AI Academy
Become AI-first. We are the transformation partner for companies moving beyond scattered pilots and incremental gains. From leadership clarity to hands-on sprints and AI activation for teams, we make transformation happen.
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Lead your AI transformation
Designed for leadership teams driving AI transformation. Lead with curiosity, competence, and clarity.
Our flagship program designed for leadership teams navigating the AI shift and leading their company’s AI transformation.
What you will get
- Shared understanding of the exponential pace of AI-driven change
- Competitor analysis – how are others adopting and scaling AI?
- Strategic roadmap for integrating AI, centered around the three waves of AI adoption
- Executive clarity on where and how to deploy AI for maximum business impact
AI-first Transformation blueprint
Redesign your business to become AI-first. This transformation blueprint takes you from vision to implementation.
What you will get
- A top-down framework to define high-conviction strategic bets that build defensible moats – moving beyond scattered “use cases”
- System-level redesign of your workflows, operating model and business model around AI – instead of adding AI to broken legacy ways-of-working
- Holistic transformation blueprint
AI Moonshots
Frame and fund bold AI-native products, services, and ventures. This leadership program enables you to spot, shape, and scale AI opportunities.
What you will get
- Structured process to identify and evaluate AI venture opportunities
- Blueprints for scalable business models in AI products and services
- Investment and governance models for enterprise AI innovation
- Portfolio view linking experimentation to growth strategy
Activate your teams in AI
Activate your teams around AI and turn experiments into enterprise capabilities. These programs accelerate learning, validation, and scale across your business.
AI Foundations Program
Build enterprise-wide literacy and confidence to lead with AI. Accelerate readiness and align teams around your AI transformation journey.
What you will get
- Foundational understanding of generative and applied AI needed to make informed decisions
- Clear view of AI as a strategic growth lever, and knowing where and when to invest
- Practical sessions applying AI tools to real business challenges across functions
- Shared vocabulary and frameworks for collaboration
- Alignment with compliance standards and AI COE
AI Inspiration Day
Ignite curiosity and momentum for AI transformation. This workshop is tailored to your context and designed to create momentum.
What you will get
- Practical session showcasing real-world AI breakthroughs
- Demos and talks tailored to your industry and business context
- Shared understanding of AI’s impact, opportunities, and risks
- Collective energy to kickstart AI transformation programs
AI “Bring-Your-Own-Problem” Sprint
Solve your actual business challenges with AI. This hands-on sprint helps teams test, learn, and demonstrate how AI can create tangible value across your business.
What you will get
- Rapid low-code prototypes addressing real business problems
- Validated AI use-cases and roadmaps for what’s next
- Hands-on exposure to AI design and prototyping tools
- Tangible proof and experience in how AI can drive measurable outcomes
Embed AI into how your functions work
Use AI as a strategic growth lever through functional masterclasses designed for growth teams. Redefine growth in an AI-first way.
AI Training
For Marketeers
Adopt AI-first marketing capabilities, marketing to both humans and agents.
What you will get
- Strategic frameworks for agentic commerce and LLM optimization
- Practical skills in AI-driven dynamic campaigns and personalization
- Applying AI tools to optimize pricing, audience targeting, and creative testing
- Practical guide to running dynamic, continuously optimized go-to-market systems
AI Training
For Innovators
Accelerate innovation with AI-powered ideation, validation and product development.
What you will get
- AI-assisted concept generation and opportunity sizing at lightning speed
- Simulation of desirability, feasibility, and viability in real time
- Rapid prototyping using generative and predictive AI tools
- Practical playbook to integrating AI into innovation pipelines
AI Training
For Insights teams
Transform static reporting into adaptive, intelligence-driven decision systems.
What you will get
- Frameworks and proven methods for synthetic research and real-time testing
- Deeper, faster (real) consumer insights through AI-driven qualitative analysis
- Real-time scenario simulation and insight generation
- Shift from data visualization to automated decision support
AI Training
For Sales teams
Boost lead generation and conversion with AI-driven sales intelligence and enablement.
What you will get
- AI-powered lead scoring and personalized outreach automation
- Sentiment analysis and insights from customer interactions
- Dynamic “next-best-action” models for smarter interactions
- Integration of AI tools into sales processes and CRMs
Inspirational keynotes
Inspiring and practical keynotes that spark curiosity and set the stage for your AI transformation. Helping leaders and teams align around what AI means for their business, customers, and future growth.
The New Competitive Landscape
The Autonomous Age
A deepdive into how AI is fundamentally reshaping businesses and society
Key talking points
- Strategic view of the shift from human-driven to autonomous systems
- Insights into how competition, value chains, and talent are evolving
- Frameworks for adapting leadership and strategy
- Provocative, actionable inspiration for decision-makers
Reshaping Your Go-to-Market
Agentic Commerce
How AI assistants and agents are redefining marketing and sales
Key talking points
- Overview of the new agent-driven customer journey
- Real-world examples of agentic commerce and dynamic ecosystems
- Principles for building AI-enabled go-to-market systems
- Roadmap for adapting commercial strategy and capability building
Playbook for Change
AI-first Transformation
Lead your organization confidently into the AI-first era
Key talking points
- Playbook for building cross-functional AI alignment
- Steps to shift from experimentation to full-scale adoption
- Organizational design principles for AI-first operating models
- Practical frameworks for managing change and readiness
The academy faculty
This isn’t a traditional faculty. Our team is composed of the senior partners and practitioners who lead AI transformation programs day in, day out.
Amir Ouki
Managing Director, Applied AI & Technology
Amir heads BOI’s Applied AI & Technology practice. He builds AI products that change how companies work – with real-time insight, faster cycles, better outcomes. From workflow tools to simulation engines, his work is built around KPI gains, collaborating with major companies like Apple and Netflix.
Laura Stevens
Managing Director, AI transformation
Laura Stevens, PhD, is the author of The Autonomous Enterprise: how to become AI-first. Her work has been featured in Fast Company and other outlets. With a PhD in neuropsychology as well as deep industry experience, she excels in leading AI transformation programs.
Philippe De Ridder
CEO & AI Speaker
As CEO of BOI, Philippe helps executive teams make concentrated bets. A seasoned entrepreneur and keynote speaker, he’s published on AI strategy in Fast Company, HBR, Bloomberg Business, and Forbes. He also leads AUTONOMOUS, the largest summit for AI innovators, attracting over 15,000 attendees twice a year.
Jonathan Chen
Managing Director, AI Strategy
Jon combines enterprise, startup, and consulting experience to lead our US AI strategy practice. He helps businesses transform AI ambitions into scalable capabilities, drawing from his industry success at Cigna and Northwestern Mutual.
How the AI Academy fits into your transformation journey
BOI is an AI transformation partner, not a training vendor. Traditional training programs are part of the “old playbook” – scattered, tool-focused, and often disconnected from strategy. Our AI Academy is different. It is anchored in your strategy. It focuses on enablement and change at scale. It makes your AI transformation happen – measured in behavior change and business outcomes.
Get in touch
Let’s build your AI muscle
Get in touch to explore a program fit for your goals – from leadership transformation to hands-on team activation.
FAQ
What should every executive know about AI for business?
AI is more than a tech add-on, it’s defining a new way of working. Every executive should understand:
- How AI reshapes industries, products and services
- How agentic systems are changing customer journeys
- Where (and how) AI can be used as a strategic growth lever
Our AI Leadership and Strategy Masterclasses led by our BOI experts translate these complex shifts into actionable insights for your business context, helping you stay ahead.
How can companies upskill teams in AI quickly?
By combining leadership alignment with hands-on learning. Our AI programs move fast – from executive masterclasses to team activation sprints – helping organizations like Nestlé, Mastercard, and Novartis build AI confidence and capability. Leaders gain clarity on where to deploy AI, while teams learn by solving real business challenges through practical, low-code experimentation.
How do leadership teams learn to make decisions with AI?
Our AI Foundations Program gives leaders a shared understanding of AI’s pace of change and its business impact. They learn to identify high-value opportunities, assess competitors, and build a strategic roadmap for AI adoption. With practical frameworks and real-world examples, leaders leave ready to make informed, confident decisions and guide their organizations in the AI era.
How can executives develop an AI strategy for their company?
Executives can get started with developing a clear AI strategy through our AI-first Transformation Blueprint Masterclass. This program helps leadership teams identify high-impact use cases, prioritize them by business value, and build a practical roadmap from vision to implementation. The result is a blueprint for an integrated plan connecting strategy, operations, and culture – enabling the organization to lead confidently in the AI era.
What are the key steps to building an AI-native organization?
Becoming AI-native is about rethinking how your company innovates and operates, not about implementing more tools. Through our AI-first Transformation Blueprint, developed by BOI experts, we help leadership teams redesign the operating model around AI, linking strategy, operations, and culture. The process is built to move you from vision to implementation with defined milestones and ownership at every stage.
What are effective ways to activate AI in large organizations?
AI activation starts with alignment on strategy, execution, and ownership. That’s why our AI Activation Programs are designed to turn leadership ambition into hands-on momentum.
We help large organizations design and run initiatives that enable teams to experiment with AI, validate real business use cases, and scale what works. Across functions like marketing, innovation, and sales,, these programs build shared capability and drive visible impact.