Leading AI Adoption for Design and Product Teams

2-day virtual workshop

October 28-29, 2026, 8:00am-12:00pm PT

Your team is being asked to adopt AI. Where to start?

By the end of this workshop, you’ll have a practical framework to assess your team’s readiness, identify adoption gaps, and build a concrete action plan to move from experimentation to measurable impact.

Most leaders are introducing AI into established teams, existing workflows, and organizations that still need to ship products, support customers, and deliver results. The challenge isn’t access to AI tools. It’s helping people adopt new ways of working without being burnt out.

This workshop is based on a successful transformation of a traditional, established design organization, not a case study from an AI-native company. We’ll take lessons from the team as it navigates a reorg, implements a new design system, and shifts its vibe from terrified to excited. You’ll move from a limited understanding of AI adoption to building a concrete plan for your own team.

During the first half of the workshop, you will learn what’s changed, what’s hype, and how teams are actually using AI across prototyping, research, and everyday workflows. You’ll work through a proven framework for leading adoption.
The second half of the workshop is yours. You’ll bring back a map of your team’s adoption gaps, work through your specific challenges with peers facing the same pressure, and leave with one committed next step — not just inspiration.

This workshop is for design leaders, operations managers, and senior practitioners who are responsible for bringing a team along—not just themselves.

Learning outcomes

  • A framework you can actually use. Walk away with a step-by-step adoption model
  • A clear-eyed audit on your team’s reality. Know where your team is on the adoption spectrum, what’s blocking progress, and what one small win could unlock momentum in the next 30 days.
  • A concrete transformation roadmap tailored to your specific context: your constraints, risks, and next steps.