Using AI and Automation to Add Value to Your Business
AI adoption is booming. 63% of SMEs plan to adopt AI but lack guidance (McKinsey, 2023). We can help your teams do tasks quickly and optimise processes through AI and automation as well as help you understand how to deepen your knowledge and expertise using AI.
Alongside training in AI through Sharp Training, we work with SMEs by taking a problem-first approach to identify business needs, ideate people-centred solutions and identify the relevant tool based on budget and use case, promoting a ‘product mindset’ to developing solutions to start you on your journey to AI-powered innovation.
We provide workshops and training on the basics of AI and automation which is non-technical, work with you and your team to identify where you could start using AI and support you in implementing AI from further training to working with our technical partners.
Our Product Thinking Approach
Basic AI Training
We’ll take your team through basic AI and automation training. Around 30% of staff are worried about AI and fear it may replace their role.
Identify your Business Needs
By interviewing your staff, team workshop or Hack Day, we can identify the use cases, quick wins and bigger project ideas for using AI and automation
Define Solutions and Create a Roadmap
By understanding the need for AI, we can generate solutions for the ‘best case’ and understand business constraints such as budget and technical, to create a roadmap
Develop Your AI Toolkit
By interviewing your staff, team workshop or Hack Day, we can identify the use cases, quick wins and bigger project ideas for using AI and automation
Experiment, Pilot + Structured Implementation
Try tools in your business through pilots, develop AI policies and identify the next steps to implement AI and automation that meet business needs with our technical partners with ongoing support
Past Case Studies
Milton Keynes Council: Hack Day
We explored the challenges of using a digital hub to bring together events and stakeholders with local business and community members, creating ideas for using the online ecosystem.
SME: Financial Services Full-Day Workshop
Wanting to introduce new ways to use AI in the business, we provided an AI training session in the morning and used Six Thinking Hats across the teams to identify how AI could be used.
Enterprise: Commercial Vehicles Hackathon
The morning comprised of deep diving challenges, with an afternoon of ideation. The next day, meeting with stakeholders to create a product roadmap to prioritise AI projects and training.
SME: R&D Tax Credits Research, Training + Pilot
Ahead of time, employee research was carried out to understand the needs in the process of where to automate and use AI, then bringing the business together to introduce and test AI use cases.
