David McCann
Rupali Babu
Free Lesson

Trust is the Bottleneck

45 min
Oct 29, 2026 8:30 AM

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What you'll learn

Size the opportunity and win project approval

Map one AI-affected workflow, separate work from waiting, and turn the gap into a business case leaders say yes to

Diagnose why people aren’t adopting AI

Pinpoint skill gaps, a motivation problem or the design challenges work environment, and pick the right fix.

Bring peers and leaders with you

Use behavioural science to persuade peers to adopt, co-create and commit the time and resources your pilot needs.

Co-design Responsible AI guardrails

Bring legal, risk and security in early so governance enables adoption instead of stopping it at the last gate.

Lead and support your team through change

Make the leadership calls on ownership, involvement and incentives, and leave with a 90-day plan for your workflow.

Why this topic matters

AI is only worth what people do with it. Yet most rollouts stall: usage fades, governance blocks launches and pilots never scale, so the investment returns little. That’s a leadership problem, not a technical one. When leaders redesign the work with their people, adoption follows. At a UN agency, this approach cut task times by over 70% and all 15 teams adopted. This course teaches the method so you can do the same.

You'll learn from

David McCann

David McCann

Applied Behavioural Science (DBS, HSBC, Scotiabank, SCB, UN, Startup Advisor)

Scotiabank
DBS Bank
HSBC
Food and Agriculture Organization
Rupali Babu

Rupali Babu

Applied behavioural scientist and TEDx speaker on AI and human decisions

ECPAT, Amnesty International,
Amnesty International
ECPAT International
Janagraha
Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
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