Where we’d start
The why
You don’t fall behind by moving slowly.
You fall behind by paying for AI no one agreed how to use.
Most companies now pay for AI. How much are you actually getting back? Teams are split on using it: a few people race ahead, others opt out. And no one is sure what sensitive information is going into it. Leaders see the bill, but not the payoff.
Only one in eight CEOs (12%) say AI has delivered both cost and revenue benefits. 33% report gains in either cost or revenue, while 56% say they have seen no significant financial benefit to date.
PwC 29th Global CEO Survey, 2026 (4,454 CEOs)57%
of employees hide their AI use and present AI work as their own.
University of Melbourne and KPMG, 202583%
of leaders say psychological safety affects the success of AI initiatives.
MIT Technology Review Insights and Infosys, 2025The fix starts with getting everyone on the same page. See how we work
The speed of trust
“Trust always affects two measurable outcomes: speed and cost. Where trust is low, everything takes longer and costs more.”Stephen M.R. Covey, author of The Speed of Trust
Low-trust tax
Everything takes longer and costs more.
High-trust dividend
Everything happens faster and costs less.
The tools arrive
before the
conversation.
Most companies roll out new AI tools, but never talk with their teams about how, when and where to use them. That’s where rollouts stall.
It’s rare that people connect AI to the real work.
Leaders ask for adoption, but no one asks how people feel about it.
Rules are written for people, not with them.
So people nod along, then do their own thing.
Training only covers the features.
People learn what the tool does, not when to trust it or how to keep their own voice.
It’s treated as a one-time event.
One training session, then back to work. Most skeptics don’t share their concerns.
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Make it safe to say what you really think.
The AI Team Alignment Workshop is team facilitation, not tool training. We work with your humans and the everyday AI products your team already uses.
- 01Before
Ask first
Everyone answers a few quick questions, so we know how the team feels.
A team pulseHow are you using AI?What would help?What worries you?Ask.
Listen. - 02The workshop
Make it safe
Short exercises build trust, so everyone is heard.
Curiosity belongs here.So does doubt. - 03The workshop
Hopes and fears
What people hope AI could do for them, and what they fear.
Hopes.
More room for useful work.
Fears.
Quality. Trust. Our jobs.
- 04The workshop
Write the rules
The team decides together how it will use AI.
Our AI Team AgreementPrivacyApproved tools. Fitting data.Human reviewCheck before it goes out.AccountabilityA person owns the work.ExperimentationTry. Share. Learn. - 05The workshop
Pick a first try
One small AI project, with clear owners.
One first tryOwnerA named personReviewA date to compare notes - 06After
Check back
A few weeks later: what worked, and what to try next.
1What worked?2What got in the way?3What do we try next?
What your team walks away with
A clear picture
What’s working, what worries people, and where the opportunities are.
An AI Team Agreement
Privacy, human review, accountability and experimentation, written by the team.
One project to try
Hands-on practice on real work, with an owner and a date to compare notes.
How you’ll know it worked
Before
A short pulse survey, and an agreed picture of success.
Right after
The same survey again, before and after side by side.
A few weeks later
We review the first try together and plan what’s next.
One good afternoon and a plate of cookies won’t change habits on their own. That’s why we check back.
Work with us
Align together.
Make it stick.
We recommend starting with the workshop, then eight weeks of practice so the new habits stick.
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AI Team Alignment Workshop
We make it safe, hear hopes and fears, write the rules and pick a first try. Your team leaves with its own AI Team Agreement.
- Length
- Half or full day
- Where
- In person or online
- With
- Two facilitators
Make it stick
Practice Series
Four live sessions where your team practices AI on real work. Between sessions, we work with a few team champions.
- Length
- 8 weeks
- Rhythm
- Four 90-minute sessions, every two weeks
- With
- Your team champions
Who it’s for
Suggested start
Leadership team
Get aligned on vision and guardrails first, so you lead the conversation. You agree what AI should do for the business, what’s off limits, and how you’ll talk about it with everyone else.
Managers and team leads
The people in the middle, asked to roll out AI without a map. They leave with a shared language, a way to hear their team’s worries, and rules they can stand behind.
The whole team
Full staff, or one department as a pilot. Everyone has a say in the rules, so early adopters and skeptics end up working from the same agreement.
Not sure which format fits your team? We’ll help you choose.
Book a 20-minute callIn practice Greenprint Partners
How one team agreed
on how to use AI.
A mission-driven green infrastructure consultancy turned a real split on AI into shared decisions the whole team could stand behind.
Every voice heard
All 20 staff shared their hopes, concerns and experience with AI.
Ground rules, together
A leadership session and a retreat designed for staff to shape the policy themselves.
Explore + guard
Two champions on each team: one looking for good uses, one watching for risks.
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“With his guidance, we were able to make intentional, mission-aligned decisions about how we use AI, together, and with integrity.”
April MendezCEO, Greenprint PartnersAbout us
Your Transformation Team
Leif Hansen
AI strategist, facilitator, coach and author of Digital Mystics
Leif has spent two decades where technology meets human potential. He helps leaders bring AI into their teams in ways people actually believe in.
- AI in practice. Advises leaders on AI adoption, teaches coaches and leaders to use AI on their real work, and builds his own AI tools, including TheFutureLab and the Playformation facilitator studio.
- Ahead of the curve. His “Soul-Tech” workshops on technology and human connection were featured on NBC’s Today Show and PBS a decade before digital well-being was trending.
- Strategic foresight. Trained with the Institute for the Future. Founder of Co-Evolve, a community exploring human and AI futures, and author of Digital Mystics, on relational AI and human flourishing.
- Team facilitation. Nearly 20 years of trainings and keynotes for Sodexo, Microsoft and HubSpot. Creator of Playformation, his method for helping groups think, speak and experiment together, drawing on applied improv, Dynamic Facilitation and executive coaching.
- Values at the center. MA in Spiritual Theology (Regent College), which shapes how he helps teams decide what AI should and shouldn’t do.
Nadja Haldimann
Human Experience Designer. Design strategist and facilitator.
Nadja spent her career designing technology and leading the teams that build it, then coached people one on one. She kept seeing the same thing: someone would grow, then go back to a team that hadn’t. Now she works with whole teams, so everyone learns to use AI together.
- Design thinking and strategy. 25 years designing products and leading design teams, at Microsoft, her own agency and as a consultant.
- Emerging tech. Always early, from Microsoft’s “Office of the Future” vision to Mozilla’s virtual reality browser. Early work in AI, AR and voice interfaces. Today, UX consulting for AI startups.
- Startups to Fortune 500. Built design teams and the culture around them for clients of every size.
- Leadership teams. Guides leaders through direction, alignment and creative problem solving.
- The human side. Host of The WakeUp Protocol podcast, 30+ episodes on being fully human in a fast-changing world.
Grounded inPsychological safety, Liberating Structures, Appreciative Inquiry, and team charters and working agreements.
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Book a 20-minute callHis heart-centered approach is both refreshing and inspiring.
Kate MaloneyCEO, SleepEasyThe most fun, interactive training program I have ever been involved with.
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Do we need to be AI experts?
No. We adapt the session to your team’s experience and work with approved tools and fitting examples. Enthusiasts, skeptics and people still figuring it out all belong in the conversation.
How do you make it relevant to our work?
We start with a sponsor conversation and a short questionnaire about current use, concerns and priorities. Together we choose the focus, examples, length and what your team should take home.
Can we do this online or in person?
Either. We agree the schedule, tools and any accessibility needs together.
How will we know it helped?
We agree what success looks like, run a short survey before and after, and review your team’s first try a few weeks later.
What does it cost?
Fees depend on team size, format and location. Tell us about your team and we’ll send a proposal with the preparation, sessions, follow-up and fees spelled out. We’re offering founding-client rates to a small number of teams this quarter.
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