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AI Value Accelerator

One shared definition of value for your business: the outcomes that matter most, baselines agreed with your finance team, and a short list of ideas worth testing.

One week of light surveying, then a 2-hour session with your executives and the owners of the value chains in question. Forward Deployed Strategists (FDS) lead it, and the short list moves into Launch and learn as measured experiments.

Key components

What the session is made of

  • Who is in the room

    Your executives and the owners of the value chains in question, with finance and risk. CWX brings research on your market and value chains, and patterns from other programs.

  • A week of light surveying

    One week of light surveying captures how each leader sees value, where they believe AI belongs, and what is already in motion. The session starts from their view of the business.

  • How the business speaks value

    Which outcomes matter most, how they are measured today, and which value chains they run through.

  • A value brief

    Target outcomes and baselines agreed with your finance team, and a short list of ideas worth testing, each with an owner, a budget, a time box and a stop rule.

  • 01Who is in the room

    LeadersSponsorCWXfacilitator
    • Sponsor
    • Process owners
    • Finance
    • Risk
    • Data
    • Technology

    The sponsor convenes leaders across business lines. CWX facilitates.

  • 02The use case long list

    Use caseOwnerVolumeCost

    Candidates from leader meetings and a survey, agent candidates included, with volumes and cost from the process owners.

  • 03The scoring lens

    Value
    Feasibility
    ROI
    Priority score87Illustrative

    One fixed rubric for every candidate: value, feasibility and ROI, on the client's own assumptions.

  • What leaders leave with

    Illustrative sample. The scores 70, 87, 74 and 84 are a sample, not a client result.
    1. 01
      A ranked heatmap

      Every use case by value, feasibility and ROI.

    2. 02
      A business case kit

      The decision, the economics, go, pivot and stop.

    3. 03
      A multi-year roadmap

      Sequenced by year, with the KPIs for success.

A senior executive reviews notes during a team meeting

Why it matters

Your leaders have each formed a considered view of where AI belongs.

We’ve seen the strongest views stall when they have to cross many teams to reach an outcome. The model is rarely the binding constraint. Alignment, evidence and ownership across the value chain usually are.

Each leader arrives with a considered view, shaped by the part of the business they run. The AI Value Accelerator brings those views into one, so the first ideas tested are tied to an outcome the P&L can feel.

Benefits

What you leave with

  • The target outcomes

    The outcomes that matter most, the value chains they run through, and baselines agreed with your finance team.

  • A short list worth testing

    Each idea with a named owner, a budget, a time box and a stop rule.

  • Owners and what is asked of them

    A named owner for each idea, with an agreed share of their team’s time, access to the data and the work, and the decision at the gate.

  • The handover and our exit

    We hand over the code, the evaluations, the controls and the patterns on terms agreed before any build begins.

How we engage

How we deliver

One week of light surveying, then a 2-hour session with executives and value-chain owners. The session starts the alignment, and the experiments finish it.

The working room CWX facilitates: the portfolio's modeled value, its return and the use cases in play
Illustrative sampleThe working room your leaders use: every figure traces to an assumption they can see and change.
  1. 01
    Before the session

    Prepare

    One week of light surveying captures how each leader sees value, where they believe AI belongs, and what is already in motion.

  2. 02
    In the session

    Decide

    Your leaders, not CWX, agree the outcomes that matter most and the short list worth testing.

  3. 03
    After the session

    Activate

    You leave with the value brief, and the short list moves into Launch and learn as measured experiments.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Something else on your mind? Ask us directly

  • The executives and owners of the value chain in play, including technology, operations, finance and risk. Each completes a week of light surveying beforehand.

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Your leaders leave with one shared definition of value and a short list of ideas worth testing. It takes one week of light surveying and a 2-hour session.