CASE STUDY | AI LITERACY & LEADERSHIP
How an Alberta Hospitality Group Got Ahead of AI
A six-location hospitality and craft beverage company turned inconsistent AI use into a shared strategy, clear accountability, and measurable time savings, in 30 days.
At A Glance
Industry
Hospitality & Craft Beverage
challenge
Inconsistent AI adoption across leadership
engagement
early impact
1–3 hours saved per leader, per week
The Challenge
A multi-location hospitality and craft beverage company in Alberta was watching AI reshape how their teams worked and didn’t want to be left behind.
With six locations, multiple brands, and a leadership team at varying stages of AI experience, the CEO faced a specific challenge: leaders were already using AI informally, inconsistently, and in some cases with consequences.
There was a clear risk of low-quality output representing the business and its people.
The problem wasn’t resistance to AI. It was the absence of clear expectations and alignment.
Without shared standards, some leaders avoided AI entirely while others used it without judgment or guardrails. The result was uneven output, cross-functional friction, and a growing gap between what AI could deliver and what it actually was.
What We Did
Double U Advisors delivered an AI Literacy and Leadership Sprint across the leadership team, combining individualized training and collaboration with a custom AI adoption strategy built around three priorities the business could actually execute.
BUY BACK TIME
Use AI to save your own time, not create work for someone else.
EXPECTATIONS & ACCOUNTABILITY
Leaders are expected to be AI-driven, with the executive team leading by example.
SELF-SERVICE AI
Use AI across functions, with clear ownership and quality standards in place.
The engagement produced a custom AI policy, a two-speed adoption strategy with 30, 60, and 90-day milestones, and individual quick wins for each leader, already in progress before the engagement closed.
What Changed
Within the first 30 days, the shift was already visible, in time saved, how leaders worked with AI, and the standards they applied to the work.
1-3 hours
saved per leader, per week within the first 30 days
Shared AI platform
Full leadership team migrated with consistent standards in place
Clear quality standards
Low-quality AI output that created rework for other teams was directly addressed through clear review expectations
Quick win + strategic project
Every leader identified both, with accountability timelines established
The CEO moved from reactive concern to first-mover positioning, with a documented roadmap for what came next.
The Takeaway
AI adoption fails when it is treated as a training event.
It succeeds when it is treated as a leadership decision.
This engagement worked because the CEO committed to setting direction, enforcing expectations, and modeling the behavior himself.
The result wasn’t a team that attended a workshop. It was a team with a shared language, clear accountability, and momentum already in motion.
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