ABOUT LEAN INTO AI

Ground-Level Experience.
High‑Trust Leadership.

Scottish experience in public service, operational quality, and responsible AI—helping organisations put people first as their ways of working change.

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CO-FOUNDERS

Complementary Expertise, One Shared Purpose

Bringing process discipline and safe AI governance together to help your organisation innovate with confidence.

Jill Pidgeon

Co-Founder & AI Lead

“AI should make everyday work simpler and protect public trust—not add complexity or anxiety for frontline teams.”

Jill leads our AI strategy, ethical governance, and public sector engagement. With a background in Scots Law (LLB) and public policy leadership across local government and health, she focuses on helping leadership teams navigate AI adoption safely, ensuring technology is introduced with clear policy oversight, strong data privacy, and community trust.

Co-Founder

AI Strategy

Governance & Policy

Bill Cullen

Co-Founder & Lean Lead

“Before you introduce any new tool, make sure the underlying process is simple, fair, and actually works for the people delivering the service.”

Bill leads our process improvement and operational design. As an accredited Lean Black Belt and ISO quality management expert, he specializes in mapping complex workflows, eliminating paperwork delays, and setting up clear guidance for frontline teams.

Co-Founder

Lean Improvement

Operational Quality

Our Unique Combined Offer: We help teams build simpler, clearer ways of working first, then introduce safe, ethical AI to ease everyday paperwork and protect public trust.

EXPERIENCE THAT SERVES YOUR PURPOSE

Leadership grounded in public service.

MANAGING DIRECTOR & PUBLIC POLICY LEAD

Jill Pidgeon

Brings public policy leadership experience, including serving as an elected member in Glasgow and on Digital Glasgow’s board.

Her Scots Law degree (LLB) helps her ask careful questions, understand responsibilities, and keep public trust at the heart of decisions.

PROCESS & QUALITY EXPERIENCE

Simpler ways of working

Lean Black Belt experience in helping teams understand everyday tasks and find practical ways to make them work better.

Uses ISO 9001 quality knowledge to build clear, consistent guidance that supports staff and reliable services.

SAFE AI & PRIVACY SUPPORT

AI guidance you can trust

Professional qualifications in AI governance and data privacy: IAPP AIGP, CIPP/E, and LSE AI ethics and governance study.

Practical guidance that protects public trust and supports staff confidence.

Clear boundaries, responsible advice.

We offer practical AI guidance and team learning. We do not provide legal advice or legal sign-off.

WHAT WE STAND FOR

Our core commitments.

01

People-First

We make sure ways of working are sound before adding tools, and never replace human care with technology.

02

Public Value

We help public and third-sector teams make the most of limited time and resources by reducing unnecessary paperwork.

03

Total Transparency

Clear information about costs, practical support, and honest advice—with no technical hype.

YOUR NEXT STEP

Technology should serve people.

Find a practical, safe first step that makes work easier for your team.

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Lean Into AI

Lean thinking. Responsible AI.

Based in Glasgow. Supporting public services, communities, and growing businesses across Scotland.

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