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url: https://www.adoptionlab.ai/resources/ai-adoption-roadmap/embed/optional-to-required/
title: "Move from optional to required | Embed | AdoptionLab.AI"
description: "Embed, phase 4 of the 5E Model for human-centered AI adoption. Require the standard, not the keystrokes."
generated: 2026-10-22T16:29:41.168Z
---[AI Adoption Roadmap](/resources/ai-adoption-roadmap) / [4. Embed](/resources/ai-adoption-roadmap#embed)
Phase 4: Embed
# Move from optional to required
Require the standard, not the keystrokes.
Before you require anything, the process should be documented, the quality loop running, and training tested on someone outside the pilot. Then give notice with a real date and hold to it.
Require the outcome, not the specific tool. Expect three kinds of holdouts and treat them differently: a skills gap (coach it), a real constraint (adjust or grant an exception), or a genuine objection (listen first, since they may have spotted something). Repeat your pledge at this moment, without being asked.
[← Build the quality loop](/resources/ai-adoption-roadmap/embed/build-the-quality-loop) [Update training and onboarding →](/resources/ai-adoption-roadmap/embed/update-training-onboarding)
More in Embed
- [Confirm it is ready](/resources/ai-adoption-roadmap/embed/confirm-readiness)
- [Formalize the new process](/resources/ai-adoption-roadmap/embed/formalize-the-process)
- [Build the quality loop](/resources/ai-adoption-roadmap/embed/build-the-quality-loop)
- [Move from optional to required](/resources/ai-adoption-roadmap/embed/optional-to-required)
- [Update training and onboarding](/resources/ai-adoption-roadmap/embed/update-training-onboarding)
- [Partner with HR](/resources/ai-adoption-roadmap/embed/partner-with-hr)
- [Celebrate the milestone](/resources/ai-adoption-roadmap/embed/celebrate-the-milestone)
- [Sustain and monitor](/resources/ai-adoption-roadmap/embed/sustain-and-monitor)
[See all five phases →](/resources/ai-adoption-roadmap)
Go deeper in the booklet
A Leader's Roadmap to Human-Centered AI
The Embed chapter walks through this phase with a worked example, plus the field kit: survey, rubrics, and worksheets.
[Get the booklet on Amazon →](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FXGN86YZ)