Navigating AI for Businesses: start right, lead well, develop success

You’ve heard about AI, but you’re still not 100% sure where, or how it can help your business. And you’ve probably heard the line that any business not using AI now will be left behind in five years and outmanoeuvred by more sophisticated competitors.

But what really is AI?

Could it help your business raise the bar, power growth, and supercharge your bottom line?

What are the real-world applications of AI, and not just ChatGPT?

What can it do for you and how much time or money might you need to invest?

And crucially, what benefits should you expect?

Navigating AI for Businesses: start right, lead well, develop success, organised and hosted by Wigan & Leigh College, in collaboration with the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) and Wigan Business: Inspiring Innovation, aims to address questions such as these.

We are delighted to have AI business integration expert James Crawford of Touchpoint Change Consulting with us leading the event, who will introduce and navigate the world of AI for businesses.

The first session of the day is steered towards small businesses, if you are short on time, join us just for this session only. But of course, with your event registration, you are more than welcome to stay for the second and third sessions that include more AI learning, application of AI, lunch and networking. Local innovation advisers will also be on hand to speak with about your potential AI journey and to point you in the direction of the support available.

What you’ll learn:-

• What do we mean by AI?
• What can AI do currently and who is using it?
• What can AI realistically do for you and your business?

• Where will your AI journey take you?
• What is generative AI?
• Leading AI applications
• Real world businesses uses of AI
• What are your competitors (or your competitors / new recruits) already using?
• The future of employment and management skills
• The process of change, and the leadership challenge
• Interactive Q&A
• 1:1 conversations during and after the event (via WhatsApp) to help you think through the opportunities and initiate action

More about the speaker…

James Crawford has been designing and implementing strategies in businesses large and small for over 25 years. His focus is now on the huge opportunities – and risks – of AI, helping organisations to understand the possibilities of the tech, and successfully redesign their services in this rapidly evolving arena. The opportunities to add more ‘intelligence’ are different for every business. James brings a practical and pragmatic approach for business leaders, and his session will help you develop your AI knowledge, vision and confidence to make the right decisions around implementation.

Host or Publisher Wigan & Leigh College Innovation Team