L&D/HR Leaders  ·  Live Webinar

The AI Capability Illusion: What testing 1,000 UK workers revealed about their AI skills

Wednesday, 21 October 2026, 11:00 AM (UK)


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What You'll Learn

1. The Confidence vs. Capability Gap: Why heavy AI adoption and frequent usage do not translate into actual capability
2. The Core Risk Profile: Why judgement is so important, and which people in an organisation are taking this biggest risks
3. The Policy & Sector Illusions: How writing an AI policy isn't stopping bad behaviour, and why sectors like IT are shockingly overconfident and underperforming.
4. The Generational Divide: The data proves that younger workers (Gen Z and Millennials) are no more capable than Gen X but significantly more reckless.

What You'll Gain

What you take away from the call:
1. A clear diagnostic framework to identify overconfidence and hidden operational risks before they cause damage.
2. An executive-ready method for proving real AI capability and return on investment to your C-suite. 
3. A first look at how the AI Confidence Method replaces standard course tracking with verified skill benchmarks.

Who Should Attend

This live session is designed for:
1. L&D, People, and HR Directors who need to show leadership real capability metrics rather than attendance logs.
2. Risk, Governance, and Security Leads concerned about data safety and unverified AI outputs.
3. Transformation Leaders looking for a reliable way to audit and level up AI execution across teams.

Save Your Spot

Wednesday, 21 October 2026, 11:00 AM (UK)
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Can't make it live? Register anyway, and we'll send the recording

Your Hosts

James Wann, Director of AI, Systems and Innovation at Assemble You. James helps organisations navigate the intersection of workplace tech, safe adoption, and practical AI implementation at scale.
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‍Richard Ward, Co-Founder of Assemble You. Richard works alongside executive teams to tackle operational risk, establish clear capability benchmarks, and turn AI policy into daily workplace practice.

Adam Lacey, Co-Founder of Assemble You and host of The Assembly podcast. Adam focuses on modern learning design and building workplace capability frameworks that people actually engage with

Yours to Keep and Use:
Practical Benchmarking, Not Theory

We are skipping generic slides and diving straight into the practical mechanics of workforce AI performance.

During the webinar, we will walk through real scenarios from our UK-wide workforce benchmark. You will see exactly how confidence and capability diverge across different seniority levels and roles, and you will get the tools to run the exact same baseline check with your own teams in just 10 minutes.

How to Turn Adoption Into Actual Capability

You cannot fix AI risk simply by issuing more software licences or pushing generic e-learning modules. Real capability requires a different approach:

Benchmark real execution over claimed confidence.
Target the hidden habits that lead to data leaks and poor output quality.
Tailor capability building to specific job roles rather than generic prompting tips.
Track demonstrated judgement so you can report genuine business impact to the board.

If you are ready to look beyond usage stats and get a clear picture of your workforce AI skills, this session is for you.

Reserve Your Seat

Wednesday, 21 October 2026, 11:00 AM (UK).

Can't make it live? Register anyway, and we'll send the recording.