Strategic AI Adoption for Leaders
Training Overview
A half-day, immersive workshop for business leaders and senior managers who see AI’s potential but feel hesitation or strategic overwhelm. The session builds strategic clarity, practical capability, and adaptive thinking. Moving leaders from awareness to structured exploration and action. Participants leave with an early AI prototype to socialise internally and build momentum.
You will work with real-world examples, practical frameworks and hands-on exercises to define where AI fits, what to do first and how to balance innovation with pragmatic governance (AI “activation” within an adoption strategy).
Who is this training for?
C-suite executives and senior managers (innovation, capability, governance); business leaders and decision-makers seeking AI fluency without requiring technical depth.
Workshop Approach
- In-person and highly interactive, encouraging discussion and experimentation
- Structured around case discussions, frameworks, and facilitated group work
- Human-centred, adaptive learning focus
Training Outcomes:
- Demystify AI technologies, trends and myths
- Develop an actionable AI strategy aligned to business priorities
- Apply practical innovation frameworks (e.g., Pretotyping, “Tackle the Monkey First”, 20% Time Thinking)
- Identify high-impact, low-risk opportunities for early AI adoption/activation
- Build momentum with a 90-day AI Action Plan
Training Duration & Delivery
- Half-day (4 hours) executive workshop
- In-person (recommended), highly interactive; small cohort (6–10 participants)
- Customised to sector, maturity level and strategic focus
- Discussion, case studies, frameworks and facilitated group work with a human-centred, adaptive learning focus
Training Outline
- Welcome & Framing
Introductions, agenda overview, and setting shared expectations and goals for the session. - Exploring AI in Context
A realistic grounding in current AI capabilities and limitations, anchored to participants’ context. - Adaptive Learning Foundations
Introduction to practical innovation models: Pretotyping, “Tackle the Monkey First,” and 20% Time Thinking. - Case Studies & Reflection
Sector-aligned case studies with guided group reflection on relevance and key takeaways. - Opportunity Mapping
Identify where AI can solve real problems in your organisation and context. - Hands-On Design Exercise
Apply Pretotyping to one mapped opportunity for rapid design and feedback, producing an early concept. - Wrap-up & Commitments
Reflections, action planning, and individual 90-day commitment statements to maintain momentum.
Trainer Bio
Ray Fleming — Head of AI, RockMouse
Ray Fleming is a technology and education leader with over 30 years of experience in AI-driven transformation. As Head of AI at RockMouse, he helps organisations integrate generative AI into workflows to lift productivity and spark innovation. Previously with Innovate GPT, Google and Microsoft, he shaped strategy and supported national digital education initiatives. Known for translating bold ideas into scalable, human-centred solutions, Ray blends systems thinking and product innovation with deep empathy for learners. At RockMouse, he leads the design of strategic solutions, building adaptive learning ecosystems aligned to business goals and people’s needs, and he advises executive and government teams on the ethical and effective adoption of AI.
Focus areas
- AI adoption strategy and governance
- Generative AI workflow integration
- Enterprise learning design and enablement
- Public sector and education transformation
- Ethical AI, change management and capability building
Pricing Options
FAQs
No. Strategic AI Adoption for Business Leaders (Half-Day) is executive-level, strategy-first training. There’s no coding. You’ll get a grounded view of AI capabilities and limits, learn decision-friendly frameworks (including opportunity mapping and pretotyping), and produce an early prototype plus a 90-day AI Action Plan. All without technical prerequisites. It’s practical executive AI training focused on business outcomes, risk, and governance.
Yes. The workshop is customised to your industry, organisational maturity and strategic priorities. We tune examples, case discussions and exercises so opportunity mapping and AI activation align with your context (governance settings, risk appetite, data sensitivity, existing tools). That way, your AI adoption strategy is relevant, actionable and immediately transferable to your teams.
You will leave with a clear view of where AI fits, a prioritised opportunity, an early pretotyped concept to socialise internally, and a 90-day AI Action Plan to sustain momentum. Leaders also gain a shared language for AI governance, risk and value, helping boards and executives ask better questions, allocate resources wisely and track progress on enterprise AI adoption.
AI is reshaping markets more rapidly than traditional decision-making cycles. Strategic AI adoption enables leaders to transition from experimentation to delivering repeatable value, striking a balance between bold innovation and pragmatic governance and change management. This half-day AI activation workshop equips decision-makers to act decisively, reduce risk, and build competitive advantage with clear next steps.
Cohorts of 6–10 leaders maximise interaction, feedback and hands-on design. In-person delivery (preferred) creates the best conditions for collaboration and rapid iteration; virtual delivery can be arranged where needed. Either way, the format remains highly interactive and focused on real-world AI adoption outcomes.
