Executive Programs

For leaders who want results, not demos. Get clear strategy, practical skill-building, and built-in governance. Choose a path below, or combine them into a focused transformation journey.

Why Learn with René?

René Bohnsack, a global expert ranked among the world’s top 2% of strategy scholars and an entrepreneur who has co-founded multiple AI ventures, has trained more than 2,000 executives across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas.

Research-Backed: Global scientist with 50+ publications on AI strategy
Hands-On: Build real prototypes and frameworks you can apply immediately
Measured ROI: Focus on concrete outcomes with clear KPIs and roadmaps
Board-Level: Strategic frameworks for C-suite and senior leadership
500+Executives Trained
50+ Research Publications
100+ Speaking Events

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'Play to Win' AI Strategy

From AI aspiration to prototype & roadmap

A guided strategy sprint that aligns leaders on where AI creates advantage, and how to win. You'll prioritise use cases, design your operating model, and leave with a clear, resourced roadmap.

Best For: Executive teams and cross-functional leaders

A comprehensive six-phase strategic framework designed to transform your organization's AI aspirations into actionable competitive advantage.

Outcomes:

A crisp AI ambition and "where to play / how to win" choices
A prioritised portfolio of use cases with value, feasibility, and risk
An execution roadmap: capabilities, governance, milestones, and KPIs

"With Play to Win Capstone, DryDocks World identified many AI use cases poised to improve productivity across our operations. The AI Trends in Business workshop revealed innovations we'd never considered. The AI Balanced Scorecard workshop showed us how to use clear KPIs to implement AI in our organization successfully. Importantly, René's energizing facilitation kept us all rowing in the same direction."

Jeong Jin Lee - Manager of Technology Solutions, DryDocks World

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CAIO - Chief AI Officer

Lead AI transformation with confidence

A leadership track for current or emerging CAIOs to build the operating system for AI: strategy, governance, responsible use, capability building, and measurement.

Best For: Current or emerging CAIOs, Heads of Digital/Innovation/Data, cross-functional leaders who must align tech, risk, and business.

Outcomes:

An enterprise AI operating model and decision rights
Risk, ethics, and compliance guardrails embedded into workflows

A capability plan (people, data, platforms) with dashboards and OKRs

“The structured framework of the CAIO course gave us new clarity on AI's role in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. René translated a fast-moving, technical field into actionable insights, bridging vision and execution in a domain where the stakes are uniquely high.”

Rashid Alshehi - Digital Analysis & Transformation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, UAE

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AI for Innovation

Experiment, validate, and launch faster

A hands-on lab for product and innovation teams to use AI across the front end of innovation: problem framing, idea generation, concept testing, and lightweight prototyping.

Best For: Product, service, and innovation squads

Outcomes:

A validated pipeline of AI-enabled concepts (with quick tests)
Repeatable innovation workflows that blend Design Thinking and GenAI
Playbooks and prompts tailored to your industry and roles

In our last strategy event René Bohnsack facilitated an engaging and thought-provoking training session on AI that provided us with actionable insights and strategies to leverage AI in driving innovation and business growth. The session was both inspiring and highly relevant to our mission of putting AI at the core of our digital transformation journey.

Tiago Gonçalves - CEO, Innowave

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