A board-ready AI strategy in eight weeks.
Work directly with the author of Innovation Mode, an AI inventor, to shape the right AI strategy for your company: built from your context, framed with your key stakeholders and ready to act on immediately, with support for delivery if you want it.
More than 25 years of building data-driven systems; 18 patent families, most in AI. Architect of Ainna.ai. Senior roles at Microsoft, Accenture, GSK and ResMed.
- For
- CxOs whose board expects an AI strategy, with pilots under way but no clear priorities, sequence or measures yet.
- Objective
- Clarity on your AI direction, down to action: which opportunities come first, why, and what it takes to start them.
- Structure
- Seven modules over eight weeks, each with one objective and one defined output. Remote or hybrid.
A strategy your teams can act on, not a deck
AI budgets are growing faster than AI clarity: pilots stall before production, vendors are chosen before use cases are validated, and the board sees activity rather than direction. Most AI strategy work stops at recommendations; this programme is built to be acted on.
| Instead of | This programme delivers |
|---|---|
| Generic use cases that consultancies carry over from other industries | Opportunities found in your business, against your data and your strategy |
| Recommendations drafted by a consulting team, then handed over | Shaped with your leadership team, module by module, so the result is already owned |
| A slide deck of ideas to interpret | Product concepts: user journeys, architecture, build or buy, and success metrics |
| Direction without a sequence, left for you to work out | A sequence, with decision gates and measures for every step |
The hardest part of adopting AI isn’t the technology itself. It’s knowing where to apply it, in what sequence, and how to measure it.George Krasadakis
From first call to board roadmap
Four stages, each with its own outcome. Start with the call or the assessment; the assessment fee is credited in full against the programme.
- 30 minutes
Strategy call
FreeConfirms scope, sponsor and timing, and the right entry point: the assessment or the full programme.
Arrange a call → - Recommended first stepThree weeks
AI Readiness Assessment
€15,000, fixedThe programme’s first module, run on its own: leadership interviews and a review of your AI initiatives, data and vendors. Output: a readiness score on five dimensions and a shortlist of opportunities, presented at a leadership readout with a written report.
Request the assessment → - Eight weeks
AI Strategy Programme
Priced on proposalSeven modules, from readiness to the board briefing. Outputs: a scored portfolio of 8 to 12 use cases, product concepts for the top 3 to 5, a governance framework and a 12 to 24 month roadmap.
Request a proposal → - Monthly or quarterly
Ongoing advisory
Priced on proposalScheduled reviews against the roadmap: progress on the agreed measures, portfolio decisions and board updates. A fractional Chief AI Officer role is also available.
Ask about ongoing advisory →
What the eight weeks deliver
- AI Readiness AssessmentWhere you stand on data infrastructure, technical talent, process maturity, leadership alignment and cultural readiness, and which gaps will slow you down.
- AI Use Case Portfolio8 to 12 opportunities scored on business impact, technical feasibility, data readiness and complexity, from quick wins to strategic bets.
- AI Product ConceptsFor the top 3 to 5: user journeys, technical architecture, build-or-buy recommendations, integration points and success metrics.
- AI Innovation MasterplanA 12 to 24 month plan: what to pilot, scale and defer, with technology and vendor criteria, talent needs, a governance framework and decision gates.
- Executive AI BriefingA board-ready presentation of the findings and the roadmap, with answers to the questions your board will ask.
Independent evaluation. Module 5 assesses technology and vendors against your use cases, your data and your criteria. George also built Ainna.ai; where a platform of that kind is relevant, the evaluation compares the options and states that interest up front.
The programme, module by module
Each module has one objective and ends in a defined output that feeds the next.
- Week 1Readiness: data, talent, current AI initiatives, vendors and readiness for changeOutputAI Readiness Assessment
- Week 2Opportunities across the value chain, from stakeholder interviewsOutputAI opportunity map
- Week 3Scoring and prioritisation: impact, feasibility, data readiness, time to valueOutputAI Use Case Portfolio
- Week 4Product concepts for the top 3 to 5 use casesOutputAI Product Concepts
- Week 5Technology and vendors: stack, platforms, build or buyOutputTechnology and vendor framework
- Week 6Governance and risk: data use, model validation, bias, human oversight, regulationOutputAI governance framework
- Weeks 7–8Synthesis, presented to your leadership teamOutputMasterplan and Executive AI Briefing
The roadmap runs in four phases, with quick wins first, strategic bets second and autonomous capabilities last.
- FoundationMonths 1 to 3
- BuildMonths 4 to 9
- ScaleMonths 10 to 18
- EvolveMonth 18 onwards
Designed and led by George Krasadakis
George leads every module himself, from the first workshop to the board briefing. Your leadership team works with him directly throughout.
- From 1999Data-driven systems for large corporations, from automated credit scoring in telecoms to price intelligence, and from 2004 through Datamine, data mining for telcos, banks and online retailers
- From 2015A patent portfolio of 18 families: AI agents (from 2016), language systems and predictive interfaces
- TodayArchitect of Ainna Enterprise, the agentic innovation platform for organisations
“Not just a book but a blueprint for what it really takes to build innovative companies in today’s world: companies that don’t just talk about innovation but live it in their culture, in their systems, and in their everyday decisions.”Alex Adamopoulos, CEO, Emergn
“An excellent overview and reference point about people, culture, and capabilities as the key pillars of innovation and practical ways to discover, validate, and realize opportunities on the road to innovation.”Dr Mathew Hughes, Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Leicester
Ten copies included. Your leadership team receives ten copies of Innovation Mode, the book this programme is built on.
Questions about the programme
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Also available: Corporate Innovation Advisory, for building the innovation function itself, and the fractional Chief AI Officer, for AI leadership at C-level before you hire the role. Not ready for advisory? The free membership brings the monthly Innovation Mode Newsletter and early access to new releases.
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