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Half-day intensive session
Focused work with EIS founders and senior principals, not analysts taking notes. The room is small for a reason.
AI Leadership Clinic, leadership clarity, without the vendor pitch.
A confidential, structured advisory format for CEOs, CIOs, and board members who need clarity without vendor pitches. AI transformation starts at the top.
What it is
A working session, not a presentation.
The Leadership Clinic is a closed-door advisory engagement for the small group of people in your organisation who have to make the AI investment, governance, and risk calls, and have nowhere honest to ask the questions. We arrive prepared, under NDA, with a reading pack drawn from your sector. We leave behind a written debrief and a direct line to EIS principals. Not a sales pitch. You sit down with someone who has built AI strategies for boards across industries. You leave with a clear roadmap and the confidence to move forward.
What you get
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Tailored, not templated
Every session has its own reading pack, drawn from your sector, your filings, and the questions you've sent ahead.
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Personal AI strategy roadmap
A written roadmap you can take to your board. Priorities, timelines, and realistic resource needs.
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Confidential by default
No attribution. No case studies. The fact of the engagement is itself confidential, the value depends on it.
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Direct line between sessions
Members have a direct line to EIS principals, for the question that can't wait, the second-opinion read on a vendor proposal.
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Vendor-agnostic
We don't resell. We don't take referral fees. The recommendation is based on the constraints, not the kickback.
The Framework
How it works
Three cadences. One relationship. The right cadence depends on how live the decisions are, monthly when you're actively building, quarterly when you're stewarding, annually when you're orienting.
PHASE 01
MONTHLY
A two-hour working session each month with a reading pack delivered five days ahead. For live investment decisions, vendor evaluations, and the kinds of questions you can't put in writing yet.
Deliverable
Reading pack + action register
PHASE 02
QUARTERLY
A half-day deep dive against one strategic question, a portfolio review, a regulatory shift, an organisational design change. We write the brief in advance, the debrief afterward.
Deliverable
Pre-read + debrief memo
PHASE 03
ANNUAL
A two-day off-site retreat for the full executive committee or board. Scenario work, governance stress-tests, and the conversations that don't happen in monthly meetings.
Deliverable
Scenario pack + 12-month thesis
PHASE 04
BETWEEN
Direct line to EIS principals between sessions for questions that can't wait until next month. 48-hour response SLA, no minimum spend on follow-ups.
Deliverable
Principal contact + Slack channel
Real-world example, sovereign-linked investment group
A monthly Leadership Clinic alongside a Quarterly Deep Dive for twelve months. Engagement details remain confidential; the shape, in the abstract, is illustrative.
Vendor proposals stress-tested
Three competing AI vendor proposals reviewed under the clinic. One acquisition deferred, two renegotiated.
3 → 2
Regulator-grade documentation
Decision documented to the standard the regulator later requested, without it being asked for upfront.
Pre-emptive
Internal capability commissioned
Internal capability brief commissioned ahead of any external build. Avoided two redundant procurement cycles.
12 months
The clinic was the only room where we could say what we didn't know. That was worth the entire engagement on its own.
Chair · investment committee
Where this connects
Pairs with Strategy & Governance, written artefacts plus ongoing counsel
Executive teams who'd benefit from structured learning use the AI Leader track in the Academy
Governance-heavy questions feed into the Responsible AI controls library
Engagement begins with a confidential discovery call, no commitment
Time to decide. Apply now.
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