Jack Shaw advises and speaks to the leaders who have to make consequential decisions about AI – where to apply it now, which choices belong at the executive level, how workforce roles will change, and how industry competition will shift. He has delivered more than 1,000 keynote presentations across 26 countries for organizations including IBM, Coca-Cola, Mercedes-Benz, Bosch, GE, and Oracle. A Yale graduate with a Kellogg MBA, Jack is the author of The AI Imperative Series.

Session Descriptions:

The Autonomic Enterprise™: How to Win in the Autonomic Economy™

Executives learn how the Dual Path builds an Autonomic Enterprise capable of competing in the Autonomic Economy now emerging.

Tactical AI and Strategic AI: The Dual-Path Framework

Leaders learn to capture near-term Tactical AI wins while building the Strategic AI foundation that changes how the organization competes.

Your Industry’s AI Imperative

Programs are tailored to the specific AI opportunities, risks, and competitive pressures facing your industry and audience.

AI Governance, Risk, and Executive Accountability

Leaders learn what AI governance requires at the executive and board level, from model risk to regulatory exposure.

Future-Proofing the Workforce in the Age of AI

Leaders learn which decisions require irreducible human judgment, and how to prepare their people for the roles only humans can fill.

All programs can be customized by industry, audience, and event objective.

Videos:

Tactical AI vs. Strategic AI: The Framework Manufacturers Are Missing (4:26)

Jack separates the near-term productivity gains most companies already have from the deeper redesign of mission-critical processes that changes an organization’s competitive position.

The Autonomic Enterprise: How AI Will Run Your Business Like a Heartbeat (2:40)

Jack introduces the Autonomic Enterprise, where AI runs the routine operations of a business at machine speed while people focus on the exceptions, the judgment, and the innovation that only they can handle.

From Weeks to 10 Minutes: Inside AI’s Near-Future Factory (6:47)

Jack brings the near-future AI-driven factory to life, where intelligent systems and predictive maintenance collapse cycle times and downtime into a working day.

Bio:

Jack Shaw advises and speaks to the leaders who have to make consequential decisions about AI: where to apply it now, which choices belong at the executive level, how workforce roles will change, and how industry competition will shift. He has delivered more than 1,000 keynote presentations across 26 countries for organizations including IBM, Coca-Cola, Mercedes-Benz, Bosch, GE, Oracle, Caterpillar, Rockwell Automation, 3M, and leading trade associations and public-sector audiences.

Jack holds a degree from Yale and an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management. He has worked with senior executives at major enterprises in manufacturing, distribution, financial services, healthcare, government, and technology, and has been advising leaders on the business implications of artificial intelligence for nearly four decades.

Jack writes The AI Imperative Series, a multi-volume set of executive briefings that apply the Tactical AI and Strategic AI dual-path framework to one industry at a time. Manufacturing’s AI Imperative is available now. Subsequent volumes address Healthcare, Finance, Distribution, and Government. Each volume is short by design, written to be read in a sitting and used in leadership-team discussion.