AI Workshop FAQ
How long is an AI workshop?
Quick answer
AI workshops typically range from a two-hour awareness briefing to a full-day productivity programme. A board AI briefing is typically two to three hours — long enough to cover governance obligations and risk assessment, short enough to respect directors’ time. A leadership team AI productivity workshop is typically a half-day or full day, allowing time for personalised analysis and implementation planning. Longer formats work better for groups that need to move from awareness to action; shorter formats work for governance briefings that need to inform rather than transform.
Matching format length to objective and audience
The decision about workshop length should be driven by the objective, not by availability or preference. A board AI briefing has a clear, bounded objective: equip directors with the knowledge they need to govern AI — understanding obligations, risk categories, and the questions to ask management. This objective can be achieved in two to three hours with a well-designed programme. Extending it to a full day does not improve the outcome; it risks losing the attention of a board that has been asked to engage with material beyond what they need. A leadership team AI productivity workshop has a different and broader objective: understand each participant’s actual work patterns, identify AI applications for each, and produce a written implementation plan. This requires time for individual analysis, group discussion, and plan development — which is why a half-day minimum is necessary and a full day produces better plans.
What Acuity’s workshops look like
Acuity AI Advisory’s AI productivity workshop for leadership teams is a half-day or full-day facilitated session with pre-work. Participants complete a structured diagnostic before the session — mapping their role, responsibilities, and current work patterns — so that workshop time is spent on analysis and planning rather than information gathering. The session covers AI fundamentals in context, personalised use case identification for each participant, governance considerations specific to the organisation, and production of individual Cognitive Operating Plans. Acuity’s board AI briefing is a two to three-hour session delivered in the format that works for board meetings: structured, evidence-based, and with clear governance takeaways. Both formats produce written outputs that participants take away.
Acuity AI Advisory’s AI productivity workshop is a half-day or full-day programme with personalised outputs for each participant. See our AI productivity workshop.