ai navigator workshop
Let’s Move from AI Uncertainty to Action—Together
Not sure where to start with AI?
Start with the business problem, not the technology
Offered in partnership with MKE Tech Hub Coalition’s Synapse initiative, AI Navigator is a hands-on workshop that helps manufacturing leadership teams evaluate AI opportunities through the lens of real business challenges.
Through AI education, guided exercises, and expert coaching, your team will align around a priority business challenge, evaluate potential solutions, and build a practical action plan for moving forward.
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Contact us to hold a private workshop at your business
1%
Fewer than 1% of AI projects reach production primarily because organizations start in the wrong place
“The workshop completely changed how I approach AI decisions. Instead of
feeling pressured to jump on the AI bandwagon because everyone else is
doing it, I now have a structured framework for evaluating where AI might
actually create value for our specific operational challenges.”
— Nicholas Passint, CEO, Mixer Systems Inc
Workshop Agenda
AI Education
Understand AI fundamentals in a manufacturing context and review a practical example tied to real business challenge.
Problem-Solving and Plan Creation
Using a structured framework and expert coaching, your team will identify a priority business challenge, evaluate where AI and other solutions may help, and create an action plan tailored to your operation.
What You’ll Walk Away With
A Structured Decision-Making Framework
Learn a practical process for evaluating AI and other solutions based on business needs, risk, and potential impact.
Leadership Team Alignment
Build alignment around a priority business challenge and the opportunities available to address it.
An Action Plan Built by Your Team
Leave with a practical plan focused on a priority business challenge—created by your leadership team and tailored to your operation.
Who Should Attend
Cross-functional Leadership Teams of 2-4 Participants
This workshop is designed for cross-functional leadership teams of 2-4 participants—leaders responsible for strategy, growth, and operational performance.
Workshop Calendar
Workshop Calendar
Where AI Leadership Meets Manufacturing Expertise
WMEP and MKE Tech Hub’s Synapse initiative joined forces to help mid-market Wisconsin manufacturers apply AI with confidence
MKE Tech Hub Coalition is a nonprofit membership organization
serving as a unifying voice for Milwaukee’s tech ecosystem and a
catalyst for innovation through meaningful connections. Through its Synapse initiative, MKE Tech Hub provides AI strategy and transformation leadership for mid-market manufacturers across Wisconsin.
Announced in February 2026, this partnership—bringing together WMEP, UW–Stout’s Manufacturing Outreach Center, and MKE Tech Hub—helps manufacturers take a strategic, practical approach to adopting AI and advanced technologies.