The AI Squad Playbook

Work with AI as a squad, without losing quality or trust.

AI has a seat at the table. Never the final say.

4 steps · About 90 minutes with your squad · Free to use and adapt

UX Research: AI Forward · Edition 1, 2026Free under CC BY 4.0 · lnkd.in/eeq5FCW6

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The AI Squad Playbook

Who does what

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APPENDIX B

The AI Squad Playbook

Facilitator guide

Run the playbook as a 90-minute workshop with a squad or a client. Get everyone who touches AI in the room.

1
Who does what (40 min)Go stage by stage. Change any owner that doesn’t fit, and name who checks AI’s work.
2
Squad rituals (10 min)Agree where AI fits in the rituals you already run.
3
AI agreement (20 min)Sign up to the rules, or write your own.
4
When it goes wrong (20 min)Name an owner and a time limit for each step.

Then revisit it at a retro every month or so.

APPENDIX C

The AI Squad Playbook

Free to use, including for consultancies

Use it with your own squads or with clients, at no cost. Adapt it, rename the roles and run paid workshops with it. We ask that you credit UX Research: AI Forward, don’t sell the playbook itself, and share what you learn in the Group.

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