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Insights Lunch - Members only
14 May 2026
12:00 pm - 2:30 pm
A focused, small-group lunch where expert insight, shared experience and great food come together
Created for focused learning and shared expertise, this is a space to step out of the day-to-day, gain practical perspectives from an expert and your peers, and leave with ideas you can apply straight into your business.
INSIGHTS TOPIC: AI IN PRACTICE: FROM HYPE TO COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
AI doesn’t need yet another strategy document – it needs to be part of your overall business strategy and support your overall ambition. At the same time, adoption is accelerating, often without clear direction, creating risk as well as opportunity. Over 60% of SME Leaders say their biggest challenge is understanding how AI applies to their business. What’s so often missing is clarity on how it drives your business forward.
We’re delighted to be welcoming our Glasgow Advisory Board member Ross Wilson, CEO at Vidatec and member, Mark Gibson COO at Silvercloud to share their expertise and knowledge, enabling us to move beyond the hype and understand where and how AI can genuinely support growth.
The focus isn’t around what latest tool has excited the market (although naturally some dialogue will be around this), it’s about getting clarity on:
- Identifying the right AI use cases for your business.
- Aligning leadership teams around clear, commercially-driven outcomes.
- Using AI to create genuine competitive advantage, not distraction.
- Avoiding wasted spend on solutions that don’t move the needle.
- Tackling the real risks, including shadow AI, data/IP leakage and rising cyber threats.
Expect open, honest and interactive discussions, grounded in real experiences. Practical insights you can take straight back to your business.
And for added value and to ensure the session delivers maximum value, we’ll gather insight from attendees in advance. You’ll receive a short pre-session questionnaire to share your current AI usage, challenges and ambitions, allowing Mark and Ross to shape the discussion around what matters most to you.
If you’re serious about making AI a meaningful part of your business strategy and avoid the common pitfalls, this the room you want to be in.
SPEAKERS: ROSS WILSON – VIDATEC & MARK GIBSON – SILVERCLOUD
Connect with Ross on LinkedIn HERE and visit the Vidatec website HERE.
Connect with Mark on LinkedIn HERE and visit the Silvercloud website HERE.
ABOUT LUNCHES
Our Insights Lunches are member-focused gatherings that combine a relaxed, private dining experience with high-value knowledge sharing. This isn’t just another lunch, it’s an opportunity to step out of the operational noise of your business and into a room of like-minded entrepreneurs and business leaders, ready to exchange ideas, challenge thinking and learn from one another.
Each lunch is led by a carefully selected topic expert who shares practical insights, actionable tips and real-world advice on a key business theme. This isn’t theory or surface-level content, it’s grounded, relevant and designed to be applied. Their expertise sets the tone for 2.5 hours of interactive discussion, where experiences are shared openly around the table, challenges are explored collectively and perspectives are broadened through peer-to-peer exchange. We intentionally limit numbers to ensure every voice is heard and every attendee has the space to contribute, because the most valuable insights often come from the conversations in the room.
There’s a reason these lunches are so popular, the value in the room speaks for itself:
Build meaningful relationships
Step away from regular networking and build genuine connections in a space grounded in trust and openness.
Gain practical insights
Walk away with tangible ideas, strategies and tips you can apply immediately in your business.
Learn from shared experiences
Benefit not only from the expert in the room, but from the collective knowledge, challenges and successes of your peers.
Our Glasgow Lunches are held in the private dining room at Maison by Glaschu in Princes Square on Buchanan Street. Click on the logo below to visit their website.
Places are strictly limited with tickets available for members on a first come first served basis. By keeping these events intimate, we ensure there are plenty of opportunity to ask questions as well as an open forum where all attendees will have the opportunity to discuss the emerging themes from the speaker as well as their own experiences.
Shared experiences are at the heart of WeDO, ‘individually we can be successful, together we can be extraordinary’ and these lunches give us the opportunity to do just that!
If you’re not already a member and are interested in finding out more about WeDO, click HERE.
To apply for membership, click HERE.
Venue: Maison by Glaschu
Venue Phone: 0141 248 1596
Venue Website: https://maisonglasgow.co.uk/menus/
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Private Dining Room
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