AI glossary
AI champion
Also called AI ambassador, peer champion, digital champion.
An AI champion is a colleague, usually not a specialist, who uses AI well in their own work and helps the people around them do the same: showing what works, answering everyday questions, and passing problems and ideas back to whoever sets the rules. The role usually sits alongside their day job.
Think of it as
The colleague everyone asks how to do a mail merge.
Why it matters at work
Peer champions are widely recommended, but the support for them is practitioners’ experience rather than proof, so pair them with leaders seen using AI and time to learn. Module 7 covers what helps good habits spread.