For leaders, teams & L&D

Practical AI training that changes how your teams work.

Learn to use AI responsibly, experiment with real business workflows, and build lasting AI capability.

Led by an AI educator and strategic adviser with 8+ years of experience building production AI systems and working with 100+ organisations.

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Lena leading a hands-on corporate AI workshop at Textkernel

Role-based learning
Hands-on experimentation
Responsible AI adoption

How we can work together

AI training for leaders and departments.

Strategic AI Leadership

For leadership · Lectures and hands-on workshops

Identify AI opportunities, assess value, and lead adoption

Help managers turn AI awareness into informed decisions. Through practical examples and exercises based on their own departments, participants identify valuable opportunities, prioritise initiatives, assess risks, and prepare to lead AI adoption within their teams.

What we cover:

AI business use cases: what’s possible and where the limits are
Process audits to identify valuable automation opportunities
ROI prioritisation: expected impact, effort, and business value
Risk assessment and mitigation before implementation

Outcome:

Leaders equipped to identify high-value AI opportunities, assess their business case and risks, and make informed decisions about adoption.

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Department-Based AI Training

For departments and business functions · Hands-on programme

Rethink how your entire department works with AI

Move beyond isolated AI tools and automations. I work with your team to examine how an entire business function operates, from individual tasks to connected workflows, handoffs, and decisions, and identify where AI can make the biggest difference.

Through hands-on workshops, guided experimentation, and practical redesign, your team develops a clearer vision of how work could be done differently, along with the skills to start making it happen.

What we cover:

Mapping end-to-end workflows across people, processes, and tools
Redesigning connected workflows with AI, beyond individual task automation
Hands-on experimentation with your department’s use cases
Building a prioritised roadmap for AI adoption

Outcome:

A shared understanding of how AI can improve your function, a prioritised roadmap of opportunities, and a team equipped to start putting those changes into practice.

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Formats

Workshop formats

Option 1

Interactive workshop

1–2 hours

Select from my existing content library or choose a custom-made session for your team.

What’s included

A lecture customised for your team
Hands-on exercises based on your use cases
Q&A
Slide deck
Resource list

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Option 2

One-day intensive

One day

In-depth, hands-on training tailored to your company’s needs, with a mix of theory and practical work.

Choose this if you want to

Prepare to launch a new AI project with a solid foundation in best practices for developing AI products
Learn the AI theory and brainstorm the implementation together
Leave with a clear, shared plan shaped as a group

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Option 3

Multi-day deep dive

Multiple days

Multi-day training and consulting: deep theory, hands-on practice, homework, and real-world assignments.

Best suited for

The same goals as the One-Day Intensive, with time to cover more topics and build a stronger foundation
Bigger, long-term projects
More hands-on support while building internal capability
Teams that benefit from step-by-step guidance, practice, and feedback before moving forward

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Workshop content is tailored to your industry, your tools, and your teams' AI maturity level. Available in person across the Netherlands and Europe, and virtually worldwide.

Company-wide programmes

From AI literacy to everyday practice.

A coordinated learning programme built with your L&D team, helping departments develop the skills to adopt AI responsibly and rethink how they work.

Small-group work during a full-day corporate AI training

Role-based learning journeys

Learning paths tailored to departments, skill levels, and business goals.

Lectures & hands-on workshops

Practical sessions led by me and selected experts, using real organisational challenges.

AI hackathons

Collaborative experiments where teams prototype solutions and explore better workflows.

Ongoing practice & support

Guided sessions to apply learning, get feedback, and build confidence.

Programmes are tailored to your organisation. These are possible components, not a fixed package.

How we work together

How I design your training programme

Every programme is tailored to your organisation, your team's experience, and your business goals. Here's how we work together.

Understand your training needs

We discuss your goals, participants' roles, current AI skills, and the tasks and workflows you want to improve.

Develop the curriculum

I create a custom curriculum with relevant topics, practical exercises, and examples from your organisation. For larger programmes, I work with your L&D team and involve guest experts where needed.

Deliver hands-on training

I lead interactive workshops where participants learn AI concepts, practise with tools, and apply what they learn to their everyday work.

Evaluate training results

We collect participant feedback, assess what they've learned, and recommend next steps for continued training and responsible AI adoption.

Your trainer

Technical depth. Practical teaching. Responsible adoption.

I'm Lena Shakurova, an AI educator, practitioner, and strategic adviser. After eight years building and evaluating real AI systems, I know the difference between a compelling demo and something people can rely on.

I bring that experience into corporate classrooms and leadership workshops, helping teams ask better questions, run useful experiments, and develop the judgment to use AI responsibly.

“Lena joined us as invited expert for Management Week 2026, our annual offline event for around 80 managers across Joom. She built the entire program with us, curriculum, external speakers, a two-week online pre-course, then led the three-day workshop in Lisbon herself. She listened closely to our context and designed a training program from scratch around Joom’s specific goals and challenges, in a very short timeframe. Her expertise and energy truly impressed us. Managers grew on all three skills we measured. Highly recommend!”

Anna Korshunova

Learning & Development at Joom

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FAQ

Common questions from L&D teams

Who is the training for?

Leaders, departments, and cross-functional teams, with L&D and People teams as partners for company-wide programmes. The content and depth are tailored to participants' roles and experience.

Do you deliver in-company AI training?

Yes. I'm based in Amsterdam and deliver training on-site across the Netherlands and Europe, and virtually worldwide. Sessions are tailored to your organisation's tools, tasks, and workflows.

How does pricing work?

Pricing depends on the format, group size, and scope. Tell me about your training needs and I'll follow up with a proposal.

How far in advance should we book?

I'm usually booked about 3 months in advance. For company-wide programmes, reach out a quarter ahead so we can plan together.

Let's build an AI learning experience that fits your team.

Tell me who you're training, what challenges you're facing, and what you'd like people to do differently after the programme.

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A team mid-exercise during an in-company AI workshop