How it works: Our in-house AI expert works with your leadership team to design a tailored org-wide survey, then deploys it to your staff. Survey results surface trends in sentiment around AI, familiarity with AI tools, current AI usage/ROI, gaps in existing infrastructure, and fears/concerns with AI’s impacts on the workplace or communities you serve.

All of these lessons become the framing for our workshop, which typically includes:

→ Discussion of real-world examples of AI in the sector / your issue area
→ Introduction of practical AI tools relevant to your org’s work
→ Tactical walk-through of AI change management infrastructure
→ Technical best practices for workplace use of AI tools (+ activities/demos)
→ Facilitated discussion/workshopping of org-specific AI use cases, norms, etc.
→ Answers to common hesitations/ethical questions about AI use

After the workshop, we leave you with a resource guide for continued learning (incl. the workshop deck/recording) and deploy post-workshop surveys 1-6 months out to assess staff-level impact and ongoing needs.

*A workshop series can be designed to cover multiple functional areas (e.g., research, teaching, and grant writing) or angles on AI integration (e.g., sustainable change management, ethical questions, and technical best practices).

Outcomes:
→ Team is more comfortable with + literate in AI
→ Team has a common language for discussing AI applications
→ Team has a grasp of real-world uses of AI in other, similar organizations
→ Team understands how AI can support your org’s work in a mission-aligned way

How it works: After a complimentary survey/workshop (see above for details), our in-house AI expert spends 8 weeks meeting with your leadership team and individual contributors to identify and practice high-value individual- and team-level uses of AI. The project concludes with a close-out workshop focused on moving forward with values-aligned AI integration, drawing on individual contributors’ ideas and executive priorities surfaced in the weeks prior. Your organization emerges with a slate of customized “take-home” resources—an AI policy, use case library, integration roadmap, Custom GPT instructions, and more—intended to make the execution of your AI strategy as smooth as possible.

Outcomes (in addition to AI workshop outcomes):
→ 2-3 high-ROI AI solutions are designed based on institutional needs
→ Internal channels and resources for AI experimentation are created
→ Staff champions are equipped to guide ongoing adoption and habituation process
→ Individual contributors are confident and moving on AI adoption in their functional “lanes”

By the end of the Residency, your org will be able to:
→ Serve as a model and resource for peer organizations in the sector
→ Independently evaluate and implement new AI tools without external support
→ Articulate AI’s role in mission delivery to funders, partners, and other constituents
→ Demonstrate measurable time and cost savings driven by AI adoption
→ Maintain ethical, secure, and equitable AI governance practices
→ Scale staff-level AI innovations across the organization sustainable

How it works: Most organizations lack meaningful staff capacity for AI strategy. This option is designed to infuse whatever time is available for this work with structure and purpose. Over 75 minutes, our in-house AI expert trains designated “AI champions” in our tested methodology & frameworks for leading teams through sustainable AI integration, from use case ideation and literacy-building to change management. We leave you with a custom action plan, resource sheet, and session recap packet (including the recording, notes, and demo materials).