What does it take to add an AI employee to your team once the pilot is over? This practical session, with a hands-on segment, moves beyond the hype to show how to introduce and run AI employees in real organisational settings. Drawing on Visagio’s experience delivering AI and advanced analytics projects globally, the session explores what has worked, what has failed, what an AI employee really costs to run, and where governance, data security and intellectual property risks can emerge.
Participants will explore what AI employees can do today, lesser-known tools, and emerging trends. They will then look at the less visible side of AI employees: the factors that determine whether an initiative scales or stalls. They will also hear what was learned along the way by Visagio’s AI unit. At the end, participants will add an AI employee to a real workflow, exploring its setup, token costs, side eHects, failure modes and performance limits.
Objectives
- Build a practical understanding of what it takes to introduce AI employees beyond the pilot
stage. - Examine the diHerence between genuine near-term AI capability and hype.
- Provide a hands-on experience setting up and using an agentic AI tool on a real task.
- Support better-informed decisions about where organisations should invest in AI and where
they should stop or reconsider existing initiatives.
Outcomes
- Quantify the real cost of running AI, including overheads not captured in the business case.
- Recognise common failure points and understand the controls to address them.
- Assess what makes an AI initiative scale rather than stall.
- Make more informed decisions about where to invest next and what to stop doing.
Workshop Information
Limited to 36 participants: 24 industry professionals in leadership roles navigating the use of AI in the workplace, and 12 academics and researchers interested in the application of AI in business
Visagio will provide laptops, licences and workshop materials for the hands-on activities. No prior AI or technical experience is required.