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Data & AI Strategy

AI roadmaps, data governance, and build-vs-buy decision frameworks.

16 guides in this track·2h reading·Executive
What you'll learn

Build an AI strategy that survives contact with reality — data readiness, use-case prioritisation, build-vs-buy, and a 12-month roadmap you would defend at a board meeting.

Who this is for

CIOs, CDOs, heads of data and AI, and the strategists and consultants advising them.

How to use it

The guides are numbered — read in order for the curriculum path, or jump straight to the one you need. Each card is self-contained.

The guides

Ordered by recommended reading path
01
Building an AI Strategy in 2026: From Hype to Roadmap

What an AI strategy actually is, why 2026 is different, and how to connect AI to real business outcomes.

8 minRead →
02
The AI Strategy Canvas: Your Whole Strategy on One Page

A one-page framework linking objectives, data, capability, governance, and value.

8 minRead →
03
The AI Maturity Model: Where Are You Really?

Five honest stages from ad-hoc experiments to AI-native operations, and how to move up.

8 minRead →
04
Data Readiness Before AI: The Number One Cause of Failure

Assessing whether your data can actually support AI, and what to fix before you invest.

8 minRead →
05
Data Governance for the AI Era

Quality, lineage, access, privacy, and data contracts, rewritten for LLMs and agents.

8 minRead →
06
The Modern Data Foundation: Lakehouses, Semantic Layers and Agent-Ready Data

Data architecture for decision-makers: why platforms are being rebuilt to serve AI, not just dashboards.

8 minRead →
07
Unstructured Data Is Your Untapped Strategic Asset

Why the documents, emails, and transcripts you have been ignoring are now the highest-leverage input to AI.

7 minRead →
08
Who Owns the Data? Data Products and Accountability

Data products, mesh, and the ownership model that makes AI at scale actually work.

7 minRead →
09
Prioritising Your AI Use-Case Portfolio

Value vs feasibility scoring and how to build a portfolio that ships wins while placing real bets.

7 minRead →
10
Build vs Buy vs Fine-Tune: The Enterprise Sourcing Decision

The full spectrum of AI sourcing decisions and the trade-offs that actually matter in practice.

7 minRead →
11
Open Weights vs Proprietary: Building Your Model Portfolio

How to choose between frontier proprietary models and open-weights options, and why most teams need both.

7 minRead →
12
Evaluating AI Vendors and Partners: A Scorecard for Cutting Through Hype

A scorecard for cutting through AI-powered pitches and choosing partners who can actually deliver.

7 minRead →
13
Your Agentic AI Strategy: Where to Start in 2026

Delegation vs augmentation, and where to deploy the first agents that will actually pay off.

7 minRead →
14
From Pilot to Production: Why Most AI Initiatives Stall

The pilot trap, the operating disciplines that get AI into production, and how to cross the chasm.

7 minRead →
15
The 12-Month AI Roadmap: Sequencing Quick Wins and Foundations

Turning strategy into a phased, fundable delivery plan that balances early wins with long-term bets.

7 minRead →
16
AI Strategy Anti-Patterns: How Good Strategies Go Wrong

The common patterns that quietly break AI strategies, and the leadership habits that prevent them.

8 minRead →

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