AI adoption and training
Your team has the AI tools. The work still comes back generic, off-brand, and quietly redone by hand.
Plainwright's AI adoption consulting helps nonprofits, public agencies, foundations, and companies onboard AI the way you onboard a great new hire: with context, standards, training, and a named person accountable for the results. Teams learn to shape the tools around their work, so adoption becomes authorship.
AI transformation is not about replacing people. Done well, it frees human capacity for strategic work. We never size an AI plan by the headcount it could remove.
We help leaders build a board-ready AI strategy that measures risk, data privacy and security, and practical adoption.
The result is a clearer view of what separates isolated AI adoption from lasting organizational impact.
The Plainwright AI Adoption Method™
A human-first operating model for AI: Onboard AI the way you onboard a great new hire. Five steps, inspired by the 5 Ds of appreciative inquiry, resting on responsible use.
Effective adoption is not a switch. It is a new way of working, made visible and accountable.
01 The purpose
Define
Write the job description. Start with what your organization is trying to change in the world and who it serves. Decide what AI is for, what it will never do, and who answers for it.
02 The craft
Discover
Learn the craft. Your team shows what its best work looks like, so AI learns your standards, your voice and what your people already do well.
03 The possibility
Dream
Imagine what could be new, better or different. Your team chooses what to try first, each with an owner and protected hours for the new work.
04 The conditions
Design
Set up the new hire's workstation and train the people beside it. Projects, shared instructions, skills, scheduled tasks and team learning, all built around how your work really happens.
05 The review
Deliver
Hold the 90 day review. Check the quality of the work, increased workflow sophistication, whether freed hours went where you said they would, and what to expand, change or stop.
The foundation beneath every step
Responsible use
An AI use policy and governance structure go live before anything is switched on. They cover ethics, safety, security and data privacy, and are reviewed at every 90 day check.
Care and clarity. Revisit every 90 days.
The outcome we protect
Human capacity for strategic work
Plainwright / strategy + systems for work that matters. Human judgment stays in the room.
AI Adoption Diagnostic
A limited-term, paid engagement: a focused working session and a written roadmap for how your team can adopt AI well. Your fee is credited toward any future engagement. For enterprise teams, the diagnostic adds conversations with your key stakeholders.
What you get, step by step
- 1
Assess
We look at the tools your team already has and the work that keeps getting redone.
You get: A short assessment of where AI helps and where it does not
- 2
Onboard
We give the tools your context: brand, standards and examples of good work.
You get: Shared instructions, templates and examples
- 3
Train
Hands-on workshops built on your team's real tasks.
You get: Workshops for leaders and teams
- 4
Govern
Clear rules on what goes in, who checks the output and how it is disclosed.
You get: A written AI policy and governance plan
- 5
Sustain
Follow-up support as habits form.
You get: An AI transformation plan and adoption check-ins
Outcomes and what you receive
- Teams producing work in their own voice
- A written AI policy and governance plan
- Shared instructions and templates built from real work
- Adoption check-ins at 90 days
Included: Leadership and team workshops, AI transformation plan, Policy and governance, Skills and learning programs, Adoption support after launch.
How we work
Responsible AI practice
Our plans follow the NIST AI Risk Management Framework alongside our AI Adoption Method.
People first
Training is built on your team’s real tasks, with clear standards for what good looks like.
Questions and answers
- What is AI adoption consulting?
- AI adoption consulting helps an organization put AI tools to work well: choosing the right tasks, giving the tools context and standards, training people on their real work, and setting policy for safe and responsible use. Plainwright's AI adoption consulting is built for teams that are not technical specialists.
- How long does AI adoption take?
- A focused diagnostic and roadmap takes weeks, not months. Plainwright then trains and supports the team as new habits form, with a formal review at 90 days.
- Does Plainwright train our team or do the work for us?
- Both, in that order of importance. Plainwright sets up the tools and context with you, then trains your team to run them, so the capability stays inside your organization.
Let’s build what’s next.
Book a 30 minute call with our team for a conversation about what’s possible.