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Group Activity · Applied AI Workshop

Build Your Department
AI Strategy

Work in teams to design a practical, governable AI strategy for your department - and leave with a one-page plan you can act on in 90 days.

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4 steps + one-page group output Learn · Evaluate · Architect · Direct
The LEAD structure

From learning to action

You have done the Learn. This activity puts the rest to work - each step maps to a stage of LEAD.

L Learn

Build shared fluency in what AI can and can't do.

Done · before today
E Evaluate

Find where AI creates value, then prioritise honestly.

Steps 1 - 2
A Architect

Sequence the work into a realistic roadmap.

Step 3
D Direct

Set the guardrails and commit to a 90-day plan.

Step 4 · Output
The group task

Four steps to one page

Work through each step as a team. Capture your thinking as you go - the fields ahead are yours to fill in live, and they save automatically in your browser.

1

Identify high-impact areas

Pick 2-3 processes where AI could create real value.

2

Prioritise use cases

Weigh impact, feasibility, risk, data and readiness.

3

Build your roadmap

Sequence quick wins, pilots and strategic bets.

4

Define governance

Agree what AI can do, needs approval, or must never do.

Group output

Each group presents a one-page AI strategy - top 3 opportunities, a priority pilot, required data & tools, risks & red lines, and a 90-day action plan.

Step 1 · Evaluate

Identify high-impact areas

Tap the areas worth exploring, then commit to 2-3 where AI could create the most value.

Our 2-3 chosen areas
A
B
C
Step 2 · Evaluate

Prioritise your use cases

Drag ideas A, B, C onto the grid. Top-right wins first. (On a keyboard: focus a dot and use the arrow keys.)

Impact →
Do first Strategic bets Quick fills Avoid for now
A
B
C
Feasibility →
Assess each idea on
01
Impact
How much value if it works?
02
Feasibility
How realistic to deliver?
03
Risk
What could go wrong?
04
Data availability
Do we have the data to use?
05
Staff readiness
Is the team ready to adopt it?
Step 3 · Architect

Build your AI roadmap

Place your prioritised ideas along a realistic timeline. Type directly into each phase.

Next 30 days
Quick wins
Low effort, no new data or tools.
Next 3 months
Pilot projects
Bounded tests with a success metric.
6 - 12 months
Strategic initiatives
Bigger bets that build on the pilots.
Step 4 · Direct

Define your governance

Agree the rules before you build. Fill each column for your department.

AI can do
Autonomously, no sign-off
Needs approval
Human reviews before it ships
AI must never
Red lines - no exceptions
Group output · Direct

Your one-page AI strategy

Department / team
Top 3 AI opportunities
Priority pilot project
Required data & tools
Risks & red lines
Final step · Direct

Your 90-day action plan

Turn the strategy into motion. Spell out the concrete moves for each window - who does what, and by when. Give yourselves room: this is the part you'll actually act on.

Days 1 - 30
First moves - what we kick off immediately.
Days 31 - 60
Build & test - the pilot takes shape.
Days 61 - 90
Review & decide - measure, then scale or stop.

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Present back

Five minutes. One page. A real plan.

Each group shares its strategy - the top opportunities, the pilot you'll start, and the red lines you won't cross. That is LEAD in action: learning turned into evaluated, architected, directed delivery.

Turn today's one-page plan into delivery with LGN - we advise, train and build alongside your team.

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