Diagnose Before You Design™
Understanding the Organisation, Identifying the Real Problem and Building the Right Foundation for AI Transformation
Download Course BrochureFlexible delivery options to suit your leadership team and organisational needs.
Duration
5 Days
Certificate
Executive Certificate
Level
Executive / Senior
Format
In-Person / Virtual
Delivery Mode
Instructor-led Workshops, Discussions, Case Studies, Simulations
Introduction
This **LOCEPX Training course** equips leaders to understand the organisation and diagnose the real business problem before introducing AI-enabled solutions or redesigning how work is performed. This **LOCEPX Training course** develops the analytical and leadership discipline required to examine current processes, people, data, technology, governance and performance before deciding where AI should—or should not—be applied.
Executives and senior organisational leaders
Strategy and transformation leaders
Digital, AI and innovation leaders
Operating model and process leaders
Programme and change leaders
Participants will leave the Programme with stronger strategic capability and practical approaches that can be immediately applied within their organisations.
Understanding the organisation before introducing AI
Distinguishing symptoms from underlying business problems
Diagnosing processes, people, data and technology together
Identifying root causes, constraints and dependencies
Building evidence for informed AI transformation decisions
current organisational problems systematically
processes and performance challenges
root causes and dependencies
AI relevance before redesign
evidence-based transformation priorities
Start with the Problem, Not the AI
Understanding the Current State End-to-End
Diagnosing People, Process, Data and Technology
Finding the Real Problem and Testing AI Relevance
From Diagnosis to Redesign Readiness
Core Areas
Understanding why AI transformation must begin with diagnosis
Recognising technology-first transformation
Distinguishing business problems from proposed solutions
Separating symptoms from underlying causes
Defining the strategic context for transformation
Understanding what the organisation is trying to improve
Establishing meaningful diagnostic questions
Defining the problem before considering redesign
Mapping how work currently gets done
Understanding end-to-end processes and workflows
Identifying roles, responsibilities and decision points
Examining hand-offs and organisational dependencies
Identifying delays, duplication and bottlenecks
Understanding customer and stakeholder pain points
Establishing current performance measures
Creating an evidence-based current-state view
Examining process effectiveness and efficiency
Understanding workforce roles and capability
Assessing information and data availability
Evaluating data quality and accessibility
Understanding existing technology constraints
Examining governance and decision rights
Identifying cross-dimensional dependencies
Building an integrated organisational diagnosis
Applying structured root-cause analysis
Challenging assumptions about performance problems
Identifying systemic versus isolated issues
Testing evidence behind perceived problems
Determining whether AI addresses the root cause
Distinguishing AI opportunities from process improvements
Identifying where human judgement remains essential
Defining evidence-based transformation opportunities
Consolidating diagnostic findings
Developing clear problem statements
Prioritising problems based on strategic impact
Establishing baseline performance and success measures
Identifying dependencies and transformation constraints
Determining readiness for AI-enabled redesign
Creating the evidence base for future-state design
Developing a Diagnose Before You Design™ transformation brief
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