Your First Week with AI: A Business Starter Guide

What you’ll explore

• Describe in plain language what generative AI can and can't reliably do, and explain why hallucinations happen and how to catch them before they cause a real problem
• Choose a starting AI tool — ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini — suited to their own role, and apply the Task + Context + Format prompt formula to get a genuinely useful result on the first or second try
• Apply the data safety rule to keep confidential and client-identifying information out of public AI tools
• Use AI confidently across five realistic business days — written communication, research and summaries, meetings and follow-up, planning and task organisation, and their own biggest time drain
• Build a specific, accountable Week-One AI Plan using habit stacking and a named accountability partner, rather than a vague intention to 'use AI more'
• Demonstrate reduced anxiety and increased confidence around everyday AI use, grounded in hands-on experience rather than reassurance alone

Who it’s for

Business professionals who are completely new to AI and want a structured, low-pressure introduction rather than figuring it out alone Anyone who has felt some anxiety or reluctance about using AI at work, including those who have avoided it entirely so far Managers and team leads who want their own team to adopt AI safely and confidently, and are starting with themselves first