Adopting AI in your organisation can feel like a huge task, but it helps to keep your strategy simple. Start by understanding your assets so you know where you can apply AI. Then build and deploy AI tools to support your teams and improve how work gets done. Finally, connect those systems to the wider world, bringing in external data and insights to make smarter decisions.
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I’m speaking soon at the Marinas26 conference, an international event that brings together professionals from the marinas and boatyard sector. My keynote session is about AI for this sector, and I’m then moderating a panel with four people who are using AI in different ways.
As with any industry group, the level of AI use will vary. Some aren’t using it at all, others are just starting out, and others are embracing it.
What’s your level of AI adoption?
In my keynote, I’ll lay out a three-stage strategic roadmap for AI adoption. I’ll share it here because it applies to every organisation – small or large – and you can overlay it on your own strategy.
Think of this as the ABC of AI strategy: Audit, Build, and Connect.
First, AUDIT your assets: processes, data, physical assets, and your people assets (internally, your team and employees; externally, your customers and other stakeholders). Assess how much data you’re capturing, storing, and collecting from those assets, and how much you CAN capture. AI works on data, and the more data the better.
Next, you BUILD, deploy, or buy AI system to work on that data. For employees, for example, you might use AI for HR, learning and development, career growth, shift management, and removing the boring, routine work. For physical assets, AI might use sensor data for predictive maintenance, sustainability, equipment performance, and return on investment. And so on.
Third, to take this to the next level, you CONNECT AI systems to the external world. For exampe, in the marina sector, it means looking at climate data, sustainability data, regulatory requirements, and a range of other external data.
This AUDIT-BUILD-CONNECT roadmap is a simple framework, but don’t be fooled by its simplicity. Review and assess your current AI adoption through these three stages, and ensure it fits within your overall “future of work” strategy.
For more about the future of work – and how AI fits in it – register for my free, public online presentation coming soon. It’s open to everybody, so please invite others in your team and your network as well.
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