What if all government and industry leaders could quickly learn the leader practices necessary to win the global AI competition?
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Our Experience and Conviction
We started working on algorithms and software for national security back in the day (1991). We have led analytics and AI in government and industry from the team level to department scale programs. We have succeeded as start-up entrepreneurs and as executives in global firms.
We believe that winning the global AI competition requires thousands of leaders to be trained in AI...
...but don't take our word for it:
Georgetown University's Center for Security and Emerging Technology
"Senior leaders championing AI adoption and workforce development are essential, yet their understanding and appreciation of AI is highly inconsistent…”
The Field Grade Leader
"Field grade officers need to learn how Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) work in order to use, advise, and lead AI/ML development and procurement efforts.” (K. Degerlund)
National Security Commission on AI
"The human talent deficit is the government's most conspicuous AI deficit and the single greatest inhibitor to buying, building, and fielding AI-enabled technologies for national security purposes."
We began by clarifying our lessons on leading AI in a book.
"In Army parlance, this is the Ranger Handbook for AI implementation!"
LTG (retired) Ken Tovo, former Commanding General
US Army Special Operations
"America and liberal democracy are under attack from enemies foreign and domestic. AI can give American intelligence and all instruments of national security a winning edge. Chris and Frank - who are exceptionally well qualified in this field - have given leaders throughout the national security enterprise the principles and practices necessary to realize that edge."
General (ret.) Michael Hayden
former Director of CIA and Director of NSA
"I have been fortunate to personally observe Chris and Frank leading AI programs and projects, and know of their excellence in equipping diverse leaders in both government and industry so they can bring the best of AI to the fight. This book is a timely and practical guide to meeting this nationally significant opportunity."
Heather Reilly
Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP
"Winning the National Security AI Competition provides an intelligent framework and foundation for realizing the urgently needed benefits of Artificial Intelligence. Future operational successes will be achievable because dedicated leaders applied the principles found in this book.
Doug Wolfe
former CIA CIO and Associate Deputy Director for Science and Technology"
In researching the book, we found four gaps in most AI books and on-line training material
Content
Is either highly technical for practitioners or highly conceptual for leaders. There was a gap in practical knowledge and skills for leading AI in various roles.
Context
The context is primarily commercial industries or abstract problems. There was a gap in contextualizing AI leadership to national security missions.
Circumstances
The circumstances of a leader's work and life are demanding. There was a gap in delivering AI leader training at times and places convenient to every leader.
Cost
Most training programs are priced in the $ thousands. There was an affordability gap in training tens of thousands of leaders across the national security enterprise.
We created The ai Leadership Stack to close these gaps with practical training tailored to four leader roles.
Testimonials from Our Teaching
"This was one of the best courses I took recently. Hands on approach is, for me, the way to go. You took a very complex and complicated topic and presented it very clearly. Along the learning process, the course also pushed me to think about my clients and different approaches I can use. Thank you again!"
Maya, AI Leader
"Thank you, Frank and Chris. The training was very comprehensive and applicable to my work - look forward to sharing my lessons learned with my team."
Amyn, AI Leader
"Thank you for a triumph of explanation regarding AI!"
Brendan, Senior Executive
"If I were still in government, I would have every manager in the agency read your book."
Former Senior Official of the IC
"I'm proud to learn from a couple of kind and thoughtful leaders like Chris and Frank."
Rebecca, Data Science Leader
"A data scientist by training, I had the opportunity to dig deeper, and better understand how to incorporate all the additional aspects of leading AI projects and implementing AI programs in our work. This experience was invaluable and I would recommend for anyone interested in learning more about leading AI work, regardless of your background."
Kevin, Master Data Scientist
Benefits to You and Your Organization from The aiLeadership Stack
Think & Communicate for Impact
You will learn an approach for thinking and communicating about AI that will increase mission relevance and impact in your organization.
Integrate AI into Programs
You will learn the axioms and leader practices for integrating AI into major programs, including prioritizing, funding, making the big tech decisions.
Deliver Results Through Projects
You will learn the axioms and leader practices for delivering results through AI projects, including being able to lead the core AI discipline: data science.
Develop Practitioners, Teams, and Leaders
You will learn how to organize and lead AI practitioners and teams, including the development and deployment of other leaders.
Ask Better Questions
You will learn the pinnacle of leadership - asking better questions - in a unique framework applied to AI work and practitioners.
Put Learning into Practice
The course will guide you in analyzing your organization's use of AI, then synthesizing and applying your own strategy for AI programs, projects, people, and technology.
Relevant to Your Mission
You will learn the axioms and practices for leading AI in the context of national security missions and problems.
Flexible and Scalable
You can learn at times and places that work for your schedule. And the platform and cost enable all leaders in your organization to learn and grow together.
Unique features of The aiLeadership Stack
Applied: content taught by Chris and Frank based on their real-world experience
Practical: Drawn from 37 axioms and 100+ practices for leading AI programs, projects, people, tech
Mission focused: 50 case examples - 40 are focused on national security
Flexible: Online, easy to use platform and short lessons make it easy to learn when and where best for you
Scalable: price & platform enables every leader in your organization to train
Rigor: Objectives, engaged learning activities tailored to four leader roles
The U.S. national security enterprise is depending on AI to help counter strategic threats.
How many programs must successfully integrate AI?
How many projects must leverage the right people and tech to deliver the results that drive mission impact?
How many leaders are required across the thousands of programs and projects?
Where will thousands of leaders across U.S. national security get the training needed to deliver on AI's potential?
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