ai adoption

AI ADOPTION PROGRAMME

Humans First. Always.

The programme for SMEs ready to adopt AI, safely, confidently, and with every person in the business brought with you.

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WHERE IT STARTED

“We're kind of using AI, well, some are. But this is bigger than just another tech tool. We need to do this properly.”

A real client, and a real conversation that started this.

THE PROBLEM

SMEs are drifting into AI without a plan

Many SMEs aren't anti-AI, or not behind … they're just drifting. Some people using it, most not, nobody asking the human questions, no structure, no story, no people brought along.

What’s missing?

The tools exist and the curiosity is there. What's missing is someone who can hold the balance of the human side of the change, the emotional landscape, the story, and the everyday application that turns curiosity into real capability.

Who fills the gap today?

Big consultants manage the big enterprises, IT consultants implement the tools, change managers run the process. But neither addresses what really matters for an SME … bringing every person in the business with you, with confidence and clarity, in a way that fits how you already work.

THE DIFFERENTIATOR

The place … nobody else owns

Three disciplines, brought together in one programme, designed specifically for SMEs.

AI Adopting programme for SMEs called "Humans First. Always." that emphases the importance of 'Storytelling,' 'Humans,' and 'Technology.'

"Implementing AI is a change. And change isn't solely a technical challenge, it's a human one. That's where storytelling, leadership and engagement do the real work."

- Jamie Mackenzie

THE PROGRAMME

Three phases … one permanent outcome

A structured engagement built around your business.

A section of a leadership training guide focusing on listening skills, including a header 'PHASE ONE Listen', instructions, and a description of understanding emotional and behavioral landscapes in teams.
Section titled "PHASE TWO Learn" with a description about AI tools for employee training lasting up to six weeks, involving two parallel tracks with role-specific tasks and open test-and-learn experiments, and a section "WHAT YOU GET" about real evidence, feedback, and an engaged workforce.
A digital document page titled 'Phase Three Lead' with a large number '03' in the upper right corner. The text discusses gathering feedback and insights to finalize an AI tech stack, supported with assets and guidance for the AI journey and adoption.

"An engaged workforce who have safely adopted AI into their everyday work, with the confidence to grow its impact, and the knowledge that their company enabled it with humans first … always."

WHAT CLIENTS GET AFTER THE PROGRAMME

BEYOND THE PROGRAMME

The relationship doesn't end at handover

Adoption is a journey. Built into every engagement is a check-in, as well as other ways to maintain the rhythm that keeps your AI strategy living, evolving and human first.

A checklist on a white background with prompts for monitoring adoption landing, friction points, and reinforcing needs.
Text indicating a health check at 6 months, discussing what is working, what is evolving, and where the policy needs updating.
Screenshot of a webpage titled 'Landscape Review', with a green label 'Annual' at the top left, and text describing tools, policy, and culture refreshed against a changing landscape.
A digital slide with a green label reading "Adhoc" at the top left. The main text says "Speaking | Keynote" in bold, and below it is the subtitle "A team-wide moment to launch AI adoption with energy, story and purpose."

WHY JAMIE

The combination nobody else brings

A career built at the intersection of commercial leadership, storytelling and human change, now applied to the most significant technology shift of our generation.

Text on a light green background reading '20+ Years of Commercial Leadership' and a description about experience in business leadership.
Text highlighting leadership and change with the phrase "A trusted lead for change."
Text describing an author and speaker, emphasizing her as a bestselling author and her role in the Stories Change Lives series.
A webpage section titled "Trusted across industries" listing brands like Aviva, Samsung, Santander, Siemens, and Sodexo.

REAL STORIES … REAL CHANGE

“Jamie has led our AI adoption project. He helped us to identify and experiment with AI tech in a controlled way, as well as engaging our people on this important journey of change. His experience of business operations, transformation leadership, coupled with his storytelling and people skills, created a unique formula which has helped us get started with our AI adoption journey.

- CEO | Enterprise Services

Why this matters

AI is changing every business and whilst some will lead the change, some will be led by it. The difference won't come down to tools, it'll come down to people. How they're brought in, how they feel, how they're equipped to grow with the technology rather than be replaced by it. That's why this programme exists … Humans first. Always.

Let’s talk

Let’s have a conversation about where your business is, where you want it to go with AI, and whether the Humans First programme is the right way to get there. Share a few details below and Jamie will come back to you.