Nobody Has Done This Before: How CEOs Control AI Readiness
Certain organizational capabilities are like good tires on slippery roads: They don’t stop the snow from falling, but they do substantially improve the odds of arriving.
Certain organizational capabilities are like good tires on slippery roads: They don’t stop the snow from falling, but they do substantially improve the odds of arriving.
As AI becomes faster and more capable, more teams are at risk of losing the one thing AI can’t replicate: curiosity. Here’s CEOs can rebuild the conditions for genuine human thinking.
Plenty of leaders have delegated AI. Very, very few have figured out what it can do for their own thinking. ‘When you give them something really simple that is also significant, the behavior changes very fast.’
Record CEO turnover and an AI transition that most companies are failing to profit from send a clear signal: The job of leading and governing an enterprise has fundamentally changed. Here is what leaders must do to change with it.
AI literacy programs for leaders are largely exercises in branding rather than learning.
Tensordyne CEO Marc Bolitho says logarithmic math can cut AI’s energy bill by 75 percent, and that winning over cautious data center operators takes more than better technology.
In the AI era, CEOs need a new playbook—and a new set of priorities.
In PE-backed environments, where buyers are already pricing AI capability at exit, the ownership gap has a dollar figure attached to it.
As AI reshapes jobs and workflows, CEOs need a better way to talk with employees about changing roles, new skills and what comes next.
Modern AI introduces risks older tools never had. Keeping humans in the loop is now an operational necessity.
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1:00 - 5:00 pm
Over 70% of Executives Surveyed Agree: Many Strategic Planning Efforts Lack Systematic Approach Tips for Enhancing Your Strategic Planning Process
Executives expressed frustration with their current strategic planning process. Issues include:
Steve Rutan and Denise Harrison have put together an afternoon workshop that will provide the tools you need to address these concerns. They have worked with hundreds of executives to develop a systematic approach that will enable your team to make better decisions during strategic planning. Steve and Denise will walk you through exercises for prioritizing your lists and steps that will reset and reinvigorate your process. This will be a hands-on workshop that will enable you to think about your business as you use the tools that are being presented. If you are ready for a Strategic Planning tune-up, select this workshop in your registration form. The additional fee of $695 will be added to your total.
2:00 - 5:00 pm
Female leaders face the same issues all leaders do, but they often face additional challenges too. In this peer session, we will facilitate a discussion of best practices and how to overcome common barriers to help women leaders be more effective within and outside their organizations.
Limited space available.
10:30 - 5:00 pm
General’s Retreat at Hermitage Golf Course
Sponsored by UBS
General’s Retreat, built in 1986 with architect Gary Roger Baird, has been voted the “Best Golf Course in Nashville” and is a “must play” when visiting the Nashville, Tennessee area. With the beautiful setting along the Cumberland River, golfers of all capabilities will thoroughly enjoy the golf, scenery and hospitality.
The golf outing fee includes transportation to and from the hotel, greens/cart fees, use of practice facilities, and boxed lunch. The bus will leave the hotel at 10:30 am for a noon shotgun start and return to the hotel after the cocktail reception following the completion of the round.