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From AI resistance to real capability: why your workforce is quietly holding back

See where your workforce really stands with AI, and build capability you can measure and prove to leadership.

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The AI resistance you can't see

You're investing in AI. Training completion looks healthy. But could you tell your leadership team:

  • How many of your people use AI with confidence?
  • How many quietly avoid it?
  • How many use it in ways you can't see?

Most organisations can't. They track completions, not capability. So the gap stays invisible, until it shows up as capability that never builds, or a risk that did not have to happen.

81% of UK workers are reluctant to tell their manager or colleagues that they use AI.

(Cornerstone OnDemand, 2025)

Completion is not capability. You cannot train someone into wanting to use AI.

What you'll learn

The 45-minute agenda:

  1. Why employees quietly resist AI
  2. Why course completion doesn't equal AI capability
  3. What real AI confidence looks like
  4. The AI Capability Gap diagnostic
  5. How to close the gap: practical steps you can take

What you'll gain

What the replay covers:

  • A clear view of why behaviour doesn't change, even when completion and engagement look healthy.
  • A way to talk about AI capability that leadership will take seriously.
  • The AI Capability Gap diagnostic, a personal check on where you really stand with AI. Yours to keep, and to share with your team.

Who it’s for

This session is for you if:

  • You lead L&D, HR or talent development, and leadership is asking for a credible answer on AI capability.
  • You own AI risk or security, and you cannot see what your workforce is actually doing with AI.
  • You have rolled out AI tools, and uptake has quietly gone flat.
Adam Lacey, co-host of The Assembly Podcast, and James Wann, Director of AI, Systems and Innovation

Your hosts

James Wann, Director of AI, Systems and Innovation, Assemble You. He is at the intersection of AI, learning systems and organisational transformation. His work focuses on helping organisations adopt AI responsibly, practically and at scale.

Adam Lacey, co-founder of Assemble You and host of The Assembly podcast. He specialises in modern learning design, workplace capability building, and creating learning experiences people actually engage with.

The AI Capability Gap Diagnostic on a phone: a score of 42 out of 100, up 6 since the baseline

Included with your replay: AI Capability Gap Diagnostic Tool

Your replay access also includes our AI Capability Gap Diagnostic Tool – a short self-assessment that shows how confident and capable you are with AI, and where your biggest gaps are. Use it yourself, then share it with your team so everyone can get their own personalised results.

It's a taster of the Alignment Index, our anonymous workforce-wide assessment for organisations.

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James Wann and Adam Lacey, the webinar's hosts

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