Generative AI for Business Innovation Workshop

Duration

1 Day

Delivery Time

9:00am – 4:00pm

CPD Learning Time

6 structured hours

Format

Theory, discussion, activities & reflection

Purpose of the Program

This intensive one-day CPD workshop provides a practical, business-focused pathway from understanding Generative AI to identifying opportunities, managing risk, assessing organisational readiness, developing strategy, implementing a pilot and preparing for responsible scaling. Participants apply each concept to a real business, workplace, organisation or entrepreneurial context.

Principal reference: Generative AI for Business Innovation: A Practical Guide for Leadership to Realize Business Value with Generative AI (Brajesh De, Apress / Springer Nature, 2026).

Learning Outcomes

Explain Generative AI, foundation models, large language models and major content-generation modalities in a business context.
Identify practical Generative AI opportunities that can improve productivity, communication, innovation, customer service and decision support.
Recognise hallucination, bias, privacy, cybersecurity, intellectual property, copyright and ethical risks and apply responsible AI controls.
Assess organisational AI readiness across strategy, data, technology, people, governance and finance.
Develop a practical Generative AI pilot with appropriate data, human oversight, risk controls and measurable KPIs.
Prepare a 90-day AI transformation roadmap covering implementation, evaluation, governance and scaling.

Who This Workshop Is For

Business owners, SME leaders, managers, entrepreneurs, professionals, educators, consultants and team leaders who want a practical introduction to Generative AI for business.

Completion Evidence

Full attendance and participation in guided practical activities.
Completion of the AI readiness scorecard, Generative AI pilot proposal and 90-day transformation roadmap.
Completion of the end-of-program reflection and identification of immediate implementation priorities.

Full Day Schedule

Detailed One-Day Agenda

Time	Session / Focus Area	Core Content	Applied Activity / Output
9:00 – 10:00	Understanding Generative AI and Its Business Potential	AI, machine learning and Generative AI; traditional AI vs Generative AI; foundation models and LLMs; prompts; text, image, audio, video, code and 3D modalities; business benefits.	"Where Can AI Help My Business?" — identify repetitive tasks, information-intensive tasks and one potential AI-driven innovation.
10:00 – 11:00	Generative AI for Business Productivity and Innovation	AI as a business copilot; emails, reports, research, marketing, social media, customer communication, sales, HR, training, business planning and product development.	"AI Productivity Challenge" — build a structured prompt using Role + Context + Task + Audience + Requirements + Format; evaluate quality and time saved.
11:00 – 11:15 · Morning Break
11:15 – 12:15	Industry Applications, Risks and Responsible AI	Industry use cases; hallucinations, bias, privacy, cybersecurity, intellectual property, copyright and ethics; accuracy, transparency, human oversight and accountability.	"Would You Approve This AI System?" — complete an AI risk/benefit assessment, recommend controls and present a short management decision.
12:15 – 1:15	Assessing AI Readiness and Building an AI Strategy	Business alignment, data, technology, people, governance and financial readiness; implementation cost, expected savings, ROI, use-case selection and prioritisation.	"Is My Organisation Ready for AI?" — complete the 50-point readiness scorecard, identify gaps and recommend three actions.
1:15 – 2:00 · Lunch Break
2:00 – 3:00	Implementing Generative AI in the Organisation	Buy, build or adapt decisions; model selection; prompt engineering; RAG; organisational data; infrastructure; data governance; security; AI team and human review.	"Design Your First Generative AI Pilot" — define the problem, AI solution, users, data, human-in-the-loop controls, risks, duration and KPIs.
3:00 – 4:00	Scaling AI, Future Trends and Business Action Plan	Pilot-to-production pathway; governance, security, compliance, culture, upskilling, change management and performance; Agentic AI, multimodal AI and specialised models.	"Build My 90-Day AI Transformation Roadmap" — prepare 30/60/90-day actions and a short transformation pitch.

Learning Methodology

Facilitated concept delivery is combined with live demonstrations, guided discussion, workplace examples, structured prompting, risk/benefit assessment, AI-readiness scoring, pilot design and 90-day action planning. The design is business-focused and implementation-oriented, with participants progressively converting workshop concepts into practical outputs for their own organisation or business.

What You'll Take Away

A completed AI readiness scorecard, a Generative AI pilot proposal and a 90-day transformation roadmap — plus a CPD Certificate of Completion.