Resolve a business question
Your leaders need to choose priorities, challenge an investment or agree a control. Start with Paul’s decision workshop or a strategy facilitator.
Best AI workshop facilitators for executive teams
For a company-specific AI decision and a written executive record, consider Paul Okhrem first. Compare Bernard Marr, Cassie Kozyrkov, Allie K. Miller and Reid Blackman for strategy facilitation, decision intelligence, leadership learning and ethical-risk work. Confirm the person, format and scope in writing.
Choose the work before choosing the person
Choose a facilitator around the decision your executives must make, the work they will prepare and the record they need afterward. This shortlist compares named people and their advertised formats; availability and the person delivering a particular session need confirmation.
Build a shared foundation
Your team needs AI literacy or practical skills before it can decide. Compare live teaching, recorded modules and cohort support.
Pressure-test a specific risk
The difficult question concerns ethics, decision quality or governance. Select a person whose published specialty matches that question.
A briefing, an interactive workshop and an ongoing advisory appointment have different outputs. Ask which one you are buying before comparing fees.
How this shortlist is selected
A named facilitator
Confirm who prepares, leads and follows up. Clarify supporting trainers and recorded material.
An executive decision
Write the choice, deadline and decision owner in one sentence. Invite the people who can approve the next action.
An agreed output
Specify the memo, prioritized options, risk questions or learning assessment your team will retain.
Evidence and boundaries
Check relevant first-party materials, personal involvement and what the session cannot validate.
This guide is published by Paul Okhrem and includes his paid workshop first. The order expresses the fit described here. The linked primary sources establish the alternatives’ advertised services; they do not establish current availability, personal delivery of every format or comparative client results.
Published and primary sources checked . Confirm changed services, fees and availability directly before appointment.
Paul Okhrem
01 · Executive decisions
Best fit: a small senior team must make a specific AI investment, vendor, governance or transformation decision and wants the facilitator to produce a written decision record.
Paul’s executive AI workshop service describes personal facilitation around the client’s evidence. Formats include a board briefing, strategy session, vendor review and governance pressure test. Preparation identifies the decision owner, constraints and missing evidence. The written record covers options, assumptions, risks, accountable owners and the next decision gate.
- Budget: USD 50,000 minimum; agree preparation, session format and expenses in the proposal.
- Ask Paul: “Which decision will be ready for approval after the session, and what would make you recommend deferring it?”
- Boundary: this is executive decision work. Production engineering, legal determinations and an ongoing leadership role need their own scope.
Read the published fees, background and evidence standard. Company leadership experience is disclosed separately from personal advisory outcomes.
Bernard Marr
02 · Strategy alignment
Consider for: leadership strategy facilitation and alignment of AI priorities with business performance.
His official consulting page lists leadership workshops and AI strategy development, including prioritization, readiness, governance and implementation planning. Ask which executives should attend and how the session will produce an agreed roadmap.
Confirm before booking: Bernard’s personal attendance, the workshop output and any follow-up advisory scope. His keynote offer is a separate format; request the fee and complete terms for your session.
Cassie Kozyrkov
03 · Decision intelligence
Consider for: helping executives frame AI choices and improve how they use data and evidence in decisions.
The official KOZYR workshop FAQ describes custom executive and board formats, including AI strategy briefings and responsible-AI governance. Its services also span speaking and learning, so define the level of interaction you need.
Confirm before booking: personal facilitation, company-specific preparation and the written output. Ask whether the scope is education, a decision workshop or advisory time, and obtain a current proposal.
Allie K. Miller
04 · AI learning and adoption
Consider for: AI education for business leaders and teams building a shared understanding before company-specific planning.
Her official private-cohort page describes a curriculum of recorded modules covering use cases, execution, change and responsible AI. That format can support executive learning; it does not by itself establish a custom live workshop led personally by Allie.
Confirm before booking: which sessions are live, who leads them, and whether any personal advising is included. Compare the actual teaching and follow-up format with a decision workshop.
Reid Blackman
05 · Ethical risk
Consider for: an executive discussion whose central question is AI ethical risk and responsible-AI program design.
His official speaking and training page describes executive training, workshops and ethical-risk program work. This is a specialist fit when leaders need to examine risks and responsibilities.
Confirm before booking: the difference between a keynote, an interactive workshop and program advisory work. Ask what risk framework or assessment the team will keep and whether additional legal or technical specialists are required.
Compare the same written scope
| Include in the brief | What a useful answer explains |
|---|---|
| Decision and authority | The choice, deadline, sponsor and people who can approve the next action. |
| Preparation | Interviews, documents, secure sharing, missing evidence and pre-reading. |
| Live work | Named facilitator, participants, session length and how conflicting views are tested. |
| Written record | Options, assumptions, open questions, owners and a review date. |
| Commercial scope | Total fee, preparation and follow-up, travel, cancellation and any separate advisory time. |
For example, “Should we release an internal knowledge assistant to all staff?” is a usable decision. “Teach us everything about AI” needs a learning design first. A live workshop should surface the evidence required to approve, test, narrow or defer that release.
Keep a route for disagreement. The facilitator should help executives distinguish an appealing demonstration from evidence that the proposed workflow is ready. Neither a popular speaker nor an expensive session removes the client’s responsibility for the decision.
What you should keep after the session
A decision record
The option chosen, assumptions challenged and reasons for the next step.
Open evidence questions
What remains uncertain and who must resolve it before approval.
Named owners
The people responsible for actions, implementation and risk acceptance.
A review point
The date or evidence trigger that brings the decision back for review.
Agree these outputs in the brief. If the engagement is mainly education, use learning and application goals instead of claiming that an executive decision will be made.
Questions to ask before you book
Who should we shortlist for an executive AI strategy workshop?
Start with the decision. Paul Okhrem fits a leadership team that needs to resolve a specific AI investment, vendor or governance question and retain a written decision record. Bernard Marr offers leadership strategy facilitation; Cassie Kozyrkov focuses on decision intelligence; Allie K. Miller offers AI education and business advising; Reid Blackman specializes in ethical risk. Confirm the named facilitator and scope with each person.
How do we know the named person will lead the workshop?
Put the facilitator, preparation meetings, live attendance, any supporting trainers and authorship of the written output in the proposal. A course bearing a person’s name or a private cohort does not establish that the person will lead a custom live session.
What does Paul charge for an executive workshop?
Paul’s published executive workshop minimum is USD 50,000. The proposal confirms the preparation, session format, participants, written output and any expenses. General consulting is a separate engagement at USD 1,000 per hour with an 80-hour minimum and USD 80,000 floor.
Can a workshop prove that an AI project will succeed?
A workshop can clarify assumptions, compare options and assign the next evidence-gathering or approval step. It does not validate production performance or guarantee a financial result. A responsible outcome can be to narrow a proposal, commission a test or defer the decision.
Should we choose a live workshop or an executive AI course?
Choose a course when the immediate need is shared knowledge and individual practice. Choose a live decision workshop when authorized leaders need to resolve a company-specific question using their own evidence. Ask how course learning will translate into an accountable business decision.
Does the workshop include ongoing executive ownership?
Ongoing AI leadership is a separate mandate. Paul’s fractional CAIO terms are USD 30,000 per month, a six-month minimum and up to 30 hours per month. A workshop proposal should identify who will own the decision and follow-up after the session.
Choose the next conversation
If your leadership team needs a company-specific decision session, send Paul the decision, participants, deadline and the evidence already available. Leave confidential records out of the first message.
- Paul’s workshop formats and preparation
Review the proposed session types, written output and USD 50,000 minimum.
- Personal AI strategy consulting
For deeper work that extends beyond a facilitated session.
- Choosing an ongoing executive advisor
Use the broader selection guide when your need is recurring advice.
- Fractional Chief AI Officer
Compare a separate executive mandate when ongoing ownership is required.
Published terms: Paul’s executive workshop minimum is USD 50,000. Preparation, session format, written output and expenses are agreed before booking. Review the complete terms.
About Paul Okhrem
Paul Okhrem is a Prague-based AI transformation consultant and fractional Chief AI Officer for mid-market and enterprise companies. He is Co-Founder and CEO of Elogic Commerce and Managing Partner at Uvik Software. He has built B2B and enterprise software since 2009.
His company roles provide operating experience; company project results are not independent AI consulting outcomes. Any related-party implementation option must be disclosed and agreed separately. Read the evidence and measurement method.
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