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// Work 06

Moving a UK financial services C-suite from AI awareness to confident use

IndustryFinancial services
ServiceAI fluency

// Introduction

The executive team of a UK financial services firm understood AI in principle but had little hands-on experience with it. The Team designed a six-week programme that built fluency through regular, practical use.

01

Challenge

The executives had already been through AI awareness training. It had raised their understanding, but it had not changed how they worked or how they made decisions. Without hands-on experience, the leadership team was not in a position to apply AI in its own work.

02

What we did

The Team built a structured six-week programme around a private AI environment, so executives could use the tools in a secure setting. Guided weekly calls set the focus for each week. Practical tasks between the calls meant participants built fluency by using AI regularly.

03

Outcome

The executives moved from awareness to active, confident use. Within the six weeks of the programme, they had begun applying AI tools to real decisions.

*Some case studies describe work delivered before forming Beacon58.

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