The Future of AI

Summary

The Future of AI is a shorter, discussion-based briefing for leaders who need a clear-eyed view of where AI is headed over the next twelve to twenty-four months — not a hands-on workshop, but a session built to inform real decisions. It applies the same sober, no-hype approach as the rest of the Envigs programme to the trends, capability shifts and governance questions leadership teams are being asked to have a view on.

Who Should Attend

• Senior leaders, executive teams and board members who need to plan for AI’s trajectory without operating the tools themselves
• Strategy, planning and risk functions preparing recommendations for leadership
• Anyone who has sat through vendor pitches about AI’s future and wants an independent, evidence-based read before committing budget or attention

Course Description

The session covers four things directly: where the technology is genuinely headed against where the marketing claims outrun it; the shift from chat tools toward agentic and embedded AI, and what that shift changes for an organisation that hasn’t yet adopted either; the workforce and organisational implications leadership will be asked about, whether or not there is a ready answer; and the regulatory and governance questions worth raising now rather than after a decision is made.

This is a briefing and discussion format, not a workshop: no laptops, no exercises in the AI Foundations sense. The value is in the conversation it generates among the leadership team in the room, and the course is structured to produce that conversation rather than talk through it.

It closes by having the room name the two or three actual decisions their organisation will face in the next year, and who owns each one turning a broad briefing into a concrete, dated agenda item rather than a one-off presentation that is forgotten by the following week.

Duration and Format

• Length: Half a day, approximately 3.5 to 4 hours
• Format: Instructor-led briefing and facilitated discussion. No laptops or hands-on exercises required
• Delivery: Can be delivered as a single session to a board or leadership team, or alongside a wider leadership offsite

Pre-Requisite

There is no prerequisite.

• No hands-on AI experience is required the session is designed to be accessible to leaders regardless of how much they have used AI tools personally
• Participants who have attended AI Foundations will get more from the strategic discussion, but it is not required
• Come ready to name a real decision your organisation is facing the closing exercise works from real material, not hypotheticals

Course Outline

     01: Where the technology is actually headed
     02: From chat to agents: the next capability shift
     03: Workforce, skills and organisational implications
     04: Regulation, risk and the questions leaders should be asking
     05: Building your organisation’s watch list and decision points

What You Will Be Able to Do

By the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Separate realistic near-term AI trends from vendor and media hype
• Explain the shift from chat tools to agentic and embedded AI at a strategic, non-technical level
• Anticipate the workforce and organisational implications leadership will be asked to address
• Identify the regulatory and governance questions relevant to your sector before a decision is made
• Brief your own board or leadership team credibly on AI’s likely direction

You Leave With

• A one-page watch list of AI trends relevant to your organisation and sector
• A named list of the near-term decisions your leadership team is facing, each with an owner assigned
• A set of vendor and regulator questions to carry into the next twelve months