AI Training & Change Management Specialist
Laura Gates, PhD
Combining academic rigour, technical understanding and 20+ years of stakeholder management to help organisations successfully adopt AI
I provide these services as a specialist partner to consultancies or directly to organisations:
AI Training Programme Design: Evidence-based training curricula that help organisations actually adopt AI tools, not just deploy them. Includes training tailored to different roles and experience levels, clear skill targets and success metrics.
Change Management for AI Implementation: Stakeholder coordination and transition planning that addresses the human challenges of meaningful AI adoption, from executive buy-in to frontline user engagement.
AI Governance and Ethics Implementation: Navigation of governance and ethics frameworks in the context of rapidly changing AI technology, using research-backed training strategies and stakeholder coordination to build robust institutional capacity for adaptive responsible decision-making.
Why partner with me
I bring dual expertise as an academic researcher with 20+ years designing training programmes and managing complex research projects, combined with software engineering experience building AI systems.
This rare combination enables me to bridge the gap undermining most AI implementations: the disconnect between technical capabilities and human adoption. I understand what AI technology can actually do alongside how to design training and change management strategies that work.
I specialise in the challenge that determines AI project success: getting organisations to successfully adopt AI tools rather than just deploy them.
Need expertise in AI training and change management? Let’s discuss how we might work together: