The fastest-growing peer community for UK business leaders navigating AI adoption
Most AI projects don’t fail on the technology. They stall because the leader in charge is working alone, with a board mandate but no operating playbook, pilots running but the return unclear, and advice written for a business ten times their size.
aibl exists to change that. We are the operator-led platform that helps UK business leaders move from stalled pilots to AI running in production, with people who have already made that move at your scale. Practical, peer-tested and free of hype, because you have no time to get this wrong.
Join thousands of leaders adopting AI with aibl
reading aiblBRIEF every week
the room aiblLIVE London is built for
C-suite, MD or business owner
You know AI matters. The hard part is knowing what to actually do next.
Your board wants a plan. Your inbox is full of vendors promising the same transformation. Every conference turns into a sales pitch, and the case studies on stage come from enterprises with budgets and teams you do not have. It is a lot of noise, and very little of it fits the way your business actually runs.
What moves you forward is different: honest evidence of what is working at scale, guidance from operators who have shipped AI under the same constraints you face, and a room of peers who will tell you the truth over coffee. That is what aibl is built to give you.
Some of the operators attending aiblLIVE
The clarity you need
We turn a noisy market into the handful of moves that matter for your business, grounded in primary research and interviews with operators who have done it.
The confidence you want
Build the understanding to make AI decisions you can defend, bring your board with you, and move with conviction rather than guesswork.
The capability to act
Practical frameworks, tools you can use on Monday, and the peer connections that only come from being in the room.
AI insights every Friday morning
Everything aibl publishes is grounded in the State of UK AI Adoption Survey (n=755, Jan-Mar 2026), our first-party research with research partner Executive Summary. It tells you what is actually working, at your scale, right now. aiblBRIEF lands every Friday morning and is read by 3,700+ UK business leaders. It takes five minutes and stays editorially independent.
Real-world case studies
How businesses and scale-ups are adopting AI in practice. What worked, what did not, and what to do next.
Practical playbooks
Step-by-step guidance across sales, marketing, operations, finance, HR and customer, built for the way businesses actually work.
Extensive archive access
A full library of operator-led content, including video interviews with people who have shipped real AI workflows and reports from the survey.
Plain-speaking analysis
No jargon, no hype. The first-party dataset on what is genuinely working in UK businesses today.
Join us in London on 20 October 2026 at Convene Sancroft, for the UK’s only large-scale AI adoption event built specifically for business leaders. Built for 1,000+ delegates across five content tracks, plus a strategy layer for the leaders who own the whole AI agenda.
aiblLIVE is a working day, not a spectator sport. Instead of keynotes you sit through, you get formats built to send you home with something you can use: operator case studies from leaders who have done it, hands-on workshops, live demos of tools in real workflows, and short micro-consultations with specialists at the Expert Bar. Senior leaders go deeper in closed boardroom sessions, and curated networking puts you in front of the peers worth meeting. At the centre of it all is the Discovery Zone, the working hub of the day. You leave with a plan, not a tote bag.
The Leadership Series
WorkforceLIVE ran earlier this year to a full room and a waiting list. GrowthLIVE is next, built for CMOs, CROs and Heads of Growth making the move from AI tools in the stack to measurable revenue impact.
Every Leadership Series event is deliberately small and single-pillar, so the conversation stays honest and everyone in the room is wrestling with the same challenge. Each one feeds into aiblLIVE London, so you arrive in October already knowing the peers worth finding.
Focus on your clearest AI priorities
aiblLIVE runs across five content tracks, each built around a C-suite buying unit and the AI challenges that role is navigating right now. Choose the track that maps to your job, or move across all five if you own the whole AI agenda. A strategy layer runs across every track for the leaders setting direction rather than owning a single function.
The Strategy Leader
CEOs, MDs, founders and business owners. The strategy layer that runs across all five tracks, not a track of its own. From a board mandate with no plan, to a costed, sequenced roadmap the business can execute.
The Growth Leader
CMOs, CROs, and Heads of Marketing, Sales and RevOps. From AI tools scattered through the stack, to measurable revenue contribution.
The Customer Leader
CCOs and Heads of Customer Success, Service and CX. From reactive support and disconnected touchpoints, to AI-driven experiences that retain customers and grow revenue.
The Efficiency Leader
COOs, CFOs, and Heads of Operations and Finance. From one-off automation pilots, to AI-first operations with documented savings.
The AI Infrastructure Leader
CIOs, CTOs, and Heads of Data and AI Governance. From scattered tools and shadow IT, to governed, production-ready AI foundations.
The Workforce Leader
CHROs, HR Directors, and Heads of L&D and Talent. From uneven adoption and skills gaps, to an AI-capable, AI-confident organisation.
aibl is shaped by AI industry experts
Aaron Asadi
CEO, Enterprise Nation
Rich Exon
Founder, Joint
Trudy Larsen
Director, Tray
Erin Young
Head of Innovation and Technology Policy, IOD
Mick Hodgins
GM EMEA, Notion
Jenny Hemsley
Director of Finance, British Chambers of Commerce
Alison Wright
SMB Director, Microsoft UK
Ed de Minckwitz
Head of Public Policy, ServiceNow
Josh Wohle
CEO, Mindstone
Tim Flagg
CEO, UKAI
Nick Ulycz
Chief Operating Officer, Aldermore Bank
Neil Perkin
Curator & Moderator, Google Firestarter
Ross Nichols
Co-Founder & CMO, Just Move In
Sara Maldon
Head of AI Automation & Transformation, Make.com
Mina Dimitrova
Chief Strategy Officer, Super
Russ Shaw
Founder, Global Tech Advocates
Hannah Dawson
Founder and former CEO, Futrli (acquired by Sage)
Colin Carmichael
Co-Founder, Business AI Alliance
Paul O’Sullivan
Head of UK AI Centre, Salesforce
100% for business
Purpose-built for mid-market and scale-up businesses, from £20m to £1bn in revenue. Nothing here is written for hobbyists or hyperscalers.
Operator-led
Our content comes from practitioners who have shipped real AI workflows under real constraints, not commentators or consultants selling the next engagement.
Always practical
Every format is built to give you something you can act on. You leave with tools, frameworks and connections, not a folder of ideas.
Plain-speaking
No jargon, no hype. Clear, straight-talking guidance grounded in what is genuinely working in UK businesses right now.
Outcome-driven
The measure that counts is AI in production, a real share of your business processes running on AI, not pilots, strategies or slide decks.
Hype-free zone
A calm, credible voice in a noisy market. Our content for business leaders is editorially independent. If something does not work at scale, we will not recommend it.
Take control of your AI adoption
Join the fastest-growing community of UK business leaders moving from stalled pilots to AI in production. Start wherever suits you.
Start free. aiblBRIEF lands every Friday morning, read by 3,700+ leaders.
Get in the room. GrowthLIVE is next in the Leadership Series, and aiblLIVE London is on 20 October 2026 at Convene Sancroft.
Find your partner. The AI Enablement Directory has been live since 1 June 2026. Search curated UK implementation partners by the challenge you are trying to solve.
Frequently asked Questions
How can businesses adopt AI practically?
Start with one workflow that has a clear pain point and a measurable outcome, not a broad transformation programme. Pick the three workflows where AI would have the most impact in the next 90 days, choose a partner with real delivery experience, and get one running in production before you expand. In the State of UK AI Adoption Survey (n=755, Jan-Mar 2026), 83% of business leaders had an active board mandate to invest in AI. The challenge is execution, not intent.
What is the best AI event for business leaders in the UK?
aiblLIVE London is the UK’s only large-scale AI adoption event built specifically for business leaders. Instead of panels and keynotes it runs active formats: operator case studies, hands-on workshops, live demos, micro-consultations at the Expert Bar and closed boardroom sessions, with curated networking and a Discovery Zone at the centre of the day. It is built for 1,000+ delegates across five content tracks covering Growth, Customer, Efficiency, Workforce and AI Infrastructure, plus a strategy layer. 20 October 2026, Convene Sancroft, London.
How do I create an AI adoption roadmap for my business?
A strong roadmap starts with three to five high-impact use cases mapped to your priorities across Growth, Customer, Efficiency, Workforce or AI Infrastructure. Assess your data foundations and integration readiness, prioritise by measurable return within 90 days, and appoint a partner with proven delivery. Aim at one clear outcome: a meaningful share of your business processes running on AI in production within about 12 months.
What AI skills do business leaders need?
You do not need to become a data scientist. Business leaders need four things: the judgement to spot high-value AI use cases in their function, enough technical literacy to test a vendor’s claims, the change-management skill to bring teams through adoption, and the governance sense to manage risk and compliance. The State of UK AI Adoption Survey (n=755, Jan-Mar 2026) shows the skills gap is uneven and function-specific.
How do we move from AI pilots to production?
Moving from pilot to production takes a clear business case with defined success metrics, a partner who has deployed at your scale, and executive sponsorship that outlasts the original pilot team. The common failure is a partner strong on strategy and weak on delivery, so you end up with roadmaps rather than running systems. In the survey (n=755, Jan-Mar 2026), 65% of business leaders approve new AI vendor engagements in days or weeks. The bottleneck is delivery, not decision speed.
What is the ROI of AI adoption for UK businesses?
Returns show up in three places: cost savings from process automation and redeployed effort, revenue from AI-assisted sales and marketing, and reduced risk through governance. Traffic from AI-assisted discovery also converts at four to five times the rate of traditional search, so AI visibility is becoming a revenue lever in itself. The measure that matters most is the share of business processes running on AI in production, not the number of tools bought.
What is aibl?
aibl is a UK operator-led media and events platform that helps business and scale-up leaders move from stalled AI pilots to AI in production. We publish aiblBRIEF (3,700+ weekly readers), run the AI Enablement Directory (a curated, independently verified listing of UK AI consultancies and training providers, live since 1 June 2026), and produce aiblLIVE London, the UK’s largest AI adoption event. Everything we publish is grounded in the State of UK AI Adoption Survey (n=755, Jan-Mar 2026), our first-party research with research partner Executive Summary. Our content for business leaders is editorially independent.