A participatory workshop exploring what becomes possible when human imagination and artificial intelligence work together—without surrendering human judgement.
Upcoming Workshop — For Artists & Creative Professionals
Join a small group of artists and creative professionals to explore what AI might—and might not—contribute to our work.
Through conversation, imaginative exercises and hands-on experimentation, we’ll explore new possibilities while considering what we want to keep firmly in human hands.
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
7:00–8:30 pm EST
Online via Zoom
$25 CAD | Limited to 8 participants
No programming or previous AI experience required. Curiosity and scepticism are equally welcome.
Register your interest using the form below.
What’s possible? What’s wise?
What would you change about your work if technology could remove one frustration?
And what might you discover along the way that you hadn’t thought to ask for?
AI and the Work We Share is a 90-minute workshop that invites participants to explore familiar challenges in their work in unfamiliar ways.
Rather than beginning with AI tools and their capabilities, we begin with the work itself: what people do, where difficulties arise, and what they wish could be different.
Through imagination, experimentation and collaboration with AI, participants explore possibilities that may extend well beyond their original ideas. Along the way, they consider what technology might contribute, what should remain in human hands, and how to distinguish a promising possibility from a convincing but impractical answer.
Together, we’ll explore how an imagined solution might become something tangible—from an initial idea to a design, prototype or even a working application.
Through a brief demonstration of CueStudeo, my own AI-assisted audiobook recording software, I’ll share how a simple frustration led, through experimentation and unexpected discoveries, to an entirely new way of working.
It’s a practical illustration of the workshop’s two guiding questions:
What’s possible? What’s wise?
Who it is for
AI and the Work We Share is designed for anyone interested in exploring how AI might support their work, whether individually or as part of a team.
Participants might be artists, writers, performers, educators, administrators, entrepreneurs or colleagues working together within an organization.
The starting point is always the work itself.
For a creative professional, that might involve developing a project, managing an archive of ideas or reducing repetitive tasks.
For a workplace team, it might mean preparing reports, handling incoming requests or improving a process that crosses departmental boundaries.
No programming experience is required. Participants bring knowledge of their work, curiosity, and a willingness to explore ideas together.
How the workshop works
- Start with the work. Participants identify a point of friction in something they do, individually or collaboratively.
- Imagine something better. Without first worrying about technological limitations, participants consider what they might wish for.
- Explore together. Working with AI and the facilitator, they investigate possibilities, follow unexpected directions, question assumptions and develop their ideas.
- Exercise judgement. The group considers what’s feasible, what could be gained or lost, and where human expertise, responsibility and judgement remain essential.
The aim isn’t simply to obtain answers from AI, but to discover possibilities through the process of working with it.
A convincing AI response is a starting point for investigation—not a finished answer.
What participants take away
Participants leave with a practical approach to collaborative exploration with AI, a short reflection worksheet, and new ways of thinking about familiar problems.
They may also leave with ideas they hadn’t anticipated.
The workshop is exploratory. Detailed testing and implementation would follow separately where appropriate.
Practical details
- Duration: 90 minutes
- Group size: 8-20 participants
- Delivery: Online or in person in Toronto; other locations by arrangement
- Format: Small-group discussion, imaginative problem-solving, and guided exploration with AI
- Preparation: A short conversation establishes the participants, their interests, and suitable examples for exploration.
Privacy and information security
Participants are encouraged to explore their work without sharing confidential or sensitive information. Exercises use fictional examples or non-confidential descriptions. Where workshops are delivered for organizations, activities also follow the organization’s information-security requirements.
About Justin Hay
I’m Justin Hay, a Toronto-based actor, writer and director with a parallel career in information technology, including workflow processes, data architecture and governance.
My experiments with AI include developing tools for audiobook narration, line-learning and self-taping. These projects have taught me as much about the unexpected possibilities of human–AI collaboration as about the technology itself.
I bring that experience, together with decades of creative and technical work, to helping others explore problems with imagination, curiosity and critical judgement.
Register for November 4 or Enquire About a Workshop
Interested in participating or arranging a workshop? Tell me a little about yourself and what you’d like to explore.