Not every worker is ready to embrace the AI tools their companies are rolling out. But executives are betting that for every employee on the fence, there’s a more enthusiastic, AI-savvy colleague who can change their mind. Companies are spending heavily to remake their businesses around the technology only to find that workers who either don’t trust the tools or don’t know how to use them are among the biggest roadblocks. Tapping these internal “AI champions” has become a critical method for driving workforce adoption, and the stakes are high. Companies are spending heavily to remake their businesses around the technology only to find that workers who either don’t trust the tools or don’t know how to use them are among the biggest roadblocks. “Humans don’t like to change,” said Howard Glazer, co-head of Ropes & Gray’s global private-equity transactions practice and himself an internal “champion” at the law firm. “Saying ‘Here use this new tool’ is scary to people.” Hesitation can be especially rife in fields like law, Glazer said. “You see these articles …