Manufacturing Executives, Are You Ready to Adopt AI?

Schedule

Thu Apr 16 2026 at 01:00 pm to 04:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

UWM Main Campus, Golda Meir Library East Wing, ROOM E190 | Milwaukee, WI

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You have the technology. Does your organization know how to use it? A hands-on workshop for manufacturers with a go-live date on the horizon
About this Event

11% Percent!

Only 11% of organizations see real financial returns from AI. The gap is not the technology. It is the people asked to use it, and the leaders responsible for bringing them along.

You have the data, the talent, and a go-live date. This three-hour workshop is about making sure your organization is actually ready to use it.

When implementation outpaces readiness, the pattern is familiar: slow adoption, frontline resistance, uneven execution, and real business impact left unrealized. This workshop is built to help you break that pattern before it starts.

What you will work through:

PART 1 - Spot what is holding you back

Map the barriers and enablers specific to your organization. Leave knowing exactly where you stand and what to do about it.

PART 2 - Get ahead of resistance

Learn why teams push back, how to earn operator trust, and how to accelerate adoption before problems surface on the floor.

PART 3 - Make change stick

Build the leadership habits that turn a promising system into lasting operational results without sacrificing safety, quality, or output.

What you will walk away with:

A change readiness framework - Practical and immediately applicable to your next deployment

A shared language - That your leadership team can use the moment you are back on the floor

A clear path forward - Concrete actions to make your AI investment pay off

Technology can optimize a process. It cannot create alignment, build trust, or lead people through change. That is the work of leadership, and this workshop is built to help you do it.

Who should attend

Manufacturing executives, plant leaders, and operational decision-makers who have a technology investment underway or are planning one. If you have watched a promising implementation fall short of expectations, this workshop is designed for you.

Three hours now is a fraction of what a stalled rollout costs later.

The organizations that struggle most with AI adoption do not lack technology or budget. They run out of organizational runway. Resistance hardens. Trust erodes. The window to course-correct narrows. This workshop is built for the period before that happens. If you have a deployment coming, this is the right investment of a half-day. If you have one already underway, it is an even more urgent one.


Reserve Your Seat Now

Limited enrollment. Register before your go-live date, not after.

Sponsored by the Connected Systems Institute in partnership with Cirrus Change Readiness.

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Where is it happening?

UWM Main Campus, Golda Meir Library East Wing, ROOM E190, 2311 East Hartford Avenue, Milwaukee, United States

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Tickets

USD 156.77 to USD 313.54

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