Online event
Building Internal AI Capability: Skills, Teams & Culture for Long-Term Success
Wednesday 12 November at 2:00PM
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AI success goes beyond tech—Dr Kampakis reveals how to build the skills, teams, and culture needed to scale AI from pilot to enterprise impact.
What you’ll learn
- Conduct a skills-gap audit and craft a targeted AI upskilling strategy
- Choose the right organisational model (CoE vs. embedded) for your AI maturity level
- Embed governance and change-management practices that nurture an AI-literate culture
Description
AI success is not just about algorithms; it’s about people, processes, and culture. In this webinar, Dr Kampakis outlines how organisations can develop the talent and mindset required to sustain AI initiatives beyond the pilot stage. We start with a skills-gap analysis template covering data engineering, model governance, and domain expertise. Stelios then compares three resourcing models (centralised Centre of Excellence, embedded product squads, and hybrid approaches) highlighting when each works best. You’ll explore practical upskilling paths, from nano-degrees to internal “AI champions” programmes, and learn how to foster a data-driven culture that rewards experimentation but manages risk. The session concludes with a playbook for measuring competency growth and linking it to business outcomes.
Speakers
Dr Stylianos Kampakis
CEO & Chief Data Scientist, Tesseract Academy
Stylianos (Stelios) Kampakis, PhD, has spent 12+ years helping SMEs and multinationals unlock value with data science and AI. He is the author of “The Decision Maker’s Handbook to Data Science,” a mentor at University College London, and a frequent keynote speaker at industry events worldwide.