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AI Procurement, Vendor Evaluation & Tool Selection

Beginner to Intermediate3-4 hoursVendor evaluation scorecard + tool selection checklist + risk review template

Choosing AI tools is not a beauty contest. Learn how to evaluate vendors, compare capabilities, assess risk, avoid lock-in, and buy systems that your organisation can actually govern and adopt.

...decisions often quietly become capability decisions. A platform choice influences workflow design, governance posture, integration architecture, user habits, and future switching costs. In other words,...

Half DayDecision Focused

Vendor SelectionPractical

AI Procurement Vendor Evaluation Tool Selection Platform Strategy AI Governance View Details

How to Think With AI

Beginner to Advanced5-7 hoursPersonal AI Fluency framework + working habits

AI Fluency — the four competencies that separate people who use AI from people who think with it. Delegation, Description, Discernment, Diligence. Master these and everything else follows.

...people to focus on individual prompt tricks rather than developing the broader skill of building a productive working relationship with AI. A prompt is one moment in a conversation. Description is the...

2 DaysIntensive

4 CompetenciesComplete Framework

AI Fluency Generative AI Productivity AI Workflows Responsible AI View Details

AI & Agentic Systems Strategy Workshop

CIO, CTO, Chief AI Officer, VP EngineeringAI operating model, governance policy, compliance roadmap, 90-day action plan

Develop a clear, governed AI and agentic systems strategy that delivers business value while managing risk, cost, and compliance.

...cases. It's an operating model — who decides what, who owns the risk, and how you move from pilot to production without burning through your token budget. That one idea changes everything. It turns AI...

2 DaysStrategic

Operating ModelGovernance Framework

AI Strategy Agentic Systems AI Governance Responsible AI View Details

Architecture Decision & Technical Clarity Workshop

Enterprise & Solution Architects, Principal EngineersADR/ADL templates, decision backlog, prioritisation framework

Eliminate architectural ambiguity and technical decision bottlenecks through clear decision frameworks and accountability patterns.

...that. You'll leave with ADR templates customised for your organisation, a decision backlog, and a governance framework that scales. Who Should Attend This workshop is designed for the people who actually...

1 DayIntensive

Clear DecisionsActionable Framework

Architecture Decisions ADR Technical Clarity Decision Governance View Details

Requirement Clarity: How Structured Persona Definition Reduces Rework and Misalignment

A structured framework for defining personas that eliminates scope creep, reduces rework, and aligns engineering delivery with actual user needs — before development begins.

Executive Summary Who this is for: CIOs, CTOs, Product Leaders, Engineering Heads Problem it solves: Ambiguous requirements leading to scope creep and...

Architecture Execution Strategy Read Insight

Context-Driven Architecture: Why Software Design Must Adapt to Business Geography

Just as buildings must adapt to snow, desert, or tropical climates, software architecture must align with business geography to improve predictability and reduce complexity.

...volatility Organizational maturity Cost tolerance Growth stage Complexity becomes structural snow load. Governance weakens. Decision latency increases. Execution predictability declines. Architecture must...

Architecture Execution Strategy Read Insight

Platform Thinking

Intermediate to Advanced (SA, EA, TS)5-6 hoursPlatform strategy canvas + internal platform design guide + shared capability register

How to shift from building one-off solutions to building reusable internal platforms — shared foundations that allow teams to deliver independently without solving the same problems repeatedly.

...thinking matters now The platform team model Designing for adoption What makes a good platform Platform governance The journey from projects to platforms Putting it all together Cheat sheet Before we start...

1 DayIntensive

CurrentSA · EA · TS

Architecture Platform Developer Experience Internal Platforms Self Service View Details

AI Tools, Landscape & Platforms

Beginner to Intermediate3-4 hoursPersonal AI tools map + selection framework + team stack recommendation

The AI tools landscape — what the major platforms are, how they actually differ, and how to choose the right one for the right job. Stop chasing every new launch. Start making deliberate choices.

...Layer 2 Marketing team Shadow If your shadow column is longer than your approved column, you've got a governance problem waiting to happen. Layer 1 — Foundation models: the engines underneath Here's something...

Half DayIntensive

Beginner FriendlyNo technical background required

AI Tools AI Platforms Generative AI AI Landscape LLMs AI Fluency View Details

Build / Buy / Partner / Participate — Ecosystem Strategy

Intermediate to Advanced (SA, EA, TS)5-6 hoursBuild/buy/partner/participate decision framework + vendor and ecosystem evaluation scorecard + exit and switching cost analysis template

How to decide what to build, what to buy, what to access through partners, and what to participate in through ecosystems — covering differentiation vs commodity analysis, vendor evaluation, total cost of ownership, interoperability velocity, exit strategy, and lock-in risk.

...No exit plan — locked in when vendor changes direction. Underestimating integration — "it's a SaaS product, it will be easy" — it's not. Buying too early — committed before understanding the real need. The...

1 DayIntensive

StrategicSA · EA · TS

Architecture Sourcing Strategy Ecosystem Build vs Buy Vendor Management Strategy View Details

Emerging Technology Scanning

All levels — SA, EA, TS3-4 hoursTechnology radar template + horizon scanning process + hype vs signal evaluation criteria

How to monitor what is coming, filter signal from noise, and make deliberate decisions about when and how to adopt new technologies — before being forced to react.

...matters What to scan The technology radar Separating hype from opportunity Connecting scanning to strategy Governance of emerging technology Building a scanning practice Putting it all together Cheat sheet Before...

Half-dayIntensive

PracticalSA · EA · TS

Architecture Technology Radar Horizon Scanning Innovation Strategy View Details

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