Ram Shivakumar
Adjunct Professor of Economics and Strategy
Ram Shivakumar
The AI-Ready Leader
Turn artificial intelligence ambition into enterprise value.
Next Session
May 26-May 28, 2026
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Location/Format
In Person
Gleacher Center, Chicago
Investment Fee (in USD)
$9,000 USD
Questions? Connect with our enrollment advisors.
Next Session
May 26-May 28, 2026
View All Dates
Location/Format
In Person
Gleacher Center, Chicago
Investment Fee (in USD)
$9,000 USD
Questions? Connect with our enrollment advisors.
The AI-Ready Leader equips executives with the strategic insight, pragmatic frameworks, and leadership capabilities to thrive in the era of artificial intelligence.
Artificial intelligence is no longer experimental—it's a core strategic infrastructure. Yet many organizations struggle to move beyond pilots and fragmented initiatives. This program equips executives with practical frameworks to evaluate AI investments, identify capability gaps, and align AI initiatives with enterprise strategy and risk.
Held at Chicago Booth’s Gleacher Center in downtown Chicago, this program combines faculty insight with applied discussion to help leaders prioritize high-impact opportunities and guide enterprise-wide AI adoption.
The result is disciplined, scalable AI leadership—turning AI ambition into sustained competitive advantage.
This program serves as an elective to:
By attending this program, you will explore key themes:
Assess the Landscape
Understand how AI creates challenges as well as opportunities for legacy companies.
Audit Organizational Readiness for AI
Identify the operational bottlenecks, capability gaps, and data constraints that hinder successful AI adoption.
Architect the AI Organization
Align flexible structures and modern job design to effectively mobilize talent in a digital-first environment.
Select High-Impact Initiatives
Identify and prioritize the most promising AI-related projects aligned with your company’s specific strategic vision.
Execute with Influence
Build the legitimacy, influence, and culture necessary to translate an AI vision into an operating reality.
Operationalize Governance
Develop your organizations protocols and systems for managing routine and non-routine events precipitated by AI.
Who Should Attend
Mid- to senior-level executives responsible for translating artificial intelligence and digital technologies into sustained enterprise value. Ideal participants are leaders with an enterprise-wide perspective who are responsible for shaping strategy, investment decisions, and technology initiatives. This may include general managers, business unit and functional leaders integrating AI into operations or products, and strategy, transformation, digital, or AI leaders guiding enterprise technology adoption.
Download the program brochure for in-depth insights into who should attend, participant profiles, and the ideal candidate.
Faculty Teaching This Program
At Booth, our distinguished faculty exemplify dedication and expertise, bringing deep passion to their teaching. Their steadfast commitment extends beyond traditional instruction, focusing on empowering every Executive Education participant, across all programs and global campuses, to achieve their professional and leadership goals.
Program Outline
- Examine the current "state of play" and analyze high-profile leadership failures.
- Determine which AI-native business models can strengthen your strategic position.
- Uncover constraints that could limit AI's impact on your business.
- Address the gap between your organization's current capabilities and its AI ambitions.
- Examine how AI initiatives connect to your company’s vision and enterprise strategy.
- Define where AI can meaningfully impact performance and outcomes.
- Ensure investments are tied to measurable value creation.
- Focus resources on scalable, enterprise-relevant opportunities.
- Evaluate tradeoffs and sequence investments strategically.
- Identify factors that determine whether AI pilots scale successfully.
- Understand the cultural and leadership shifts required to support AI-driven strategy.
- Focus on building the influence and legitimacy needed to move the organization forward.
- Apply insights from a personalized Hogan assessment to lead high-stakes initiatives more effectively.
- Develop governance frameworks that enable innovation while protecting enterprise integrity.
- Define human oversight and accountability in AI decisions, including decision rights and guardrails.
Upcoming Sessions
Program dates are subject to change.
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Download the program brochure for in-depth insights on who should attend, a schedule preview, past participant profiles, location highlights, networking opportunities, and what to expect. When doing so, you’ll also receive an editable justification letter to help you make the case to your employer for your attendance.
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