What Most Companies Get Wrong About AI Training


AI is already at work inside your company.
It might be summarizing emails.
It might be generating draft content.
It might even be rewriting sales decks behind the scenes.

And you might not even know it’s happening.

That’s not a hypothetical. It’s the reality of today’s AI-enabled workplace. Employees are experimenting with tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and others — often without formal guidance, training, or approval. They’re doing it to get work done faster. To think through problems. To remove friction. And they’re not wrong for doing it.

The real risk isn’t that they’re using AI.
It’s that they’re using it without your help.

Shadow AI is the new shadow IT

We’ve seen this before. When cloud storage became easy, employees started saving work to Dropbox or Google Drive. IT teams scrambled to catch up. That’s how shadow IT was born — employees bypassing official tools to get the job done.

Now we’re seeing the same thing with AI.
It’s fast. It’s powerful. And it’s not being rolled out — it’s being discovered.

This time, the stakes are higher. Because it’s not just where files are stored. It’s how decisions are being influenced. How messages are being written. How data is being interpreted.

The answer isn’t more rules. It’s better onboarding.

Most teams don’t need to be stopped.
They need to be guided.

That’s what Training Teams to Use AI (Without Losing Control) is built for.

This book gives leaders a framework to introduce AI in a smart, safe, empowering way. It doesn’t require a six-week course or an enterprise overhaul. Just a plan, some structure, and a few powerful tools to make it stick.

Here’s what it covers:

  •  How to spot and support shadow AI use inside your company
  •  A 60-minute onboarding brief you can run with any department
  •  Role-based prompt playbooks for sales, support, marketing, and more
  •  Templates for prompt sharing, self-reporting, and lightweight governance
  •  A culture-first approach to ethical use, compliance, and creative freedom
  •  Bonus systems to help teams learn from each other’s wins and failures

This guide was written for real-world teams doing real work.
No hype. No jargon. Just smart enablement.

Who it’s for

If you lead a team, manage a department, or shape technology policy, this book is for you.
If your staff has been asking, “Can I use AI for this?” — this is your answer.
If you want your company to stay competitive without spinning out of control, this gives you a plan.

The companies that thrive with AI won’t be the ones that control it. They’ll be the ones that train for it.

You can grab Training Teams to Use AI (Without Losing Control) right now for a limited-time launch price on Payhip.

👉 Buy the book here

And if you’re still on the fence, feel free to reach out for a sample chapter or team rollout ideas.

You don’t need to know everything about AI to lead it well. You just need to start with your team.

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