Free Online Workshop

Your Team Is Already Using AI: Is It Paying Off?

You've started. Now make it work, make it safe, and prove it pays.

A practical 90 minute workshop on Google Meet for owners and managers of Irish SMEs. Free to attend.

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What you leave with

Four practical outputs for your business.

Your readiness result

See where your business is ready to use AI and where a gap needs attention across strategy, organisation, data, technology, skills and finance. You leave knowing which constraint to address first, rather than trying to improve everything at once.

Make it work

Use your readiness result to find the low-hanging fruit in your own business. You identify one task that fits your current strengths and has a realistic balance of payoff, effort and risk.

Make it safe

Set the minimum rules a team needs before everyday AI use can be trusted: approved tools, data boundaries, output checking and sign-off for new tools. These four controls are a practical starting point, not a substitute for a complete AI policy.

Prove it pays

Choose one measure linked directly to the task, such as time saved, rework reduced, turnaround improved or cost avoided. That gives you evidence of return on investment instead of relying on general impressions.

Why now

Why structured AI use matters now

2 in 3

Irish SMEs report staff using free or public AI tools at work.

AI use is already shaping work, whether or not the business has chosen where it belongs.

51%

of Irish SMEs run AI with minimal oversight.

A small number of clear checks can reduce avoidable errors, data exposure and inconsistent decisions.

10×

the rate of reported productivity gains where a formal AI policy is in place.

Practical rules do not just manage risk. They give teams the confidence to use AI consistently and measure the result.

Source: Trinity College Dublin and Microsoft Ireland, AI Economy in Ireland 2026.

How the 90 minutes run

Seven focused parts.

  1. Where you are now
    Map how AI is already being used so the session starts from your real situation, not a generic example.
  2. The live readiness check
    Score six areas that determine whether AI can work reliably in your business.
  3. Reading your result
    Identify the strongest foundation to build on and the gap most likely to block progress.
  4. Make it work: pick the task that pays
    Use that result to select one realistic task where better AI use can create visible value.
  5. Make it safe: four ground rules
    Set the minimum controls your team can apply immediately while fuller policies develop.
  6. Prove it pays: one measure
    Choose a measurable outcome so you can compare the promised benefit with what actually happens.
  7. Questions
    Test the approach against your own constraints and leave knowing the next action to take.

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Answer these three questions and I will shape the examples and the discussion around what matters to you.

Where is your business with AI right now?
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Who the workshop is for and what to bring

Who it is for

Owners, MDs and operations leads whose teams have started using AI. No technical knowledge needed.

Where

Online, on Google Meet. The link arrives by email when you book.

Bring

A laptop if you can. A phone works too.

About Eileen Weadick, PhD

Eileen is the founder of Clear Gate Systems, an AI implementation practice in Cork that helps Irish SMEs build AI capability safely, with AI governance and EU AI Act compliance built in from the start. Every engagement is built from interviews with the business's own people, and Clear Gate Systems stays to implement it.

She brings over 20 years of experience in business operations and management, including as managing director of a domestic solar installation company, where she helped build its operations, finance and supply chain systems.

  • PhD in Experimental Physics
  • EU Artificial Intelligence Act Trained Professional (AIActTPro)
  • Professional Diploma in Advanced AI for Business, UCD (Distinction)
  • EY/IGNITE Business Plan Award winner
  • Enterprise Ireland New Frontiers alumna
Read more about Eileen Weadick

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Yes. There is no charge and no obligation.

No. The session is spent working on your own business. At the end you can book a short call about your result if you want one.

Yes. The session is recorded so registered participants can catch up if they miss it or need to leave early. The recording is shared only with registered participants. You will be asked to confirm that you understand this when booking.

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