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AI strategy workshop for executives

Accelerate month-long conversations and internal deliberation about AI. Pythian's AI strategy workshop fast tracks conversations to ensure you achieve executive alignment and define your data and AI strategy. Led by Pythian's c-suite level executives, we customize our AI strategy workshop for your executive team to ensure you achieve real business results. In under a week, you will have identified high ROI AI use cases, know how to manage AI with responsible practices to mitigate risk, and build a practical data strategy to integrate AI into your business. You'll leave with a clear plan and the executive buy-in to put your AI strategy into action.

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Why should you sign up for Pythian's AI strategy workshop for executives?

Achieve greater success for your business with the right AI strategy

While executives grasp the transformative potential of AI, many are struggling to create and execute a coherent strategy. Pythian’s enterprise AI strategy course for executives will ensure you’re one of the leading companies succeeding with AI.

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Companies consider AI a top priority

Although AI is a top priority, only a fraction of companies have a mature, organization-wide strategy. 

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Executives have a comprehensive AI strategy

Many executives feel confident in their ability to extract value from AI, but feel unprepared to integrate it across their organizations.

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Investment in AI

Approximately 73% of executives are investing $1 million or more annually in generative AI, but only about one-third are actually seeing a significant return on investment (ROI).

What can you expect attending Pythian’s AI strategy workshop for executives?

Build your enterprise AI strategy

Navigate the complexities of AI to build a strong data and AI strategy. Our AI strategy workshop for executives moves beyond the hype to help your executive team define a clear, actionable strategy—defining high ROI AI use cases that are focused on real business challenges you face. Together, we’ll establish strong governance frameworks that manage the ethical, security, and privacy risks inherent in AI to create a foundation that enables your organization to scale AI responsibly.

AI education for executives

Explore the current technology and AI landscape, focusing on trends and predictions relevant to your industry and sector. Address the crucial aspects of responsible AI—including ethics, bias, and data privacy.

AI use case discovery

Evaluate the different types of AI, including generative AI, and discuss its potential use cases within your business to align with, support and achieve your strategic goals. Develop a clear vision of how AI can drive your business forward.

AI readiness assessment

Our AI readiness assessment analyzes key technical areas like your data infrastructure, technological maturity, employee skills, and organizational culture. Our AI expert will gain a deeper understanding of your strengths, pinpoint critical gaps, and create a strategic roadmap for a successful AI transformation.

Design data and AI strategy

To get business value from AI, you need a sound data strategy. We help prepare your data so it’s clean, secure, and ready for your projects. We also set up the governance you need to manage the ethical, security, and privacy risks of AI. This gives you the confidence to scale your programs and get results.

Custom AI development

Pythian will help you embed, build and use AI at your business—and faster. With roadmaps and resourcing defined, we’ll begin building your AI projects—delivering milestones on time, hitting target objectives and evaluating the pilot against set success metrics.

On-going AI support

Pythian's AI managed services make sure your models perform well and deliver consistent results. We manage the daily operations of your AI, from monitoring and fine-tuning models to managing the infrastructure. This frees your team to focus on business goals while we handle the operational details.

GigaOm partners with Pythian to build customer AI analyst agents

The analyst firm GigaOm had a strategic goal to help its clients make faster, more informed decisions by leveraging its extensive research library. Pythian helped them execute this vision by building a custom “AI analyst” solution using Google Vertex AI and Gemini models, creating an intelligent agent that turns their trusted content into an interactive, high-value asset.

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"Companies are leaping into AI as though it is a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow without recognizing that they have no map for the rainbow. Pythian supported us in uncovering our map."
Howard Holton
Chief Operating Officer, GigaOm
Who delivers Pythian's AI workshops?

C-Suite level executives with decades of AI experience deliver our enterprise AI workshops

Our executives have led AI integration in large organizations, helping hundreds of leaders build their data and AI strategy. Learn from their experience to get a practical, proven roadmap that takes you from concept to business results. We help you make the key strategic decisions that create value, such as identifying high-impact projects, building a data-driven culture, and managing ethical and security risks at an executive level.

Paul Lewis | Chief Technology Officer Paul Lewis, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Pythian
Paul Lewis | Chief Technology Officer
As CTO, Paul Lewis drives Pythian’s technology strategy, helping customers scale their data and cloud assets to deliver valuable business outcomes throughout their digital transformation journey.
Karen Pfeifer | Field Chief AI Officer Karen Pfeifer, Field Chief AI Officer (CAIO), Pythian
Karen Pfeifer | Field Chief AI Officer
As Field CAIO, Karen Pfeifer leverages her deep technical insights experience in formulating AI and data strategies that directly address critical business needs and drive innovation.
Ernest Solomon | Field Chief Information Security Officer Ernest Solomon, Field Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Pythian
Ernest Solomon | Field Chief Information Security Officer
As Field CISO, Ernest Solomon consistently aligns technology strategy with real-world objectives, ensuring customers gain operational resilience and a definitive competitive edge.
Jeff DeVerter | Field Chief Technology Officer Jeff DeVerter, Field Chief Technology Officer (fCTO), Pythian
Jeff DeVerter | Field Chief Technology Officer
As Field CTO, Jeff DeVerter leverages his deep expertise across platforms to guide organizations through complex evolutions to achieve tangible business outcomes.
What is the business outcome of Pythian's AI strategy workshop for executives?

Fast track executive alignment and build your data and AI strategy in under a week

Build a confident data and AI strategy. Our AI strategy workshop for executives ensures your team agree son where and how to invest in AI. We focus on identify high ROI AI use cases that solve your unique business challenges. Maximize AI investments and see results faster. 

Maximize your AI investments

During Pythian’s AI strategy workshop for executives your team will pinpoint how you can maximize your AI investments, ensuring you deploy the highest ROI AI use case for your business.

Gain market advantage with AI

Leaders who understand AI's potential can drive faster adoption. Enable your organizations to stay ahead of competitors—leveraging AI for predictive insights, supply chain optimization, and personalized marketing to gain a market edge.

Faster data-driven decision making

Learn how to harness AI for powerful data analysis, leading to more informed and timely decisions. Easily navigate AI and guide your business through data governance and AI strategy.

Optimize customer experience

Use AI to analyze market trends and customer feedback. You can shorten the product development cycle and build loyalty with personalized experiences—from tailored recommendations to custom messages.

Automate operations

A well-designed AI strategy identifies opportunities to automate repetitive and time-consuming tasks across the organization. Streamline processes to achieve significant cost reductions and faster development cycle times.

Mitigate risk with responsible AI practices

AI creates serious risks that you need to manage. Our enterprise AI strategy course equips you with responsible and ethical practices to govern your program. You will learn to manage algorithmic bias, ensure security and compliance, and prevent AI over-reliance and misuse.

How does Pythian's AI workshop work?

Begin building your data and AI strategy, starting with our AI workshop for executives

Define your company's AI strategy in hours, not months. Our AI strategy workshop for executives uses a proven, guided structure, with a customized course to ensure you find the highest-return AI use case for your business. We cover the strategic, ethical, and operational sides of adopting AI, helping you build a solid plan and getting your leadership team's agreement, fast.

AI strategy discovery call

We start with a discovery call to understand your goals. We meet with your leaders to learn about your business challenges, current technology, and what you want to achieve with AI. This call helps us tailor the workshop, find the right attendees, and focus on AI uses that will provide the most value.

AI survey for executives

After the call, we survey all workshop attendees. The survey helps us understand what your team knows about AI, how they think it can be used, and any concerns they have. We use these answers to customize the workshop so it addresses your specific needs.

AI strategy course for executives

Our hands-on workshop helps your leadership team plan for AI. We focus on strategy, ethics, and operations, not technical details. In one session, we help you find valuable AI uses, build a starting strategy, and get your team to agree on the path forward. This approach saves you months of meetings.

Technical AI assessment

After the workshop, we deliver a roadmap. It summarizes your chosen AI use cases and outlines a plan for a technical assessment. We then analyze your data, infrastructure, and tools to find any gaps. This ensures you have what you need to put your AI strategy into action.

Fast track months' worth of conversations in a matter of hours

Lead your AI strategy, starting with our AI workshop for executives

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Frequently asked questions (FAQ) about AI strategy workshops for executives

What is an AI workshop for executives?

An AI workshop for executives is a course, led by seasoned AI executives, that moves beyond technical details to focus on what matters most: achieving real business outcomes. You will learn proven methodologies for integrating AI in business strategy, navigate the ethical dimensions of AI, and develop change management strategies to mitigate risk.




How does an AI strategy workshop help with our enterprise AI strategy?

An AI strategy workshop is designed to fast-track your enterprise AI strategy by accelerating executive alignment and helping you define a clear transformation roadmap. The workshop helps your leadership team pinpoint where AI can deliver the most significant return on investment (ROI) and builds the foundation for your strategy, condensing months of conversations into a single, focused session.

What will our leadership team learn in your AI courses for executives?

In our AI courses for executives, your team will learn to identify high-value use cases, harness AI for powerful data analysis, and lead your organization with a confident data and AI strategy. The course focuses on the crucial aspects of responsible AI—including ethics, bias, and data privacy—and provides the tools to manage risks like security and compliance.

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