Building AI skills through in-person training workshops
Building AI skills through in-person training workshops
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/06/ai-skills-scale-people-in-the-loop/
Publish Date: 2026-06-11 03:00:00
Source Domain: www.weforum.org
- Confidence as a Key Barrier: Participants in AI workshops experience a confidence gap, regardless of their experience, which limits their use of AI despite access to platforms and tools.
- Measurable Skills Improvement: Workshops have demonstrated a notable increase in participants’ AI-related skills, even in a single session.
- Collaborative Discovery: Group interactions during workshops lead to the identification of unique AI use cases that individuals might not identify alone, highlighting the power of ideation and collaboration.
- High Demand for AI Training: Workshops receive more interest than they can accommodate, indicating a widespread demand for practical AI skills training which senior leadership is eager to participate in.
- Shift from Passive to Active Learning: Workshop participants often become teachers, passing on their learned skills to colleagues, thus fostering an organizational culture of learning and collaboration.
