I'm the CEO of a mid-market B2B company (~500 employees, $80M revenue). Our board is asking for an AI strategy and I need to present one in 30 days. I don't want a fluffy vision deck - I need a concrete plan that covers where AI creates value for us specifically, what we should invest in first, what it'll cost, and how we'll measure success. I need to sound credible to both our technical CTO and our non-technical board members.
Plan for: Build a Board-Ready AI Strategy for Your Company in 30 Days
CTO may feel the existing data stack isn't as 'AI-ready' as initially thought, leading to delays.
Frame the pilots around areas where data is already clean, or include a small data-cleaning phase in the $100k-$500k budget.
Scope creep during pilot selection, drifting from internal efficiency to complex customer-facing features.
Strictly enforce the criteria: pilots must primarily drive internal cost reduction or operational efficiency.
The presentation becomes too technical for the board or too high-level for the CTO.
Use a 'sandwich' approach in the deck: Business Value -> Technical 'How' (briefly) -> Financial ROI.
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