AI Briefing for Executives

A working session on what AI can and can't do for your organization, led by a firm that builds and runs AI systems for its clients. It's where most leadership teams start when deciding where AI belongs in their business, and it is the first step of the Ahmadeus Defensible AI Program. The briefing has also been delivered as accredited CLE for law firms.

This briefing was the basis for our keynote at the Institute of Internal Auditors Northeast Conference, AI Fundamentals, Governance & Enterprise Readiness, delivered to internal audit and compliance leaders. Read about the keynote →

What we cover

How AI systems actually work, explained without jargon, so leaders can judge vendor claims for themselves.
Where AI is creating value in organizations like yours, drawn from systems we have built and run.
How to turn a broad idea into a use case worth funding.
The risks that come with it: data privacy, security, accuracy and accountability.
What it takes to move from a pilot to something that runs reliably every day.

From idea to use case

Most AI initiatives stall because they start out vague. The briefing works through how an idea becomes something a team can build and measure:

Idea: We should use AI to improve sales.
Sharper: Use AI to score our leads.
Ready to fund: Use AI to score leads based on past purchase behavior, so the sales team focuses on the strongest prospects, with a target of, for example, a 10 percent increase in conversion.

A quick test for a strong use case

It supports a stated business goal.
It solves a problem people already feel.
It uses data the organization already has and can access.
Success can be measured with a clear metric.
It can be explained in one sentence.

Questions we start with

Where do decisions take too long?
Where are we guessing instead of knowing?
Where do handoffs between teams break down?

Who it's for

CEOs and executive teams deciding where AI fits in the business. Board members and audit committees responsible for overseeing it. General counsel and legal teams managing AI risk, client data and professional responsibility. CFOs and finance leaders weighing AI in audit, forecasting and fraud detection. Managing partners at law and accounting firms. Private equity firms and investors testing whether an AI claim is real.

Format

Delivered live, virtually or in a hybrid format. It can run as a keynote or as a working session with exercises, and is tailored to the audience. Sessions are not recorded.

After the briefing

For organizations ready to act, the next step is usually the rest of the Ahmadeus Defensible AI Program, to assess, govern and put AI to work properly, or Engineering & Operations, to build and run the systems themselves.

Further reading: 4 of the Worst Ways to Use AI (VentureBeat) · Guest lecture: AI and the Corporate World

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