Insights gathered at the “How AI is Shaping 2025 and Beyond” panel hosted by the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute and sponsored by AI Revolution Labs and Deseret News during Utah Tech Week.
1. Create a safe space for employees to explore AI tools.
- Set up internal versions of tools like ChatGPT
- Give AI tools friendly, non-threatening branding
- Make it clear the tool is meant to help, not replace workers
2. Incorporate AI directly into existing workflows.
- Avoid requiring separate chat interfaces
- Build AI capabilities into current systems
- Focus on where employees already work
3. Establish sharing mechanisms for success stories.
- Create a dedicated channel in Slack
- Encourage employees to share discoveries
- Let peers demonstrate practical applications
4. Focus on quality-of-life improvements.
- Show how AI reduces workload
- Demonstrate time savings
- Emphasize making work easier, not replacement
5. Build flexible training programs.
- Avoid making AI feel like “another thing”
- Show how it helps with existing work
- Allow for self-paced exploration
- Educate teams on seven categories of AI usage: summarization, explanation, retrieval, transformation, creation, ideation and transformation
