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Change management

Get your teams to adopt AI

Change management supports people, not just tools: explaining why, training, addressing concerns and embedding new ways of working. That is what turns an installed AI tool into real, everyday use.

Updated October 11, 2026

Illustration: a facilitator draws a diagram on a flip chart in front of colleagues during an AI adoption workshop

The reality

AI is already here: the challenge is to organize it

78%

of AI users bring their own AI tools to work: your teams are not waiting for the company to decide.

Source: Microsoft and LinkedIn, Work Trend Index 2024

36%

of employees feel sufficiently trained to use AI.

Source: BCG, AI at Work 2025

58%

of Tunisian companies cite resistance to change as a barrier to digital innovation.

Source: ITCEQ, May 2026 (via WMC/TAP)

Where success is decided

Technology is only a small part of the effort

BCG sums up its experience in a rule of thumb known as "10-20-70": most of the effort to succeed with AI at scale goes into people and processes.

  • 10%: Algorithms
  • 20%: Technology and data
  • 70%: People, processes, ways of working

Companies that get the most value from AI are nearly three times more likely to fundamentally redesign the way they work.

Source: McKinsey, The state of AI 2025

What about you? Start by assessing where you stand before choosing your levers.

Assess my AI maturity

The 10-20-70 rule is a BCG heuristic, not a measurement. BCG

Diagnose the blockers

Five questions to find where things get stuck

The ADKAR model (Prosci) breaks individual adoption down into five elements. When an AI rollout stalls, one of them is often missing: the fix is to find it, not to push the tool harder.

  1. A

    Awareness

    Why this change?

    If it stalls: Nobody knows why the tool is being rolled out.

  2. D

    Desire

    What's in it for me?

    If it stalls: People fear looking replaceable or losing their job.

  3. K

    Knowledge

    How do I go about it?

    If it stalls: Teams have not been trained on their own use cases.

  4. A

    Ability

    Can I do it day to day?

    If it stalls: No time, no access, no on-the-ground support.

  5. R

    Reinforcement

    How do we avoid sliding back?

    If it stalls: The launch enthusiasm fades and old habits return.

Identify my blockers

ADKAR is a practitioner framework, not proof of effectiveness. Prosci

Leading the organization

Eight steps in three phases

John Kotter's model (Harvard Business Review, 1995) structures change across the whole organization. Skipping a step weakens everything.

Create the climate

  1. 1Create urgency
  2. 2Build a coalition
  3. 3Define the vision

Engage and enable

  1. 4Communicate constantly
  2. 5Remove obstacles
  3. 6Generate quick wins

Embed

  1. 7Consolidate and accelerate
  2. 8Anchor in the culture

Sources: Business Balls · Umbrex.

Who does what

Change driven at every level

LeadershipCarries the vision, appoints an owner and leads by example. Only 25% of frontline employees feel they get enough guidance from their leaders (BCG).
ManagersTranslate the change into the team's daily work, make time for learning and escalate blockers.
Internal champions"AI champions" in each business team showcase concrete use cases and support their colleagues.
TeamsTest, give feedback and co-create usage rules. Their concerns are heard, not ignored.

Source: BCG, AI at Work 2025.

Illustration: a colleague shows a dashboard on her laptop to three coworkers

Addressing concerns

Your teams have legitimate questions

In the BCG survey, 41% of respondents fear their job will disappear within the decade. Ignoring the issue does not make it go away: it shows up as hidden use or silent refusal.

  • Say clearly what AI will do, and what it will not.
  • Train: people with at least 5 hours of training are significantly more likely to be regular users (BCG).
  • Set clear usage rules so everyone knows what is allowed.
Illustration: during a presentation, a participant raises her hand to ask a question

Our approach

Support in five steps

  1. 01

    Diagnose

    Company maturity and team-level blockers.

  2. 02

    Align leadership

    A sponsor, a vision, priority use cases.

  3. 03

    Train

    Role-based learning paths: executives, managers, business teams.

  4. 04

    Roll out by use case

    With internal champions and early, visible wins.

  5. 05

    Measure and embed

    Usage, satisfaction, business results and usage rules.

FAQ

Change management and AI: your questions

What is change management applied to AI?

It means supporting people as they adopt AI: explaining why, training, addressing concerns, involving managers and embedding new ways of working.

Why are AI tools barely used after they are rolled out?

Often because one of the human elements is missing: teams don't understand why, don't want to, don't know how or can't use the tools day to day, or slip back into old habits. The ADKAR model helps pinpoint which one.

What does the 10-20-70 rule mean?

It is a BCG rule of thumb: 10% of the effort goes to algorithms, 20% to technology and data, and 70% to people, processes and ways of working. It is not an exact measurement.

How do you address the fear of losing one's job?

By talking openly about what AI will and will not do, training teams and setting clear usage rules. In the BCG survey, 41% of respondents fear their job will disappear within the decade.

Should everyone be trained the same way?

No. Needs differ between executives, managers and business teams. According to BCG, people with at least five hours of training are significantly more likely to be regular AI users. Our catalog offers learning paths by level.

Where should we start?

With an assessment: your company's maturity level and your teams' blockers. Then a sponsor in leadership, two or three priority use cases and a training plan.

Turn the tool into real use

Let's talk about your teams: we will identify what is holding back adoption and how to fix it.