Guides
Guides to AI at work
Plain answers to the questions managers and teams ask once AI is in the building: what to do about unapproved tools, how to answer worries about jobs, what a sensible AI policy covers, and how to tell whether AI is paying back. Each guide answers the question first, then shows the detail and where the facts come from.
Your team and AI
Getting people to use AI well: unapproved tools, champions, worries about jobs, anxiety and fatigue.
Shadow AI: why staff use unapproved AI tools, and what to do about it
Why people use AI tools their employer hasn’t approved, how common it is in the UK, and a no-blame plan to bring it into the open this month.
11 minute read
AI champions: how to get employees to use AI well
What AI champions do, what they need to work, and how to get employees to use AI well: time to learn, clear rules and a team that shares what works.
11 minute read
Will AI take my job? An honest answer, with the evidence
What the UK and US evidence shows about AI and jobs as of October 2026, what it doesn’t show, and what to do this week, for you and your team.
12 minute read
AI anxiety at work: what it is, and what a team can change
A plain guide to AI anxiety at work: what people worry about, how common it is in the UK, what a team can change, and where to get support.
10 minute read
AI fatigue: why AI can make work more tiring, and what managers can do
Two kinds of AI fatigue, the pressure to use AI and the work AI creates, what the evidence shows, and fixes mapped to the HSE Management Standards.
10 minute read
Governance, policy and return on investment
Rules people can follow, the evidence that AI is paying back, and how to test an idea before you scale it.
AI policy template: what to include and how to write yours
Every section a UK workplace AI policy needs, with sample clauses, how to draft and consult on it, and a free skeleton to download with no sign-up.
16 minute read
AI governance for small and mid-sized organisations: a simple framework
A simple AI governance framework for UK organisations that use AI rather than build it: ten pieces, an owner for each, and the law behind them.
13 minute read
What is AI literacy? What it looks like at work, and what EU Article 4 asks
What AI literacy means, what it looks like in everyday work, and what Article 4 of the EU AI Act now says, including when it may apply to a UK organisation.
11 minute read
AI readiness assessment: a 12-question self-check for your organisation
Is your organisation ready to use AI well? Twelve yes-or-no questions on five foundations, what each “no” means, and the first step to take. No sign-up.
11 minute read
AI maturity models: what they are, and how to use one honestly
What an AI maturity model is, what it is good and bad for, a published example, and the AI Stairway™ to Success: seven steps for organisations that use AI.
9 minute read
AI ROI: how to measure whether AI is paying back
Measure AI ROI with cost per finished task: count checking and rework time, take a baseline first, and ignore usage counts and self-reported time saved alone.
12 minute read
AI pilot: how to run a 90-day workplace AI pilot
How to run a workplace AI pilot or proof of concept in 90 days: choose the idea, take a baseline, set a stop rule first, and know what scaling needs.
12 minute read