Is this a technical workshop?

No. Technical depth comes in exactly where it changes the decision. The day is built for people who decide on AI budgets without building software themselves.

We already have an AI strategy. Is this still worth it?

Then the Reality Snapshot is the interesting part: it shows whether the organisation is where the strategy assumes it is. In the AI Monitor, answers from the same company land about 30 points apart.

What if we can't agree on the decision day?

Then we record the disagreement instead of smoothing it over – with the question that resolves it and the date you'll answer it. A documented open point beats a decision nobody meant.

Is this a sales pitch for the Teklens product?

No. We show the product where it contributes to the decision and say plainly where it doesn't fit. No sales rep in the room.

What does the lab cost?

The scope is fully described on this page. We fix the price in a 30-minute scoping call and confirm it in writing – with no line items appearing later.

Does the Execution Track start automatically afterwards?

No. After Decode and Shape you decide at the fit gate between amplify, experiment, wait and stop. A reasoned stop is a valid result.

AI Leadership Lab · CEO · C-level · Board

Make the AI decisions your organisation can execute.

In one day, from differing assessments to three defensible AI bets, three deliberate stops and a 90-day cadence.

Uncover your leadership gap

Thirty minutes with a founder. Then you get scope and a fixed price.

For

CEO, COO, CFO, CIO
Executive team
Board members
Owners with operational responsibility
Portfolio leads pre-invest, post-invest or pre-exit

The starting point

The board discusses tools while the organisation struggles with data, accountability and a shared picture of reality. AI isn't missing from the agenda. It just rarely arrives in a state you can decide on.

Evidenced by

In the AI Monitor, leadership rates AI readiness at 54 out of 100. People doing the daily work say 42. Plan on the higher number and you may be funding an organisation that doesn't exist.

Dream outcome

The group knows where AI can create strategic value, what deliberately won't be funded, who decides and how progress will be visible in 90 days.

Your first result

55 working days after a complete intake

Leadership-vs-organisation gap map

Within five working days of a complete intake, the group receives a gap map with the three questions that most need answering on the decision day.

Decision snapshot

How closely does your read match the organisation's?

Three questions on readiness, strategy and daily practice. Your result appears immediately – no email, no form.

Leadership Gap Snapshot

01
Our organisation is ready to put AI to productive use.
Readiness: Our organisation is ready to put AI to productive use.
not at all50completely
02
We have an AI strategy with budget, accountability and a clear plan.
Strategy: We have an AI strategy with budget, accountability and a clear plan.
not at all50completely
03
I know which AI tools our people actually work with.
Daily practice: I know which AI tools our people actually work with.
not at all50completely

Basis: 162 valid responses, 106 of them with demographic detail. AI Monitor 2026, published by Teklens with ETH Zurich and the University of St. Gallen. Self-assessments, normalised to 0–100. Pre-release.

What the Decision Lab includes

Every component names the obstacle it removes, the artefact you receive and when it is delivered.

Lead time: about 10 working daysLab: 1 day, preferably on siteParticipants: ideally 6–12Intake: 15 minutes per person

No prior AI knowledge required.

Obstacle
Differing assessments and fuzzy terminology
Artefact
Benchmark, perception gaps and starting position
Delivered
before the decision day

Included accelerators

Build · Buy · Partner · Wait · Stop scorecard
Vendor and model risk checklist
90-day board review agenda
Decision log template

Templates created during the lab that your team keeps using afterwards. We don't attach invented individual values to them.

When the evidence holds: Execution Track

90-Day AI Leadership Operating System

The Decision Lab plus 90 days in which the three bets become real operating moves.

Translating the three bets into real operating moves
Three agreed executive reviews
Sharpening metrics, budget and ownership
Vendor and partner decisions, where in scope
Updated Context Workspace
Closing review with a continue, change or stop decision

Proof

Problem proof

54 vs 42
Leadership rates AI readiness higher than the people doing the daily work.
Source: AI Monitor 2026 – Teklens mit ETH Zürich und Universität St. Gallen (2026)
Basis: 162 valid responses, 106 of them with demographic detail
Limitation: Self-assessments, normalised to 0–100. The gap shows a difference in perception, not which side is right.
28%
of organisations have the CEO directly accountable for AI governance. That single factor shows the strongest link to measurable bottom-line impact.
Source: McKinsey, «The State of AI» (2025)
Basis: Global enterprise survey, self-reported governance and impact
Limitation: Correlation, not causation. CEO accountability does not create the effect; it accompanies it.
2 Aug 2026
Since that date the Article 50 transparency obligations, general-purpose AI enforcement and the full penalty regime apply.
Source: EU AI Act, Umsetzungsstand (2026)
Basis: Legal text and the published implementation timeline
Limitation: The high-risk deadlines moved to December 2027 and August 2028 respectively. Not legal advice.

ETH Zurich and the University of St. Gallen are research partners on the AI Monitor. They are not Teklens reference customers.

Mechanism proof

Anonymised exampleAI Decision Pack

Anonymised example · Swiss industrial company, around 400 employees

Decision	Type	Owner	Metric	90 days
AI-assisted quotation drafting	Bet	COO	Quote turnaround time	Pilot in two regions
Knowledge search across product docs	Bet	CIO	Search time per query	Rollout to support
Restart predictive maintenance	Wait	CTO	Sensor data coverage	Review after the data project
Train an in-house language model	Stop	CTO	—	Not pursued, reasons in the log

Delivery proof

What we have actually delivered: cases, customer quotes or an anonymised before-and-after. Where nothing is cleared yet we show a clearly labelled anonymised example – not an empty placeholder.

We do · You provide

We do

Benchmark and analysis
Interview and document synthesis
Preparing the decisions
Facilitation and Decision Pack
Workspace structure and review cadence

You provide

15 minutes of intake per person
Relevant strategy and portfolio documents
One day with the group that can actually decide
Named owners for the agreed bets

Investment

Two options, one scope. The Execution Track sits first because it shows the full extent – the recommended entry is the Decision Lab.

Recommended entry

1-Day AI Board Decision Lab

Diagnosis, a shared decision and a concrete execution plan. For teams that need clarity before they commit capital or capacity.

Role-specific diagnosis
First-value snapshot
One to two workshop days
Decision Pack
Context Workspace
90- or 100-day plan

First result: 5 working days after a complete intake
Full result: 5 working days after the decision day
Effort on your side: 15 minutes per person plus one day with the group

Fixed price after a 30-minute scoping call

The scope is set; the price is fixed in the scoping call and confirmed in writing. No line items appearing later.

Decision Pack guarantee

When the agreed inputs are complete, we deliver the defined Decision Pack by the agreed date. If an agreed component is missing, we keep working at no extra fee until the pack is complete.

The group knows where AI can create strategic value, what deliberately won't be funded, who decides and how progress will be visible in 90 days.

Review the Board Decision Lab

Full system

90-Day AI Leadership Operating System

The Decision Lab plus real execution, reviews and embedding into how the team works.

Everything in the Decision Lab
Execution on the real portfolio, backlog or GTM system
Agreed working assets or agents
Quality and governance gates
Review cadence
Handover and ongoing development in the Context Workspace

First result: 5 working days after a complete intake
Full result: 5 working days after the decision day
Effort on your side: 15 minutes per person plus one day with the group

Fixed price after a 30-minute scoping call

The scope is set; the price is fixed in the scoping call and confirmed in writing. No line items appearing later.

Decision Pack guarantee

When the agreed inputs are complete, we deliver the defined Decision Pack by the agreed date. If an agreed component is missing, we keep working at no extra fee until the pack is complete.

The group knows where AI can create strategic value, what deliberately won't be funded, who decides and how progress will be visible in 90 days.

Review the Board Decision Lab

Decision Pack guarantee

A decision you can act on – or we keep working.

When the agreed inputs are complete, we deliver the defined Decision Pack by the agreed date. If an agreed component is missing, we keep working at no extra fee until the pack is complete.

We guarantee defined outputs and dates that we control. No revenue, transformation or autonomy guarantee – that depends on your execution, and we can't stand behind it.

A Decision Pack counts as complete with

a validated baseline
prioritised decisions
reasoned wait and stop decisions
named owners
success criteria or metrics
a roadmap and the next review point
an updated Context Workspace

Prerequisites

Complete inputs by the agreed date
The agreed stakeholders take part
Decisions stay within the agreed scope
Access and permissions are in place
No external blocker prevents the work

Fit gate

After Decode and Shape, you decide – not us.

The Execution Track does not start automatically. A reasoned wait or stop is a valid result – and often the most valuable one.

Amplify
The evidence holds. We start the Execution Track.
Experiment
A bounded test resolves the open uncertainty before capacity is committed.
Wait
Fix the groundwork or the input first. With a criterion and a review date, not as a postponement.
Stop
No sensible business case. Recording that with reasons saves more than any pilot.

Shared operating model

Decode → Shape → Amplify → Evolve.

A loop, not a transformation with an end date.

01
Decode
Understand reality, context and the bottleneck
Where do we actually stand?
02
Shape
Set decisions, priorities and limits
What do we change – and what don't we?
03
Amplify
Turn decisions into real work
How does measurable impact happen?
04
Evolve
Embed learning, governance and routine
How does the system get better?

The Decision Lab covers Decode and Shape and hands over to Amplify and Evolve. The Execution Track runs the whole loop.

Your company leaves with a system, not a slide deck.

Every lab leaves behind a versioned Context Workspace: evidence, decisions, work, rules and what you learned, in one place. Human-readable, machine-readable for approved agents, exportable.

Minimum requirements

Versioned, with traceable sources and assumptions
An owner per artefact; decisions dated and reasoned
Human-readable and machine-readable for approved agents
Exportable – no artificial lock-in
Permissions and data residency settled, update rhythm defined in Evolve

Structure

/company-ai/
  00_evidence/
  01_strategy/
  02_governance/
  03_portfolio/
  04_reviews/

Common questions

Not sure which Lab fits?

Thirty minutes with the founding team. You get a clear recommendation, the right scope – or a reasoned no.

All labs

Make the AI decisions your organisation can execute.

The starting point

Dream outcome

Your first result

How closely does your read match the organisation's?

Our organisation is ready to put AI to productive use.

We have an AI strategy with budget, accountability and a clear plan.

I know which AI tools our people actually work with.

What the Decision Lab includes

01AI Reality Snapshotbefore the decision day

02Board Decision Dayworkshop day

03AI Portfolioworkshop day

04AI Decision Packwithin five working days of the workshop

05Governance Mapwith the Decision Pack

06Executive Context Workspacewith the Decision Pack

Included accelerators

When the evidence holds: Execution Track

Proof

Problem proof

Mechanism proof

Delivery proof

We do · You provide

We do

You provide

Investment

1-Day AI Board Decision Lab

90-Day AI Leadership Operating System

A decision you can act on – or we keep working.

Fit gate

Decode → Shape → Amplify → Evolve.

Decode

Shape

Amplify

Evolve

Your company leaves with a system, not a slide deck.

Common questions

Is this a technical workshop?

We already have an AI strategy. Is this still worth it?

What if we can't agree on the decision day?

Is this a sales pitch for the Teklens product?

What does the lab cost?

Does the Execution Track start automatically afterwards?

Not sure which Lab fits?