees bypass or avoid company AI tools, doing work manually instead
29% admit to actively sabotaging AI rollouts (44% among younger staff), mainly driven by fear of job loss
45% of CEOs say their workforce is resistant or openly hostile to AI
71% of employers admit their teams aren't ready to use AI effectively — despite 95% having already invested in it
suspect a data breach has already occurred from unsanctioned "shadow AI" use
Root cause: adoption stalls due to unaddressed psychological anxiety about job security and identity — a trust problem, not a tech problem
What This Workshop Covers
A teaser into what a full staff-facing AI Curious engagement would look like:
Understanding your team's AI resistance — the top concerns driving hesitation: digital privacy, IP exposure, job loss, and environmental impact
Building psychological safety — how addressing these concerns directly (rather than ignoring them) determines whether your staff will actually adopt AI, versus quietly avoiding or working around it
Lessons from AI's real limits — what the data says about today's deployments, including why 95% of companies see zero ROI from AI while 5% achieve massive scale
A glimpse into the future of work — how roles shift from static job titles toward task-unbundling, fractional work, and lifelong learning
Next steps
Why Now
Change-managed AI rollouts are 3x more likely to succeed and erode less employee trust
Most SMEs skip straight from tool purchase to expectation — skipping the trust step entirely
Format
1 hour virtual (in-person avail upon request)
Audience: HR leaders, managers, affected staff
What to Expect in the Group Session
You’ll join like-minded peers in a guided discussion with Dihan Chandra, Course Instructor for Sheridan's AI for Entrepreneurs, Managing Director of The Spent Goods Company and Organic Lifestyle). Come with questions and reflections based on content we’ll share in advance.
What This Course Isn’t
This isn’t an AI 101 or a how-to on prompting tools. This session will focus on mindset: understanding your concerns and exploring whether AI can align with your values.
Note - We do offer separate sessions on AI implications on our society - data privacy, job loss etc - Consider signup for those sessions as well as we don't have enough time to cover the theme of this session and those bigger picture questions as well.
Our Intention
We hope you’ll leave feeling empowered to shape AI more effectively and responsibly.
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