AI in Practice
Introduction
About Us
Meet the team behind WAAT AI Labs — experienced AI practitioners who have delivered enterprise solutions across industries and geographies.
15+ yrs in enterprise software & AI. Implementations for 20+ organisations incl. SMA Solar and WHO.
8+ yrs in enterprise AI & venture building. Turns ideas into scalable use cases. Worked with NBT.
WAAT is a software and AI consultancy founded 16+ years ago in London, serving enterprise and public sector customers across Europe.
WAAT AI Labs is our specialised AI team. We guide companies from first AI exploration through to production-ready solutions — with a structured, proven methodology.
We've delivered for 60+ customers including Audi, Deloitte Digital, SMA Solar, Swiss Re, Roche & Novartis — across the UK, Switzerland, Germany & Poland.
Workshop Overview
A structured, 1-hour session designed for management teams and decision-makers. No technical background required.
WORKSHOP BUILDING BLOCKS
AI Overview
A jargon-free look at what generative AI can do today — with live demos, hands-on tool exploration, and a practical feel for where the technology stands.
From ChatGPT & Claude to Copilot and beyond
What AI can't do (yet) and key risks to watch
Reports, presentations, spreadsheets, document summaries & automations
Anthropic's frontier AI assistant — reasoning, writing & analysis
AI-powered coding agent — build software with natural language
OpenAI's cloud-based coding agent for autonomous software tasks
Open-source AI coding agent — transparent, extensible & powerful
Prompting & Interaction
The quality of AI output depends on how you communicate with it. Learn proven prompting techniques and practice them with real examples relevant to your work.
TOPICS- Prompting fundamentals — structure, context, and specificity
- Hands-on exercises with ChatGPT, Claude & other tools
- Common mistakes and how to troubleshoot poor outputs
- Building reusable prompt templates for your daily tasks
- AI skills — saved recipes that turn complex tasks into one-click automations
AI Skills
Think of skills as saved recipes — you describe a complex task once, and AI repeats it perfectly every time.
Extract decisions, action items, and owners from any meeting
Generate a polished PDF proposal from a short brief
Pull updates from tools and write a leadership summary
You can create skills for any repeatable task in your business.
Excel file → Financial dashboard
Upload a spreadsheet with raw financial data, and AI generates a polished interactive dashboard in seconds.
AI Use Cases
Now it's your turn. Using AI as a brainstorming partner, we'll identify concrete opportunities where AI can create value in your specific business context.
TOPICS- AI-assisted brainstorming with your business context as input
- Mapping AI capabilities to your actual pain points
- Industry-specific examples to spark new ideas
- Quick wins vs. strategic initiatives — sorting by effort & impact
- Building your initial use case backlog together
Prioritization Framework
Each AI use case is scored across 6 dimensions (1–5 scale) to objectively prioritize your backlog.
