How AI Strategy Starts with Corporate Strategy
Length: 30-45 minutes
Purpose: Prevent AI initiatives from becoming disconnected science projects that consume resources without moving strategic needles.
Overview:
Demonstrates why AI delivers ROI only when directly linked to core strategic priorities (market position, customer economics, competitive moat)
Shows how to map AI initiatives against revenue growth targets, margin expansion goals, and risk mitigation imperatives
Examines failed AI programs that launched without strategic anchoring and the organizational cost they created
Provides board-level questions to test whether proposed initiatives genuinely advance corporate strategy
Key Takeaways:
A decision lens for testing whether an AI project supports strategic objectives.
Insight into how misaligned initiatives drain capital and talent.
A stronger basis for board-management dialogue on where to invest.