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Executive AI Sprint

Get your executive team ready to lead AI from their own functions in four weeks.

It starts with conversations with you, your sponsor and a cross-section of the business, then a full-day workshop for your executive team. After that I meet each executive privately to work out what AI means for their function. By week four each has a 30/90-day plan, and the CEO gets a report and debrief on the team's priorities and next steps.

It's intensive by design, and I run only one Sprint at a time. Within weeks, not months, you can be confident that each executive knows what AI means for their function, and that your executive team is working towards the same objective.

Format
4-week leadership sprint, led by Phil
For
CEO and leadership team
Delivery
Interviews · workshop · one-to-ones
Outcome
An aligned team ready to lead AI
Start with a conversation

01The situation

You can see it in your leadership meetings. One or two executives are using AI and have a real view on it. The rest stay quiet when it comes up, because they aren't there yet: some haven't kept up with what the tools can now do, and others haven't used them enough to speak with authority. Meanwhile, their functions carry on as before.

Their teams notice, and so do your customers when they ask what you're doing with AI. You need executives who can talk about AI specifically and confidently, with a clear plan for their part of the business that moves the organisation's transformation forward.

02Who it's for

  • A CEO who wants their leadership team ready to lead AI, explain it credibly and make informed decisions
  • An organisation where the overall AI direction is broadly agreed, but leaders are unsure what it means for their own functions
  • A team with uneven confidence or commitment, giving their people mixed signals about AI
  • A transformation or de facto AI lead with explicit CEO backing to bring the executive team together

03What it isn't

  • A general AI course or a standalone keynote
  • A fractional AI chief, or someone to run it for you
  • Tied to any vendor, tool or platform
  • Technical architecture, data or security advice, or software implementation
  • Ongoing coaching — the Sprint ends with a 30-day check-in

For ongoing support, see Ongoing AI Strategy Advisory.

Each executive gets clear on the decisions they're responsible for and the questions to put to their technical specialists.

04What you walk away with

In four focused weeks, your team gets up to speed together. Each executive knows the common objective, how their function contributes and what they can start doing right away.

01

A leadership team ready to lead AI. Each executive is clear on what it means for their function and can drive the change from there.

02

A personal 30/90-day plan for every executive: the decisions they need to make, by when, and what to do next.

03

Executives who can speak credibly about AI with their people and your customers, and explain the choices they're making.

04

A clear report and CEO debrief on the team's agreed priorities, the concerns still to resolve and the actions to take first. Written for busy executives, without the fluff.

A focused four weeks

Everyone works towards the same objective. The workshop gets your team aligned; the one-to-ones make it relevant to each executive's responsibilities. They can see what AI could make possible, explain it credibly and lead the changes their function needs to make.

05How it works

  1. Before we start

    Agree the scope

    Confirm the team and CEO backing, set aside time in each executive's calendar and agree what you need them ready to do.

  2. Week 1

    Context and prework

    Interviews with you, your sponsor and a cross-section of the business, so the workshop is built for your team.

  3. Week 2

    Workshop and one-to-ones

    A full-day executive workshop to get up to speed on AI and align around a common objective, followed by private 90-minute sessions on what that means for each leader's function.

    First resultDraft objective

  4. Week 3

    Resolve open questions

    Complete the one-to-ones and revisit any executive who needs more support. An optional team session gives people space to question and challenge what's been proposed.

  5. Week 4

    Plans and CEO debrief

    Each executive receives their 30/90-day plan. The CEO gets a clear report on the team and a 90-minute debrief on priorities and unresolved risks.

+30 days

A check-in after the Sprint. We review what the team has put into practice, work through any obstacles and agree what needs attention next. The CEO receives a short written summary.

My promise

In four weeks, your executive team will be ready and able to drive your transformation forward from their own functions. Each executive will be clear on what AI means for their part of the business, have their own 30/90-day plan and be able to speak credibly about AI with their people and your customers.

06Why work with Phil

I help each executive connect AI to the responsibilities they already carry, so they can see where AI would change the decisions and work they own, and are ready to lead those changes.

I started as a drafter and civil designer, trained as an engineer and moved into digital project delivery, most recently as global technology strategy and adoption lead for the infrastructure sector of an engineering consulting firm. Part of that role was designing and running a staged AI programme, from pilot to scale, so I know what it takes to bring capable, sceptical people with you.

AI, including agents I've built myself, runs through everything I do in my own practice, so the conversation stays grounded in what the technology can do and what it takes to use it well.

From people I've worked with on similar challenges

“Phil's a natural connector — someone who builds relationships with ease, listens deeply, and brings big, imaginative ideas forward while grounding them in thoughtful, real‑world execution.”

Marsha Brown, CTDPFormer colleague and AI session collaborator

“Throughout our work together, he consistently challenged us to think beyond tools and platforms and instead focus on the more important questions: What problem are we actually trying to solve? How will this create value? What needs to change for people to succeed? And are we prepared to lead through the discomfort that meaningful transformation inevitably creates?”

Andy HaresFormer colleague at Hatch

07Four leadership responsibilities

The Sprint focuses on four of the ten adoption dimensions: how leaders back change, use AI themselves, support their teams and explain what's changing. Select one to see the question behind it.

  1. Leadership courage

    Will leaders back difficult changes when they disrupt established roles, priorities or interests?

  2. Leadership behaviour

    Are leaders visibly using AI and sharing what they learn, or asking everyone else to change while carrying on as before?

  3. Manager practice

    Are managers making time for experimentation, feedback and shared learning, or leaving adoption to individual enthusiasm?

  4. Communications clarity

    Are people hearing an honest, relevant account of what will change for them, including the uncertainty — or simply another announcement about AI’s potential?

How I think about AI in organisations

Get your leaders ready to lead AI.

Tell me where your team is now and what you need them ready to do. We'll work out whether the Sprint fits.

Start with a conversation

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