AI strategy workshop for CEOs and leadership teams

AI strategy workshop: a few AI initiatives that truly pay off

Our AI strategy workshop helps your leadership team decide where artificial intelligence creates the most value for your business – more revenue, lower costs, faster processes. In two days a long list of ideas becomes three to five initiatives with owners, guardrails and OKRs. AI stops being a buzzword and becomes a plan your teams deliver.

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Hamburg-based, on site wherever your team meetsOne or two senior partners, as your team needsLeadership team plus IT, data protection and key functions

What your team leaves with

Clear AI goalsWhat AI must deliver for your strategy
A shared AI languageEveryone understands what AI can and cannot do today
3–5 prioritised initiativesRated on value, feasibility, data and risk
Owners, guardrails and OKRsA 90-day plan with rules for data and security

How it works

How the AI strategy workshop works

Three phases: a short preparation, two days in the room and 90 days of guided delivery. The plan is a proposal – in the briefing we adapt it to your situation and agree how you will measure success after the AI strategy workshop.

Phase 1 · Prepare

Strategy first, technology second

A prep session with the CEO: business goals, current AI activities, data situation and who needs to be in the room.

Phase 2 · Workshop

Two days from noise to focus

A shared understanding of AI, use cases along your value chain, a clear prioritisation and guardrails.

Phase 3 · Deliver

90 days to first results

Initiative owners work against milestones and OKRs. A monthly steering meeting tracks progress; the quarterly review decides what scales.

In the room

Two days in the AI strategy workshop

Day one builds a shared understanding and a long list of opportunities. Day two focuses on a few initiatives with a plan.

DAY 1
Goals, understanding and opportunitiesLeadership team and selected experts
Strategy and goals
The CEO explains where the company is heading. The team derives what AI should contribute.
AI in everyday business
A practical briefing with examples from sales, service, administration and operations.
Walk the value chain
Groups go process by process: where does work take time today, where are knowledge or speed missing?
Develop options
Collect use cases – from quick wins to new offers for customers.
DAY 2
Priorities, guardrails and planLeadership team decides
Rate
Value, feasibility, data and risk for every use case. An impact-effort matrix makes the choice visible.
Prioritise
Leadership chooses three to five initiatives – and consciously says no to the rest.
Guardrails
Data protection, security, rules for using AI tools and how employees are brought along.
Agree next steps
Owners, milestones, OKRs and one clear message for the organisation.

Is this the right format?

When an AI strategy workshop pays off

  • Everybody talks about AI, but nobody knows where to start.
  • Individual teams experiment, but no plan emerges from it.
  • Your board or shareholders ask for your AI strategy.
  • You want to grow or cut costs and use AI deliberately for it.

Related formats

Growth strategy workshop

A growth ambition, 3–5 growth initiatives and OKRs. The growth strategy workshop →

Cost reduction workshop

Savings your teams find, own and deliver. The cost reduction workshop →

Operating model workshop

An organisation that carries your strategy. The operating model workshop →

Who you work with

Two senior partners: strategy and AI practice in one team

Oliver links AI initiatives to strategy, growth and costs; Joern brings hands-on AI experience from many trainings and workshops and designs the process that involves teams from every function. The result is a plan that pays off and that your teams stand behind.

Oliver Pasdzior, partner at Stryke Consulting

Oliver Pasdzior

Partner · Strategy, growth and transformation

Over 15 years in corporate development and strategy execution, formerly an executive at major corporations. Leads growth, efficiency and change initiatives with analytical clarity and a pragmatic feel for the people side.

Joern Steinz, partner at Stryke Consulting

Joern Steinz

Partner · Facilitation, execution and OKRs

Facilitating leadership teams since 2014, more than 60 OKR engagements and over 1.000 workshops. Formerly a consultant at Accenture and in corporate development at XING. MBA, EADA Business School Barcelona.

Strategy workshops and offsites for the leadership teams of

Domino’s PizzaESAHarvey NormanHERO SoftwareSagaStevanato GroupTildeZertus Group

Further clients

AllianzBayerBrown-FormanDHLeBayLufthansaMcKinseySiemensVolkswagen

Questions

Questions about the AI strategy workshop

What is an AI strategy workshop?

An AI strategy workshop is a facilitated session in which the leadership team decides where artificial intelligence contributes most to the business strategy. With us it takes two days and ends with three to five initiatives, owners, guardrails and OKRs for the first 90 days.

Do we need technical knowledge?

No. A short briefing brings everyone to the same level. The focus is on business goals and processes, not technology.

Do you select software for us?

No, we are independent. The workshop clarifies which problems AI should solve. Which tools fit, you decide afterwards with your IT team.

Who should take part?

The CEO and leadership team, plus people from IT, data protection and the functions with the biggest potential.

What happens after the two days?

Owners start right away. On request we support delivery, train your teams in using AI and facilitate the first quarterly review.

Where does the workshop take place?

At a venue of your choice. We are based in Hamburg and come to wherever your team meets, in English or German.

Next step

Let’s plan your AI strategy workshop

Tell us what AI should achieve for your business and where you stand today. We shape the two days around the decisions your leadership team has to make. We look forward to hearing from you.

Get in touch

hello@stryke-consulting.com · 0049 175 566 4329 · Hamburg · Deutsche Version


Strategy development and execution · Hamburg