The IA cafés are informal and collaborative meetings organised within an organisation to raise awareness, train and involve employees in the challenges and opportunities associated with artificial intelligence (IA).
These sessions enable employees, whether experts or novices, to discuss AI in a relaxed setting, often accompanied by a coffee, in order to demystify the technology and encourage its adoption in the company's various business lines.
🎯 Objectives of the IA Cafés
- Raising awareness and building a culture of AI 📢
- Introduce employees to the basics of AI (definitions, use cases, impact on the business).
- Deconstructing the myths and fears associated with AI (e.g. automation, job replacement).
- Facilitating the adoption of AI 🚀
- Explain how AI can be integrated into business processes.
- Show concrete examples of the use of AI in the business sector.
- Encouraging innovation and experimentation 🔬
- Stimulate curiosity and encourage employees to try out AI-based solutions.
- Detecting opportunities for improvement thanks to AI and encouraging the emergence of internal projects.
- Creating a space for exchange and sharing 🤝
- Bringing together AI experts, IT teams, business and senior managers to discuss the challenges and opportunities.
- Facilitating collaboration between different departments around AI.
- Promoting ethical and responsible AI ⚖️
- Addressing the ethical challenges of AI (algorithmic bias, transparency, data confidentiality).
- Raising awareness of AI regulations and best practice.
IA café formats
🎙 Conferences and presentations
- Internal or external experts on specific AI-related topics.
💡 Feedback and testimonials
- Sharing experiences on AI projects carried out in-house or elsewhere.
🛠 Interactive workshops
- Demonstration of AI use cases adapted to the company's needs.
- Brainstorming sessions to identify opportunities for applying AI.
❓ Question and answer sessions
- An open space where employees can ask questions about AI.
🎲 AI games and challenges
- Quizzes, hackathons and challenges to make learning about AI fun and engaging.
Corporate examples
- Banking sector 🏦: AI Café on fraud detection via AI and its impact on cybersecurity.
- Industry and logistics 🚛: Presentation of supply chain optimisation using AI.
- Human resources 👥: Discussion on AI for recruitment and improving the employee experience.
- Marketing and sales 📈: Exploring AI models for personalisation and customer satisfaction analysis.
Benefits for the company
✔ Rapid acculturation to AI for all employees, not just technical experts.
✔ Encouraging innovation and commitment employees.
✔ AI opportunity detection within the various business lines.
✔ Improving collaboration between the business and data/IT teams.
✔ Implementing an AI strategy aligned with the company's real needs.
