Agree what AI must achieve, choose the projects worth funding and lead the organization that delivers measurable results.
On-campus program available → respondents report regular use of AI in at least one business function.
McKinsey, The state of AI in 2026the revenue growth of "future-built" companies compared with laggards. They are 7.5% of companies.
BCG, press release, September 30, 2026The gap between using AI and earning from it is a question of strategy: the right bets, funded in stages, with results measured against today's figures.
Each one is a choice only the executive team can make.
Without one shared ambition, every unit starts its own pilots.
Plans built on opinions stall on data, skills or controls nobody checked.
Only value cases on today's figures survive the CFO's question.
Projects without a named owner rarely make it past the pilot.
Agents change who decides and who checks, long before they change headcount.
A fixed reporting rhythm keeps money flowing to what works and stops what does not.
Nine building blocks, from deciding what AI must achieve to proving what it returns. Our services cover every one.
What AI must achieve, and where to defend, extend or reinvent
One page the whole team agrees on
Covered byWhere AI creates and shifts value in your industry
A map of value at stake across the value chain
Covered byThe bets worth making, scored on value and feasibility
Five to seven bets, and a list of ideas to stop
Covered byExpected returns, every cost, and funding in stages
Value cases your finance team has checked
Covered byWhat to build, buy or partner on, and the data you need
Decision rights, teams, skills and incentives
Named owners and a working AI team
Covered byRisk appetite, oversight and the rules that apply
Clear limits and an approval route
Covered byEighteen months of milestones, owners and KPIs
Money released one stage at a time
Covered byExpected impact on the P&L, how it is measured, and the first 100 days
Results tracked against today's figures
Covered byAI Strategies for Leaders takes your team through all nine in three days. AI strategy framework & plan outline teaches the method for all nine in two days.
We score every AI opportunity on value and feasibility, then prove the best ones in numbers your finance team will sign off.
Every step stands on its own and leads to the next.
You leave withA shared view, a shortlist or a first value case
You leave withA strategy in outline, or an investment-ready draft
You leave withA funded start, a full strategy or a strategy already moving
You leave withMeasurable results and an internal team ready to take over
Core goalsGive the executive team one shared understanding of AI, map where it adds value, and agree what AI must achieve.
One team, one language and one AI ambition, before anyone commits money.
Core goalsScore your AI ideas on value and feasibility, decide what to start, prepare or stop, and define a first project.
Focus: one agreed shortlist and a first project with an owner.
Core goalsScore where you stand on six areas, list the AI already in use, and value the ten most promising opportunities.
Facts in place of opinions, and a clear plan for the first 90 days.
Also for executive teams:Your industry in 2030 → · Also as a joint session with your boardBuild a Value Case →AI agents and your organization → · Also as a joint session with your boardAI risk appetite → · Also as a joint session with your boardResponsible AI policy → · Also as a joint session with your board
Build it yourselves with our method, build it in three days with faculty and peers, or build it together with us.
Most of the value of AI is created after the strategy is approved. We help you start on one real example, set up the program, or guide the whole roadmap.
Core goalsChoose one AI use case, build its value case with finance, design it, choose who delivers it, and get it started.
Proof, on one real example, of how AI pays off in your company.
Core goalsBuild the AI strategy, put the Tailored AI Gateway in place, and deliver up to three first AI solutions with the program running.
A strategy already delivering: the AI Gateway live, first solutions in use, and governance and tracking in place.
Core goalsGuide the company through the full roadmap: steer the portfolio, lead change and adoption, and scale what works.
Measurable results across the business, and an internal team ready to take over.
Part-time Chief AI Officer →senior AI leadership two to four days a month
AI Strategies for Leaders is a three-day program in which CEOs and executive teams build their own company's AI strategy, with their own data, guided by faculty sessions, coaching and challenge from peers. You leave with an investment-ready draft, an 18-month roadmap and a plan for the first 100 days. Our founder teaches this program at Columbia Business School. It is also available as an in-company edition for one leadership team.
About the program →The same tools we use with clients: see where you stand, track every AI project and build the knowledge your leaders need.
Thirty questions on six areas, from strategy and data to governance, with a scorecard the moment you finish.
Request access to scan → AI FoundationsOnline courseWhat leaders need to know to decide on AI: what it is, where the value is, which risks you own and which decisions are yours.
Start the course → Roadmap ManagerPraexo SuiteEvery AI project with its owner, the latest decision on it and the benefit it was funded to deliver. Included for clients on a strategy or delivery engagement.
About the Roadmap Manager →Need more solutions built, or the AI Gateway on its own? Custom AI solutions and the Tailored AI Gateway are on our Enterprise AI page.Go to Enterprise AI →
Most executive teams start with the one-day Executive AI alignment day or the three-week AI Readiness & Value Scan. In the first conversation, we help you choose.
Workshops, education and advice never include building. From Vision to Execution includes the Tailored AI Gateway and up to three first AI solutions. Anything beyond that runs as a separate engagement, with a builder you choose.
Every service works with your own people. Workshops and education need the participants and a short preparation; strategy engagements need a core team that works alongside ours.
Yes. Every module works with your own data and decisions. Everything you share stays confidential and is used only for your engagement.
Yes, where there is one. Several workshops run as joint sessions, and the For Boards page describes the services for directors.
Tell us where you are with AI. We help you choose the right first step in the first conversation.