The AI Leadership & Strategy Day: Align leaders, embed governance, and define a clear 12-month AI strategy
AI Leadership & Strategy Day is the capstone workshop of Dixon AI’s organisational transformation journey the moment where leaders consolidate all the learning, experimentation and evidence generated across the previous stages and translate it into a clear, actionable, and sustainable organisational AI strategy.
This day elevates the organisation into Stage 6: Strategic Integration of the Seven Stages of Organisational AI Transformation the point at which AI stops being an initiative and becomes a strategic enabler woven into governance, decision-making, capability development and long-term planning.
Through an intensive, facilitator-led session, leaders develop:
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a 12-month AI strategy
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governance structures and decision rights
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investment principles and tooling posture
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role definitions
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capability development plans
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a prioritised innovation roadmap
This is where an organisation formally embeds AI into its operating model supported by the evidence and insights gathered during the Hackathon Day (Stage 5) and the value identified on Value Discovery Day (Stage 4).
No technical background is required. This session is about strategic clarity, alignment, governance and sustainable capability.
What it Delivers
A 12-Month Organisational AI Strategy
Governance Structures
and Decision Rights
Defined Roles: AI Lead & AI Champions
Prioritised Project Roadmap Ready for Execution
Policy & Risk Foundations for Responsible AI Use
Capability Development Pathway for Leaders & Teams
Key Outcomes
A Clear, Aligned 12-Month
AI Strategy
Leaders leave with a practical strategy grounded in real organisational experience not theoretical assumptions.
Cohesive Leadership
Alignment and Direction
The senior team gains clarity on priorities, governance, roles and resource allocation—ensuring consistency across the organisation.
A Sustainable
Innovation Pipeline
Prototype outputs and opportunity lists are transformed into a structured, ongoing innovation pipeline that will continue beyond the programme.
Governance and Policy Structures That Support Responsible AI Adoption
Organisations gain clarity on risk, compliance, guardrails and responsible AI principles balancing speed with safety.
A Fully Embedded Operating Model for AI
AI is no longer a side project. It is integrated into how leadership plans, how teams work and how decisions get made.
Why AI Leadership &
Strategy Day Works
This workshop works because it anchors transformation in strategic clarity, leadership alignment, governance discipline and real organisational capability. It is the moment transformation becomes sustainable.
AI Leadership & Strategy Day is the natural culmination of the journey through the Seven Stages activating Stage 6: Strategic Integration, where AI becomes part of the organisation’s long-term operating model.
Here’s what makes the approach effective:
Strategy Built on Evidence, Not Guesswork
Insights from Value Discovery and Hackathon Days reveal what works, what doesn’t, and where capability exists making the strategy grounded and realistic.
Leadership Alignment Creates Coherence
Senior teams leave with shared context, language and priorities preventing fragmented or competing AI initiatives.
Governance & Policy Provide Confidence
Clear decision rights and guardrails give teams the permission and protection they need to innovate safely.
The Roadmap Ensures Sustainable Momentum
The organisation doesn’t just have ideas it has a sequenced plan that drives progress for 12 months.
Role Clarity Turns Strategy Into Action
With sponsors, AI Leads and Champions defined, the organisation knows exactly who is responsible for driving adoption and supporting teams.