AI workshop for businesses:
How to get started in the AI future
We should start using AI properly… this goal is high on the agenda of just about every company. But “using it properly” does not mean implementing tools in an uncoordinated manner. Rather, it is important to take a targeted approach and start where AI can create real added value. Among other things, ChatGPT has much more potential for businesses than you might think.
The first step toward an AI future is therefore to understand the basics and develop a fundamental understanding of AI tools. With this foundation, you can identify use cases that you can solve more efficiently with AI. We would like to show you how an AI workshop can help you and where you can find suitable offerings.
What are the goals of an AI workshop for companies?
If you want to implement AI tools in your company, an AI workshop is a useful place to start. The main focus is on recognizing the transformative potential of AI for your business, overcoming reservations, and preparing a strategic roadmap.
This works best in practical AI workshops, where you work with experts to develop a customized AI strategy for your company. Important goals include:
- Learning the basics and terminology of AI
- Identifying potential applications, risks, and opportunities for your company
- Identifying challenges, initial solutions, and use cases
- Developing starting points for introducing AI in your company in a targeted manner
What topics does an AI workshop cover?
If the AI workshop aims to prepare your company to plan and execute AI projects effectively, you need to know the necessary resources and appropriate steps. Each provider designs the content differently, but in our view, an AI workshop should cover the following topics:
- Understanding AI tools and their technical fundamentals
- Presentation of current use cases and important trends in the market
- Possible challenges in the application of AI with a focus on the individual problems in your company
- Development of your first use cases (including analysis of the data required for AI applications)
- A use case is not the same as a business case – identify the use cases that really pay off for your operational business
- Integration of AI technologies and platforms into the existing IT infrastructure
- What needs to be considered regarding data protection and compliance when using AI?
- Examination of the economic efficiency of processes using AI tools
How much does an AI workshop cost for companies?
Even though some providers see it differently, we believe that there can be no flat rate for an efficient AI workshop. The content and scope should always be tailored to the individual needs of your company. The costs depend, for example, on your goals, the size of your company, the expected added value, and the number of participants. As a rough guide, offers for medium-sized companies are in the mid four-digit euro range.
What are the arguments in favor of an AI workshop?
In our view, the most important and best argument in favor of an AI workshop is that you simply cannot avoid the topic. So before you are caught up in the AI avalanche and rush to introduce random tools, it is better to attend a workshop to understand artificial intelligence and learn how to use it effectively.
- An AI workshop will teach you how to use AI in your company in exactly those areas where you can actually benefit from significant cost savings and optimization potential. This is hardly possible without the relevant prior experience.
- In an AI workshop, the challenges of digital transformation lose their terror: you will learn which of the potential hurdles are relevant to you and how you can overcome them.
- Perhaps you are concerned that you will not be able to use AI confidently due to a lack of know-how? An AI workshop will reveal whether and where internal knowledge is lacking and how you can close this resource gap internally or with external support.
What can the AI Discovery Workshop from Riwers do for you?
Workshops on artificial intelligence or other topics are typically offered by management consultancies. There is nothing wrong with that, but the consultants are often not technically involved in the tools they are advising you on. Our AI Discovery Workshop, on the other hand, was designed by experienced software professionals who work with generative AI on a daily basis and have a deep understanding of applications, tools, and integrations.
We tailor our AI consulting services to where your company stands and what you need. A good starting point is our AI Discovery AI workshop, which gives you an initial overview of the possibilities of generative AI:
- AI in a reality check: You learn to understand AI, discover possible areas of application, and work out the specific efficiency potential of the technologies. By focusing on practical application, AI loses its almost mystical aura and becomes a tangible option for action.
- Relevant use cases: We then turn our attention to repetitive or data-intensive processes in your company and develop specific use cases. In doing so, we examine the potential efficiency gains and thus the economic potential. A realistic estimate of the return on investment (ROI) plays an important role in sound decision-making—and in your budget planning.
- Valid recommendations for action: To enable you to implement your own use case as soon as possible, this AI workshop concludes with specific recommendations on suitable tools or technologies. We also outline an initial AI solution based on the findings from the workshop.
Identify and seize digitalization opportunities beyond the basics
You can think of the AI Discovery Workshop as a kind of “kickoff” that you can build on with further service models.
- In the “AI Discovery Journey” model, we validate further concrete optimization potential and work with you to develop and plan further feasible approaches, even ensuring that these are successfully implemented.
- The “AI Business Coaching” model focuses on developing a medium-term AI strategy and roadmap, as well as supporting and enabling the targeted evaluation of measures.
Discover real potential in the AI workshop instead of just doing “something” with AI
At the technology level, AI is the key to efficient workflows and an effective strategy against the shortage of skilled workers. However, all this only applies if you use the tools systematically and strategically. With an AI workshop, you lay the foundation for leveraging real potential for your company through the use of AI.
It is important that the AI workshop is practical and provides you with concrete first steps in clearly defined areas of action. These will vary from person to person, which is why an AI workshop should ideally be designed by experts on an individual basis.
