Workshop: team management

This workshop aims to equip students with the knowledge and practical skills needed to act as effective facilitators of Human-Centered AI adoption within organizations. Participants will learn how to analyze organizational structures, decision-making processes, incentives, and cultural dynamics that influence the success or failure of AI initiatives. The workshop develops fluency in the language of organizations—including processes, business cases, financial reasoning, and stakeholder management—while enabling students to translate human-centered values such as fairness, accountability, oversight, and human impact into arguments and practices that resonate with organizational decision-makers. Through applied exercises, case-based learning, and interaction with practitioners, students will explore how trust, resistance, professional identity, and human-AI collaboration shape AI adoption in real-world settings.

Upon successful completion of the workshop, participants will be able to assess organizational readiness for AI adoption and identify critical factors that support or hinder implementation. They will be capable of communicating effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders using the vocabulary and reasoning frameworks common in organizational, managerial, and financial contexts. Students will be able to design and justify AI adoption strategies that balance technical feasibility, organizational objectives, and human-centered principles, including appropriate human-in-the-loop arrangements and governance mechanisms. They will also be able to anticipate and address cultural and organizational barriers to adoption, develop persuasive business cases for AI initiatives, and defend ethical and human-centered considerations as integral components of organizational decision-making.