AI Strategy for Competitive Advantage is a two-day program that focuses on using structured frameworks to guide business leaders' imagination and help them explore how AI could reshape business models and create new opportunities. Participants leave with sharper judgment and greater confidence in applying AI insights to decisions that matter for their team, department, and strategic direction.

Who Should Attend

This program is ideal for senior leaders, strategists, and decision-makers responsible for shaping their organization’s digital and innovation agenda. It’s especially valuable for those in roles spanning strategy, technology, operations, marketing, and transformation who need to understand the strategic implications of AI. Whether you're exploring AI for the first time or seeking to scale existing initiatives, this program will help you lead with clarity, mitigate risks, and turn AI into a competitive advantage.

What You'll Learn

In AI Strategy for Competitive Advantage, you’ll gain the strategic insight and leadership tools needed to turn AI from a buzzword into business impact. Through real-world examples, expert guidance, and interactive discussions, you will:

Building a Strategic AI Roadmap

• Assess whether AI’s main impact on your organization will be in process innovation or product innovation and align initiatives accordingly.
• Distinguish areas in your business model where AI acts as homogenizer, lowering the barriers to entry, and areas where AI acts as a strategic differentiator, deepening existing competitive advantages, and opening up new ones.
• Apply proven strategic frameworks like Porter's Five Forces, Business Model Canvas, and the Innovator's Dilemma to evaluate how AI is reshaping your industry and business unit.

Navigating Disruption with Confidence

• Separate real AI impact from noise and hype by clarifying the sources of your business’ competitive advantage and how they will be impacted by AI.
• Use frameworks like FLUX to navigate uncertainty, and determine appropriate response strategies without overreliance on instinct or inertia.
• Make informed decisions on whether to build, buy, or partner for AI solutions, while aligning efforts with both business unit goals and enterprise strategy.

Turning Insights into Action

• Reduce internal resistance, and expand active vocabulary around AI
• Translate AI insights into practical decisions that drive performance within your business unit.
• Define sandboxed entry points for AI adoption without overcommitting resources.