AI Empowerment Plan Programme

From AI anxiety to a confident human–AI partnership in 4 weeks

The AI Empowerment Series from Stillness Partners is a practical, human-centred programme that helps your employees move from overwhelm and fear
to clarity, confidence, and a concrete plan for working with AI – without losing what makes them uniquely valuable.

The programme is delivered as four short virtual sessions over four weeks, supported by a practical AI Empowerment Workbook. It has already demonstrated strong results in helping employees develop confidence, clarity and practical AI capability.

The challenges facing organisations

AI is moving faster than most humans (and most organisations) can comfortably handle.

These issues might sound familiar:

Unequal AI adoption

A widening gap between people who experiment naturally with AI and those who feel left behind: often your most diligent, risk-aware employees.

Access without integration

Licensing an AI tool doesn’t mean people know how to integrate it into real work or what “good” looks like.

Overwhelm and anxiety

New AI headlines and tools every day can trigger paralysis, confusion, or quiet fear of being replaced.

The misconception that AI is just ‘technical’

Real adoption requires more than skills. It requires mindset, identity work and behavioural change: Who am I in this new world? What is my edge? How do I stay relevant?

The imagination gap

Even motivated people often struggle to picture meaningful, practical ways AI could transform their daily workflows.

The AI Empowerment Series exists to address all of this by meeting people where they actually are.

Our solution: Human–AI partnership, designed for whole humans

The AI Empowerment Series helps individuals:

  • Stay grounded and human while AI accelerates

  • Discover and articulate their unique edge - what they bring that AI cannot replace

  • Learn how AI can extend that edge rather than threaten it

  • Build a realistic, values-aligned AI Empowerment Plan for their role and career

  • Develop the mindset and behaviours needed for long-term confidence and resilience

The programme is built on the principle of Human–AI Partnership: The most valuable skill in the next decade is not using AI for its own sake, but combining human strengths with AI intelligently and sustainably.

What participants walk away with

Confidence and calm: People feel less overwhelmed, more in control and equipped with a clear understanding of the AI landscape.

A defined personal edge: Each participant creates a one-sentence “edge statement” describing the unique value they bring and how they want to be known.

Specific ways AI can extend their value: Using personas and guided prompts, people identify how AI can help them learn faster, think deeper and execute better.

An exponential mindset: They develop resilience, purpose and the ability to imagine possibilities, not just threats.

A personalised AI Empowerment Plan: Each participant leaves with a concise, actionable plan, captured in their workbook, including high-value workflows and SMART goals for the next 90 days.

How the programme works

Typical format

  • Four short virtual sessions delivered over four weeks

  • Practical AI Empowerment Workbook completed throughout the programme

  • Optional “15 minutes a day” experimentation guide

  • Cohorts of up to ~50 participants per run (smaller groups possible)

Customisation options

Programme content is adapted to your:

  • Sector and regulatory environment

  • Internal AI policies and risk appetite

  • Role families (e.g. client teams, operations, leadership, compliance)

  • Strategic priorities around capability, culture, wellbeing and inclusion

Add-ons for deeper impact

  • Small-group clinics to refine individual AI empowerment plans

  • A leader briefing on supporting teams through AI-driven change

  • 3- or 6-month follow-up sessions to sustain momentum

Programme outline

Session 2 — My Edge: How I Stay Irreplacable

Participants learn to:

  • Define their unique edge

  • Use AI tools to articulate that edge through interviews, pattern analysis and feedback

  • Understand how AI can expand their value using six personas

  • Build a “You Experience” across Presence, Practice and Projection

Session 1 - I Am: Staying Human in an AI World

Participants explore:

  • How AI is landing for them emotionally

  • Ways to reduce anxiety and stay centred

  • The human qualities and values they want to bring into the future

Session 3 — My Future: Exponential Mindset, Vision and Purpose

Participants learn to:

  • Understand exponential change and build resilience

  • Clarify their purpose and direction

  • Envision a meaningful, future-fit career in an AI-rich world

Session 4 — My Work: Workflows, Experiments and SMART Goals

Participants will:

  • Apply the Automate + Augment + Attend workflow framework

  • Overcome the imagination gap

  • Set 90-day SMART goals to begin real-world experimentation

  • Set out on 12 days of experimentation

Who it’s for

  • Knowledge workers in large, complex organisations

  • Teams with access to AI tools but uneven adoption

  • Organisations prioritising wellbeing, inclusion and culture

  • Leaders who want people to feel empowered, not replaced

  • Functions such as financial services, consulting, tech, HR, risk, operations

Why Stillness Partners?

We help organisations build happy human systems for an AI world.

We bring together deep expertise in:

  • Organisational culture, leadership and change

  • Coaching, facilitation and narrative development

  • Hands-on, daily AI practice in real roles and real organisations

Our approach is calm, practical and grounded.
No hype. No fear. Just clarity, capability and human connection.