Bring Silicon Valley AI thinking into your business.
A four session virtual sprint connecting SME leaders with senior corporate AI leaders from Silicon Valley to identify valuable use cases, assess readiness and build a practical 90 day AI adoption roadmap.
Typically suited to established companies with approximately 50 to 500 employees.
AI is moving quickly. Most businesses still do not know where to begin.
SME leaders are under pressure to adopt AI, but the market is crowded with tools, disconnected demonstrations and generic training. The real challenge is identifying where AI can create measurable value, what the organisation is ready to implement and which initiative should come first.
Too many possibilities
Hundreds of AI tools, but no clear method for choosing the right opportunities.
Unclear business value
Experiments begin without a defined problem, owner or measurable outcome.
No implementation sequence
Even promising use cases stall without a clear 90 day plan to begin.
No access to the right advisors
Few SME leaders have a direct line to people who have implemented AI inside real organisations.
Learn from leaders implementing AI inside real organisations.
The Sprint brings SME leaders into direct working conversations with senior corporate AI leaders and practitioners from Silicon Valley, for practical perspectives on how leading organisations prioritise use cases and move from experimentation to implementation.
Corporate experience
How AI is evaluated and implemented inside established organisations.
Curated expertise
Practitioners selected around your cohort's real business priorities.
Practical translation
Insights translated into actions that fit an SME's resources and reality.
Built for established companies ready to move from AI interest to action.
- Founders and business owners
- CEOs and managing directors
- Digital transformation and innovation leaders
- Operations, sales, customer experience and technology leaders
- Established SMEs and growth companies
A good fit
This program is best suited to companies that are actively exploring AI but have not yet established a clear adoption roadmap or the guidance to build one.
Not a fit
This is not a technical coding course, a general AI awareness webinar or a product demonstration series.
A focused AI opportunity portfolio and a practical plan to begin.
AI readiness perspective
Understand the organisation's priorities, existing capabilities and adoption constraints.
Priority use cases
Identify and evaluate potential AI opportunities across relevant business functions.
Use case prioritisation
Select the opportunities with the strongest combination of value, feasibility and organisational readiness.
90 day roadmap
Define the first actions, owners, milestones and decisions required to begin implementation.
Silicon Valley perspective
Gain direct insight from senior corporate AI leaders and practitioners working close to the market.
Solution matching
Where useful, receive a curated shortlist of relevant AI solution categories, platforms and startups aligned with your selected priorities. Introductions can be offered separately when there is a genuine fit and mutual interest.
Four working sessions from uncertainty to a focused AI adoption roadmap.
Four live working sessions delivered from 17 November to 15 December 2026, with a private company strategy clinic, a private final roadmap review and a 30 day implementation check in.
Company diagnostic
- Business priorities
- Current AI activity
- Technology and data readiness
- Leadership expectations
- Key constraints
Business priorities and AI readiness
- Define the company's strategic and operational priorities
- Understand where AI may create measurable value
- Assess organisational readiness and barriers
AI use case discovery
- Explore relevant use cases across business functions
- Learn from practical corporate AI examples
- Build an initial use case opportunity portfolio
Silicon Valley Executive Exchange 1
A 60 minute virtual conversation with senior corporate AI leaders and practitioners on how established companies prioritise AI and move from experiment to implementation.
Prioritisation and implementation readiness
- Assess business value, feasibility and risk
- Consider data, integration, governance and ownership
- Select the strongest opportunities
Silicon Valley Executive Exchange 2
A 60 minute virtual conversation covering adoption barriers, leadership decisions and questions raised directly by the participating companies.
The 90 day adoption roadmap
- Define the first implementation initiative
- Establish actions, owners and milestones
- Present and review the company roadmap
Private support. Each company receives a private strategy clinic between Sessions 2 and 4, a private final roadmap review after Session 4, and a 30 day implementation check in after the program. The core group sessions run once per week, 90 minutes each, on Tuesdays.
Every company leaves with completed work, not just sessions attended.
- A company diagnostic before the program
- Four live virtual working labs
- Two Silicon Valley Executive Exchanges
- One private company strategy clinic
- One private final roadmap review
- A 30 day implementation check in
- AI Readiness Snapshot
- A company specific AI Opportunity Map
- Three prioritised AI use cases
- A use case definition canvas
- Curated solution landscape
- 90 day AI adoption roadmap
- An executive ready final summary
- Selected supporting resources
Technology implementation, software procurement and custom consulting are not included in the cohort fee. These may be scoped separately where required.
The practical details.
| Format | Live virtual program |
| Duration | Four working sessions delivered from 17 November to 15 December 2026, with a holiday pause on 24 November |
| Cohort size | 8 to 12 companies |
| Live sessions | Four 90 minute working sessions, plus two Silicon Valley Executive Exchanges |
| Private support | One strategy clinic and one final roadmap review per company, plus a 30 day implementation check in |
| Schedule | Tuesdays, one core session per week (a holiday pause on 24 November) |
| Participant profile | SME founders, CEOs and functional leaders |
| Cohort status | Pilot cohort |
A focused investment in practical AI adoption.
Includes participation for up to two senior leaders.
- Four live AI adoption working labs
- Two Silicon Valley Executive Exchanges
- One private company strategy clinic
- One private final roadmap review
- AI Readiness Snapshot
- A company specific AI Opportunity Map
- Three prioritised AI use cases
- Curated solution landscape
- 90 day AI adoption roadmap
- An executive ready final summary
- A 30 day implementation check in
Partner sponsored cohort
Associations, banks, technology companies, government agencies and corporate partners may sponsor or commission a dedicated cohort.
Pricing discussed based on scope
The scope and price are shaped around the number of companies, industry customisation, additional experts, private clinics, partner branding and reporting requirements.
Discuss a cohort partnershipTechnology implementation, software procurement and custom consulting are not included and may be scoped separately following the program. Pilot payment terms. Full payment is due after acceptance. A seat is confirmed only after payment. The fee applies per company for up to two participants. Substitution is permitted before the program begins. Additional participants are welcome with written approval.
Bring practical Silicon Valley AI access to your business community.
Z Nation Global can deliver the Sprint with industry associations, chambers, banks, technology companies, economic development organisations and corporate SME networks. The cohort can be adapted around the needs of a particular industry, geography or member community.
- Industry associations
- Chambers of commerce
- Banks and financial institutions
- Technology companies
- Government and economic development agencies
- Corporate supplier and SME networks
Make AI practical for your business.
Join the pilot cohort or speak with us about bringing the Sprint to your business community. It takes about three minutes and there is no commitment.