AI isn't waiting for
your strategy cycle.
Most AI pilot programmes fail at scale. Not because the technology breaks, but because leadership does. The organisations that will lead the next decade aren't the ones with the best AI tools. They're the ones whose leaders can think, decide, and act when the ground is shifting beneath them.
This programme equips you tolead through the conditions AI creates: evolving from Driver to Connector to Orchestrator. Building the judgement, influence, and resilience that no algorithm can replicate.
Designed for C-suite leaders and senior decision-makers accountable for strategy, transformation, and organisational resilience, whether or not they consider themselves “technical.”
“The leaders who will thrive aren't the ones who know the most about AI. They're the ones who can still make good decisions when nobody knows enough.”
What changes after
three days.
Defensible Decisions at Speed
Make high-stakes decisions with incomplete information. Avoid both paralysis and reckless speed through structured protocols forged in military intelligence and clinical psychology.
Govern Without Slowing
Build trust, transparency, and ethical governance architecture that protects the organisation without killing velocity. Deploy guardrails, not bureaucracy.
Mobilise the System
Influence cross-functional, cross-boundary action when formal authority is insufficient. Craft board-ready narratives that create buy-in and unlock resources.
2–3 hours of focused
pre-work.
So every session is grounded in your real challenges, not generic case studies.
AI Leadership Readiness Assessment
Establish your personal baseline and inform a tailored learning path across Self, Systemic, and Strategic leadership dimensions.
Context Brief
Current AI initiatives, top risks, desired outcomes – so your programme experience is grounded in your real challenges.
Stakeholder Map
Key relationships and influence networks that will shape your post-programme implementation.
Three days.
Six modules. One transformation.
Leadership Reframing
See yourself differently: from Driver to Connector to Orchestrator.
- Why AI changes the operating conditions for leadership
- The Driver → Connector → Orchestrator shift
- Case studies: organisations that adapted vs. those that didn’t
Leading Systemic Change
Diagnose structural reasons AI initiatives fail and map organisational interdependencies before launch.
- Why digital transformations often fail – and what AI changes
- Seeing organisational interdependencies, risk, and cultural impact
- Building an AI-literate leadership team without becoming technical experts
Adaptive Decision-Making Under Radical Uncertainty
Make consequential decisions when the information landscape shifts faster than your planning cycles.
- Psychology of decision-making in uncertain, high-speed environments
- Military and clinical insights on resilience under sustained pressure
- Designing decision rights and escalation paths across human/AI agents
Trust at Speed
Build governance and ethical architecture that protects trust without killing velocity.
- Trust architecture: governance frameworks for AI-augmented decisions
- Stakeholder communication when the pace outstrips the process
- Balancing transparency, speed, and risk appetite
Influence Without Authority
Mobilise cross-functional action in a matrix when formal authority is insufficient.
- Network leadership: mobilising action across boundaries
- Building coalitions around AI-driven change
- Crafting board-ready narratives that create buy-in
Leading the Capability Shift
Embed evolved leadership into organisational DNA and build sustainable competitive advantage.
- Embedding evolved leadership into daily practice
- Translating learning into strategic advantage
- Designing accountability structures and progress checkpoints
The learning
doesn't stop at Day 3.
30-Day Integration Review
Virtual, cohort-based check-in to review progress against your 90-day plan and troubleshoot blockers.
Peer Learning Network
Optional ongoing connection with your cohort for shared learning, accountability, and cross-sector insight.
Executive Coaching
Optional 1-1 coaching to sustain momentum and embed leadership shifts into daily practice.
Led by practitioners,
not theorists.
Angus Morrison
Patrick Collister
Susie Hines RRC
Greenlands Campus
Set on the banks of the Thames, Henley Business School's Grade II listed Greenlands campus provides the focus and remove that senior leaders need to think deeply, away from the noise of day-to-day operations.
Frequently asked.
13 April 2026
Greenlands Campus, Henley-on-Thames · 3 Days
Certificate awarded by Henley Business School Executive Education
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