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Executive AI Briefing

A half-day briefing for managing partners and directors who need a firm-wide position on AI

Half-day, 6 to 12 leaders, delivered in-person or virtually in the UK. Sector-specific, vendor-neutral, UK-regulation-literate. You leave with a defensible position, a shortlist of real use cases, and named owners. The session runs as a working discussion, not a slideware walkthrough, and there is no software to install.

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  • Delivered across Legal, Finance & Accounting, and Consulting & Advisory
  • Sessions facilitated by certified associates, not a single individual
  • A trading style of The AI Consultancy (London) Ltd
A Managing Partner at a desk reviewing a printed AI readiness briefing document next to an open laptop, in a daylit office.

What a half-day looks like

Six working blocks over roughly four hours, including breaks. Agenda is adapted to your firm before the session, not on the day.

  1. Block 1

    Sector landscape review

    Walk through the current state of AI use in your sector, what competitors are doing, and where regulators have moved since the last board pack. Pre-read supplied; session time is used for challenge and discussion, not recap.

  2. Block 2

    Strategic implications for your firm

    Work through where AI creates real commercial value for the firm, where it creates risk, and where the honest answer is neither. Output is a short list of positions the leadership team can defend to fee-earners, clients, and the board.

  3. Block 3

    Use case identification

    Identify three to five candidate use cases inside the firm using a structured shortlist exercise. Each candidate is scored on value, feasibility, and governance burden so the conversation ends with a ranked list rather than a wish list.

  4. Block 4

    Governance framework

    Map the controls you need before any of those use cases ships: confidentiality, data residency, human-in-the-loop requirements, and UK regulatory touchpoints (SRA, ICAEW, FCA, ICO where relevant). Gaps against your current policy are captured explicitly.

  5. Block 5

    ROI and measurement

    Agree how the leadership team will measure return on any AI investment. Covers the baseline measurements to take now, the metrics to track per use case, and the cadence at which results are reviewed.

  6. Block 6

    Next steps and ownership

    Close the session with named owners, decision dates, and a one-page summary that goes into the written briefing note. No open action items leave the room unassigned.

What you leave the room with

Five outcomes, in the language a partner would use when briefing the executive committee the next morning.

  • A position on AI the partnership can defend

    “We can now say, in one paragraph, what AI means for this firm, which risks we are willing to carry, and which we are not.”

  • A shortlist of real use cases

    “We have three to five ranked use cases, each with a named sponsor, a view on governance, and a rough sense of value before any tooling spend.”

  • A view on governance before things break

    “We know where our current confidentiality, data handling, and regulatory obligations meet AI, and where the gaps are. That goes into the risk register, not a blog post.”

  • Honest measurement criteria

    “We know what we are measuring to judge whether this is working, and what we are not. Nobody on the executive committee needs to guess what success looks like.”

  • A next step, not a strategy deck

    “We leave the session with a named owner, a decision date, and the scope of the next action. The written summary lands in the inbox by the end of the week.”

Why senior leaders are the constraint, not the workforce

The partnership and executive committee are the least-prepared group in most UK professional services firms. The briefing is designed specifically to close that gap.

55%
of C-suite leaders in professional services rate themselves as the least prepared group in their firm for AI adoption.

Source: Skills England / DSIT workforce research, 2025.

81%
of partners at UK legal firms are rated least prepared for AI adoption inside their own firm.

Source: Law Society AI readiness survey, 2025.

61%
of professional services firms have abandoned at least one AI project, with skills gaps at leadership level cited as a primary cause.

Source: Skills England / DSIT workforce research, 2025.

Executive AI Briefing: pricing

A single fixed price with a transparent inclusion and exclusion list. The fee covers the work described below. There are no separate retainers, onboarding fees, or add-ons applied after booking.

Per session, half-day, 6 to 12 leaders

£2,500

Per session, half-day, 6 to 12 leaders. Delivered in-person or virtually in the UK. Travel charged separately if delivered in person outside London.

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What is included

  • Half-day live session (roughly four hours, including breaks)
  • Pre-briefing call to shape the agenda for your firm and sector
  • Sector-specific deck, supplied as PDF after the session
  • Written summary: positions agreed, ranked use cases, governance gaps, named owners

What is not included

  • Implementation, build work, or procurement of AI tooling
  • Follow-on team workshops or 90-day enablement (priced separately)
  • Bespoke access to client data or firm systems

Questions we are asked before booking

Straight answers to the eight questions we hear most often from managing partners and operations directors considering a briefing.

Can the briefing be delivered in person, or is it virtual only?

Both. In-person is delivered at your office or a venue you nominate, typically in London or a major UK city. Virtual is delivered over Zoom or Teams, whichever your firm already runs. The agenda and outcomes are the same in either format; virtual sessions have slightly tighter breaks to hold attention.

How many leaders should attend?

Six to twelve. Below six the discussion loses the range of perspectives that makes the session worthwhile. Above twelve the quality of challenge drops and the use-case shortlist becomes harder to converge. If you need to brief a larger group, we would split the cohort across two sessions or recommend the team workshop format instead.

What do participants need to do before the session?

Roughly forty-five minutes of pre-reading: a short sector briefing document and a one-page pre-call output that confirms the agenda. There is no homework, no survey, and no software to install. A pre-briefing call is held with the firm sponsor beforehand to tailor the agenda.

What does the sector deck actually cover?

A plain-spoken working deck, not a marketing brochure. Each block has a page or two of current-state context, a page of discussion prompts, and a worked example from a comparable firm where one exists and is sharable. The full deck is supplied as PDF after the session; nothing in it relies on on-screen animations or external links.

Are you vendor-neutral, and how do we verify that?

Yes. Learn AI takes no reseller commissions and carries no platform lock-in. The delivery partner network is trained across Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini Workspace, Anthropic Claude, and OpenAI ChatGPT, and the briefing covers the tools your firm already runs rather than promoting a single vendor. We are happy to put the commercial position in writing before booking.

What counts as a regulatory claim in the briefing?

We will describe the UK regulatory touchpoints relevant to your sector (SRA principles and codes for law firms, ICAEW and FCA conduct rules for finance teams, UK GDPR and the ICO for any personal data use) and where they intersect with common AI use cases. We do not claim accreditation or endorsement from any professional body unless the body has confirmed alignment to us in writing. Any regulatory copy that needs to bind the firm should be reviewed by your own solicitor or compliance function.

Who actually delivers the session?

A facilitator from the Learn AI delivery bench: either a senior associate from The AI Consultancy (London) Ltd or a certified partner trained against the same agenda. We confirm the named facilitator in writing before booking. The firm is not reliant on a single individual.

What does follow-up look like after the briefing?

The session concludes with a written summary, typically sent within five working days. We will offer a thirty-minute follow-up call at no additional cost to answer questions on the summary. Any further work (team workshops, 90-day enablement, bespoke programmes) is priced separately and decided by the firm, not pushed by us.

What partners tell us after a briefing

Attributions anonymised at role and firm-type level until named clients sign a usage permission. Full case studies will follow in Phase 2.

  • “We went into the briefing with four different positions on AI around the partnership. We left with one. That was worth the fee on its own.”

    Managing Partner, UK commercial law firm (20 to 50 fee-earners)

  • “The pre-call did most of the work. By the time we sat down, the agenda was our agenda, not an off-the-shelf deck.”

    Chief Operating Officer, mid-market accountancy practice

  • “First AI session I have sat through that treated governance as part of the work rather than a disclaimer at the end.”

    Senior Partner, UK management consultancy

Built for UK regulated teams

Three commitments we carry into every engagement. Professional-body alignments are pursued once we have case studies to substantiate them.

  • GDPR-compliant by design

    Assessment data is stored in the UK, minimised by default, and retained only for the term stated in our privacy notice.

  • UK-based and UK-regulated

    A trading style of The AI Consultancy (London) Ltd, registered in England and Wales. Trainers and associates are UK-based.

  • Vendor-neutral

    No reseller commissions, no platform lock-in. Training covers the tools your firm uses, not the tools we are paid to promote.

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