The five stages of AI enablement.
Everything on Enablement Lead fits one of five stages. Find the one you're in, do the job it's for, and come back round with each new team, tool or business unit.
it's a cycle, not a cliff
Most of it is free
Playbooks and most tools are free, and so are 3 training decks. The team tools, the rest of the decks and the full Role Book come with Membership.
What Members get-
Stage 1 of 5
Discover
Find out what people actually do with AI today, and what's stopping them.
“Where are we really?”
4 playbooks · 2 tools · 2 decks · 3 Role Book sections
Open Discover →Read this The discovery cycle: eight conversations, three workflows, one win A step-by-step plan to find what matters, get one team visibly better off, and report progress leadership believes. Playbook 9 min read Use this Discovery interview kit You get the blocker that dominates, and workflows worth fixing. Tool 30 min per interview Present this What AI is good and bad at Attendees will be able to sort their own weekly tasks into good, mixed and poor fits for AI, and know which outputs need checking before anyone else sees them. Deck 35 min session -
Stage 2 of 5
Prioritise
Pick three workflows worth fixing, not thirty, and agree the rules.
“Where should we start?”
3 playbooks · 2 tools · 1 deck · 2 Role Book sections
Open Prioritise →Read this Picking your first three workflows How to turn a pile of "we could use AI for that" into three workflows you can actually deliver and measure. Playbook 8 min read Use this Workflow prioritiser You get your top three workflows, each with a baseline. Tool 15 min Present this What you can and can't paste in Attendees will be able to sort what they want to give AI into green, amber and red, and strip an amber input down until it's safe to use. Deck 35 min session -
Stage 3 of 5
Train
Run live sessions on one team's real work, one team at a time.
“How do we get people using it?”
1 playbook · 2 tools · 10 decks · 3 Role Book sections
Open Train →Read this Running your first live session A 45-minute session on one team's real work that changes what they do on Monday, not just what they know. Playbook 9 min read Use this Use-case library You get a prompt to start from and what to check. Tool 5 min a task Present this Prompting on real work Attendees will be able to rewrite a prompt they actually use so it carries context, constraints and an example, and save it for reuse. Deck 40 min session -
Stage 4 of 5
Measure
Re-measure against your baselines and report numbers leadership trusts.
“Is it working?”
1 playbook · 2 tools · 1 deck · 2 Role Book sections
Open Measure →Read this Measuring time saved honestly Numbers you can defend when the finance director asks where they came from. Playbook 8 min read Use this Impact tracker and board pack You get hours back per workflow and a one-page board pack. Tool 10 min a month Present this Measuring the impact of AI honestly Attendees will be able to design a simple before-and-after measure for one workflow that a sceptical leader would believe. Deck 40 min session -
Stage 5 of 5
Scale
Turn one team's win into a programme that runs without you in every room.
“How does this last?”
1 playbook · 2 tools · 4 decks · 7 Role Book sections
Open Scale →Read this Reporting to the board A board paper on AI adoption that answers their questions in two pages and doesn't overclaim. Playbook 8 min read Use this Champions network tracker You get who's active, who's gone quiet, and a wins digest. Tool 5 min a week Present this Onboarding your AI champions New AI champions leave knowing what the role is and isn't, how to run their weekly rhythm, how to deliver a 15-minute team demo, and how to collect wins leadership will believe. Deck 45 min session
…and round again. Scaling surfaces the next thing to discover.