Executives are expected to govern a technology most have never personally used, budget for capabilities they cannot evaluate, and answer board questions with vocabulary borrowed from vendor decks. The result shows up in two equally expensive failure modes: leadership teams that approve AI spending they do not understand, and leadership teams that freeze while competitors move.
This workshop exists to make your leadership team genuinely conversant, not conversational, in AI. In a half or full day, executives get direct hands-on exposure to current AI capabilities, a strategic framework for where AI creates advantage in your business, and the governance vocabulary to direct it responsibly.
What does the executive workshop cover?
- Hands-on capability calibration: leaders use current AI tools on realistic executive tasks, replacing hearsay with firsthand judgment
- The strategy layer: where AI shifts cost structures, moats, and business models in your industry
- Investment decisions: evaluating proposals, sequencing initiatives, and the build/buy/partner calculus
- Governance and risk: policy, oversight structures, and the questions boards should be asking
- A leadership action plan: the 90-day moves this team commits to before leaving the room
Who is this workshop for?
C-suite teams, boards of directors, executive committees, and senior leadership groups, typically eight to twenty leaders. It is deliberately a working session for the actual decision-makers, not a briefing their delegates attend for them.
Who facilitates it?
Founding faculty lead this program: Jim Harris brings the disruption and strategy lens from advising Fortune 500 executive teams, and Scott Wilson brings the implementation reality from live deployments. Facilitation is matched to your agenda.
What formats are available?
Half-day for strategy and calibration, full-day to add depth on governance and the action plan, delivered in your boardroom, at your offsite, or virtually. Many organizations run it adjacent to a company-wide keynote so leadership and workforce move together; for leaders who want ongoing depth afterward, the AI executive retreat is the next step.
How do you book it?
Request a workshop quote with your leadership team size and objectives.
Frequently asked questions
Our executives have very different AI literacy levels. Is that a problem?
It is the normal starting condition, and the hands-on calibration segment is designed to level it quickly without embarrassing anyone.
Is this confidential enough for real strategy discussion?
Yes; private delivery under NDA is standard, and the strategic segments work best when the conversation is candid about your actual position.
What is the difference between this and a keynote?
A keynote informs an audience; this workshop works your leadership team. Small room, hands-on, your business on the table, and an action plan as the exit criterion.