The problem this workshop addresses
- People react differently to AI change, and quiet concern is easily misread as simple resistance.
- When it feels unsafe to show how AI is being used, experimentation moves into secret pockets.
- Leaders need to acknowledge legitimate role and competence concerns while still helping the team learn.
Who this workshop is for
Mid-senior people managers with one current AI-related resistance or anxiety case in their team.
- Managers facing different reactions to the same AI change
- Teams where people hide experiments or capability concerns
- Leaders who need openness and boundaries at the same time
What participants leave with
- Surface AI-related concerns without labelling people as resistant
- Create a safer conversation about uncertainty, mistakes, and capability gaps
- Turn one live resistance case into a clear conversation and small experiment
Client voices from related work
Selected from approved client testimonials that match the theme of this workshop.
“I was surprised about the effective and thorough workshop follow-up, something I have not experienced before. The online sessions were run as if everyone were in the same room again. No death-by-powerpoint, but real interaction!”
“A great course - we learned in small steps, had a lot of practice with real world examples, made commitments for the next actions after the course and the most remarkable thing - we had follow-up meetings to help to apply things in practice.”
“I used to be stressed and overworked because I was firefighting all the time. Through Maik's training, I learned how to empower my team to find their own solutions. In return, I found more time to work on the things that matter most.”
What gets practised
- Fears-as-data inquiry
- Psychological-safety conversations
- Gain-framed experiment design
Workshop flow
Experiment yourself first and judge where AI helps
Use fears as data in one live resistance case
Make AI use safe to show and discuss
Set the edges, gain-frame one experiment, and commit to the next conversation
Typical use cases
- Human side of AI change
- Manager enablement
- Resistance and anxiety conversations
Fit and boundaries
Prerequisites
- Bring one current AI-related resistance or anxiety case from your team, anonymised where needed.
Participant prep
Choose the conversation you need to have and what makes it difficult today.
Not a fit for
- Therapy, redundancy counselling, or a motivational AI adoption talk