An AI user asks AI questions. An AI manager gives AI work and owns the result. Your team moves there in four stages: control, drafts, judgement and automation. This post is the plan. It links to the Work Tip for each stage and job area.
Learn these skills in AI at Work (BL-AIW), modules 1 to 4.
Who This Is For
Managers and HR and L&D teams who plan AI skills for a team.
Four Stages From User to Manager
| Stage | The Team Can | Work Tip |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Control | Pick the right tool and keep data and cost under control. | AI code of conduct |
| 2. Drafts | Get usable first drafts and run AI in parallel. | AI in Parallel With Your Work: Run Two Tracks at Once |
| 3. Judgement | Brief, check and approve like a manager. | How to Become an AI Manager: Brief, Check, Approve |
| 4. Automation | Hand repetitive work to agents and routines. | Deploy AI to Do Repetitive Work: From Prompt to Routine |
AI in Six Job Areas
| Job Area | Work Tip |
|---|---|
| Account Management | AI in Key Account Management: An Account Profile in 30 Minutes |
| Business Development | AI in Business Development: Research a Prospect Before the First Call |
| Marketing | AI in Marketing: One Brief, a Month of Content |
| Brand | AI and Your Brand: Keep Every Draft On-Brand |
| Project Management | AI in Project Management: A Weekly Status Report in 15 Minutes |
| Corporate Planning | AI in Corporate Planning: The First Draft of Your Plan in a Day |
A Simple Rollout for Your Team
- Month 1: agree the code of conduct and one approved tool.
- Month 2: each person saves two briefs for their own job.
- Month 3: each team deploys one routine and names its owner.
- Every month: share one accepted, one rewritten and one rejected draft.
What Participants Ask For
Feedback from 2025 and 2026 classes shows the same requests. Participants want more hands-on practice with AI. They also want agents for small teams and a next, advanced step.
Try It This Week
Ask each person in your team to name one weekly task for AI. Pick the three most common.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where should a team start?
With control: one approved tool and the code of conduct. Then drafts.
Is AI at Work claimable?
Read the course page for its HRD Corp details, then get a quote.
Next Step
Read the full outline of AI at Work (BL-AIW). See the BL-AIW classes on the Training Calendar.
Related courses: . For a group from your company, get a quote for in-house training.
More Work Tips: skill area Personal Effectiveness and tag AI. Read also:
- AI in Parallel With Your Work: Run Two Tracks at Once
- How to Become an AI Manager: Brief, Check, Approve
- Deploy AI to Do Repetitive Work: From Prompt to Routine
- AI in Marketing: One Brief, a Month of Content
- AI and Your Brand: Keep Every Draft On-Brand
- AI in Business Development: Research a Prospect Before the First Call
- AI in Project Management: A Weekly Status Report in 15 Minutes
- AI in Corporate Planning: The First Draft of Your Plan in a Day
- AI in Key Account Management: An Account Profile in 30 Minutes
