October 22, 2026 · Telekom Academy, Athens, Greece
An 8-hour AI strategy intensive across 7 modules and 4 strategic phases: governance, culture, and business redesign. You leave with a board-ready AI transformation roadmap โ not a pile of pilot decks.
AI transformation fails not because of inadequate technology โ but because of inadequate leadership. Most companies are trapped in isolated AI pilots — AI adoption without the readiness to scale — while competitors quietly redesign entire business models.
This programme reframes AI from another digital transformation project into a leadership challenge. Over a single intensive day, executives turn AI strategy from awareness into a concrete, board-ready transformation roadmap โ built around governance, culture, and business redesign.
By the end of the day, every participant leaves with a phased AI transformation roadmap โ priorities, success metrics, and governance structures โ ready to present to their board and leadership team.
Leading enterprise-wide transformation, allocating capital and setting the AI strategy and vision for AI adoption across the organisation.
Turning the AI strategy into departmental priorities, budgets and measurable results.
Leading teams through the change and turning new AI ways of working into everyday practice.
Aligning technology strategy with business outcomes and bridging the gap between technical teams and leadership.
Managing workforce transformation, culture change, and building the human-AI collaboration models that stick.
Any senior professional responsible for strategic decisions who needs to lead AI transformation, not just react to it.
Reframes AI transformation from a technology project to a fundamental leadership challenge โ and the new capabilities C-level executives actually need.
Key topicsLeadership challenge · Mindset shifts · Leading through ambiguity
Reserve Your Seat ›The gap between where your organisation is today and where it needs to be to compete โ assessed across vision, financial commitment, and alignment.
Key topicsReadiness assessment · AI maturity models · CEO & CFO roles
Reserve Your Seat ›Ethics and governance as revenue drivers and risk mitigators โ with CEO/board oversight delivering 3.6× greater impact.
Key topicsGovernance framework · Board oversight · Velocity vs responsibility
Reserve Your Seat ›Building an AI-ready culture โ psychological safety, experimentation, and human-AI collaboration models that actually stick.
Key topicsChange management · Psychological safety · Human-AI collaboration
Reserve Your Seat ›The most critical strategic module โ moving from โ10% more efficientโ to โhow can AI fundamentally change how we create and capture value?โ
Key topicsMicro-productivity trap · AI-native models · Kill / Transform / Scale
Reserve Your Seat ›Real-world transformations across financial services, manufacturing, and retail โ focused on leadership decisions, not technical implementations.
Key topicsFinancial services · Manufacturing · Retail & CX
Reserve Your Seat ›Where AI strategy becomes action โ executives build a customised, prioritised roadmap with success metrics and governance, peer-reviewed on the spot.
DeliverablePhased AI transformation roadmap, ready for your board
Reserve Your Seat ›AI strategy as a leadership challenge requiring new capabilities and mindsets โ not a technology project.
Every module builds toward a concrete output: your organisation's AI transformation roadmap.
Learn from fellow leaders, from the C-suite to team leads, facing the same challenges. Benchmark approaches and build your network.
Grounded in The State of Gen AI Leadership 2025-26 report, research from McKinsey and Deloitte, and real-world case studies of successful and failed transformations.
Move beyond digital transformation and incremental efficiency to fundamental business-model innovation and competitive advantage.
Two facilitators with complementary expertise bring specialised depth without repetition.
Seven modules across four phases: strategic vision, readiness, governance and ethics, organisational change and culture, business redesign that goes beyond digital transformation, real-world case studies and your own transformation roadmap.
Leaders who shape AI decisions, from the C-suite, directors and department heads to team leaders, technology leaders and people and culture leaders.
No. This is AI for leaders, not engineers: AI strategy, governance and culture, not code or tools.
A phased AI transformation roadmap that turns your AI strategy into priorities, success metrics and governance structures, plus the Executive Playbook, the AI Delta Assessment, real-world case studies and a senior leaders peer cohort.
No. This bootcamp is one intensive day at the Gen AI Leadership Forum; the Gen AI Executive Leadership Program is our full AI leadership program for leadership teams, on site or live online.
October 22, 2026, at Telekom Academy in Athens, as part of the Gen AI Leadership Forum. Registration opens at 09:30 and the programme runs from 10:00 to 17:30.
Eight hours of AI strategy, seven modules, four strategic phases โ and a board-ready AI transformation roadmap. October 22, 2026 ยท Telekom Academy Athens.
Head of AI Development PlatformLead Gen AI Trainer,Product-Led Hub
Vassilis Karabalis on LinkedInBio
With over a decade of experience in technology leadership, I currently serve as the Head of AI Development Platform at ENTERSOFTONE.
My journey includes successful tenures as a Senior R&D Manager in HCM Payroll systems and a Technology Director in the media industry, where I consistently delivered transformative technological solutions. My expertise spans software architecture, AI implementation, and team leadership, complemented by a proven ability to build and mentor high-performing development teams.
I’ve successfully led multiple enterprise-level projects, focusing on innovative solutions that drive business growth and technological advancement. My approach combines technical expertise with strategic vision, enabling organizations to leverage cutting-edge technology while fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation.
I’m particularly passionate about mentoring emerging talent and creating collaborative environments that spark creativity and drive exceptional results.
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George Nikolaropoulos on LinkedInBio
Accomplished architect and team leader who inspires innovation and drives success and growth. Has a background in banking, insurance, maritime, and marketing research industries. Always interested in product development, tech strategy, and artificial intelligence. Passionate about creating a culture of trust, collaboration, and creativity with a focus on making customers’ lives better.
Currently focused on growing and leading engineering teams that create products normal people find impossible, deliver on time, and show respect.