Prepared Minds:
How to Start Your Team’s AI Revolution
AI isn’t just a new technology — it prompts us to think differently.
And the biggest barrier to progress right now isn’t the tech itself — it’s literacy.
Prepared Minds lays out the Brilliant Noise manifesto for AI literacy.
It explores what it takes to build true AI fluency across teams and provides a practical guide for leaders who want to move beyond experimentation and create the conditions for lasting change.
Drawing on the last three years working with AI, leading global research, and real organisational examples, this paper introduces the AI Literacy Ladder — a structured framework for assessing, planning, and accelerating AI capability.
Inside the paper
A clear definition of what AI literacy really means — and why it’s now essential for every knowledge worker.
The AI Literacy Ladder, a step-by-step model for moving teams from basic understanding to strategic fluency.
How to overcome human and organisational barriers to adoption — from AI anxiety to ‘tech solutionism’.
Evidence of measurable ROI: productivity gains, innovation impact, and cultural transformation.
Practical tools and examples for getting hands-on — from “AI vertigo” moments to building team literacy programmes.
“AI fluency is the new digital literacy. Every organisation needs it.
But the biggest barrier to progress with AI isn’t the technology — it’s confidence.
Once people understand that the opportunity is cultural, not technical – everything changes.
We wrote Prepared Minds to help leaders build the confidence, curiosity, and clarity that AI demands. Fluency is how you turn change into advantage.”