Employing AI to Design Your Business Strategy
Tailored Program, In-person or Online
In the last few years things have changed – dramatically. CEOs, executive teams and managers realise they must reset how they undertake business strategy. Among the drivers of this change are:
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) – generative AI, e.g., Chat GPT, has changed the playing field in terms of what can be achieved
- Volatility – unexpected disturbances in the business environment are becoming more frequent
- Dependencies – a new emphasis on “stakeholders” in management thinking and action
This program will show you how to embrace these changes via an effective strategy framework to move with the times and come out on top.
It’s suitable for business owners, executives and leaders in business, government, and not-for-profit sectors and is designed to your specific needs.
Your Outcomes
The streamlined, fast-paced, but interactive, 5-hour program shows you how to:
- Employ AI to speed up and deepen your strategic analysis
- Use AI to help generate effective key performance indicators (KPIs)
- Apply AI to identify avenues for competitive advantage
- Employ AI for action planning
Who Will Benefit
Suitable for managers in all three sectors:
- Business
- Government
- Non-for-profit
Your Presenter – Dr Graham Kenny
Graham Kenny is a global expert in strategy and performance measurement and the application of AI to both. He has written six books, numerous articles and is a regular author in the Harvard Business Review. His HBR articles, including those on AI, are at the cutting edge of management thinking and have been accessed hundreds of thousands of times. Some rank among HBR’s most popular.
He is CEO of Strategic Factors – a consultancy specialising in business strategy, strategic planning and performance measurement.
He draws on his managerial experience in several industries, his extensive company research and his many client cases. These are from dozens of industries. Graham goes beyond buzzwords to provide detailed practical steps to design and measure corporate strategy.
“I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this to business managers, CEOs and anyone that needs help to understand strategy and in how to make it work for their business.
THE MAN in strategy, as far as I am concerned. This has been life and career changing.”
Tom Elmer – Professor, West Chester University of Pennsylvania & Consultant
Program Modules
The program is divided into four precise modules delivered over 5 hours with suitable rest breaks between modules. Each module addresses a specific question by:
- Explaining the theory
- Demonstrating the method
- Providing examples
- Offering opportunities to apply methods to practice.
Module 1: Who Do You Depend on for Success?
“Key stakeholders” are now front and centre in modern strategy design. But how do you identify them? And which ones are “key”? How can AI help? This module demonstrates:
- How to use AI with your team to genuinely understand what’s going on in your industry.
- How AI can assist you to identify your “key” stakeholders.
- How AI can help you describe your target customer clearly.
Module 2: How Do You Measure Your Success?
Objectives are essential in shaping strategy. Yet most management teams struggle to write clear and measurable objectives. How can AI help? This module shows:
- How AI can assist you to crystallise what you want your stakeholders to do.
- How to use AI to develop possible ways to measure business results.
- How AI is an aid in narrowing down those possibilities to become KPIs.
Module 3: How Do You Achieve Competitive Advantage?
Competitive advantage means doing better than your competition. And that includes beating the competition for all your stakeholders – customers, employees, suppliers, and investors. Can AI assist? This module shows:
- How AI can help you discover the keys to your competitive advantage.
- How AI can assist you to develop clear positions on where you stand.
- How to use AI to research strategic factors.
Module 4: How Do You Execute Your Advantage?
It seems obvious to say that it’s not enough to design strategy, you must execute it as well. Research shows that this is precisely where things come unstuck. Can AI assist? This module shows:
- How AI can assist to focus on a few important actions in an action plan.
- How AI can help out in monitoring progress.
- How AI can aid you to schedule and track your evaluations.
Interactive Format
Whether delivered in-person or online the workshop series features group sessions with slide presentations and interactive workshopping.
Each module concludes with a Q&A session.
As an optional extra Graham can join you for a one-on-one consultation and coaching session to work on your strategy issues – online or by phone.
Optional Extra – Individual Coaching Session
A focused one-hour team consultation and coaching session with Graham Kenny to deep-dive into the strategy challenges facing your organisation or business unit.
Price and Details for Scheduled Program
Price: The price depends on location, duration, number of attendees and so on. Please contact us for a customised quote.