3-month programme · Barcelona · June 18th 2026

AI Leaders Bootcamp

FROM AI STRATEGY TO ENTERPRISE VALUE

Equip senior leaders to move beyond awareness into confident AI deployment that drives measurable business impact.

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Programme overview

AI Leaders Bootcamp

Duration

Content delivered over ~3 months

Format

A five-phase leadership journey combining a Barcelona residential, AI enablement sprint, and a real organisational project. All delivered in English.

Audience

C-Suite, Senior and Executive Leadership

Delivery

Delivered by leading academics and technical experts

What is included

An initial session with an inspirational keynote, setting the context and providing an overview of the program.

A 1-day immersive leadership experience in Barcelona to explore AI strategy, governance, and organisational implications.

A structured programme helping leaders identify, prioritise, and design high-value AI use cases aligned to business strategy.

Hands-on exposure to AI tools, frameworks, and real-world implementation considerations.

Participants work on a live AI initiative within their organisation, developing a roadmap and business case.

Teams present their AI initiatives to leadership, defining value, risks, and next steps for deployment.

Progress into implementation support through the AI Enablement Squad and the Turing Executive Network.

Delegate Journey

Your 3-month transformative journey in 3 phases

09:00 – 10:15 · Session 1: Demystifying AI

Dr. Antonio Weiss, Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge

10:15 – 10:30 · Coffee Break

10:30 – 11:45 · Session 2: Ethics of AI

Dr. Alexander Carter, Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge

11:45 – 13:30 · Session 3: Economics of AI

Professor Christos Genakos, Cambridge Judge Business School

13:30 – 14:45 · Networking Lunch

Extended gastronomic experience & executive connections

14:45 – 16:00 · Session 4: Challenges in Adopting AI in Large Organisations

Dr. Stella Pachidi, Cambridge Judge Business School

16:00 – 17:30 · Agentic AI Hackathon & Conclusions

Intensive hands-on workshop using Claude for business solutions — Dr. Raoul-Gabriel Urma

DURATION1 day · 09:00 – 17:30

LOCATIONNorrsken Barcelona

Learning Outcomes

Educated Risk-Acceptance: Evaluate the ethical, regulatory, and technical complexities of AI deployment to make informed, high-stakes decisions.

Blueprint Creation: Translate theoretical concepts into a documented AI Value Blueprint that provides a clear technical and commercial path to immediate implementation.

Example Sprint Projects

· Supporting vulnerable customers with a judgement-free AI agent

· Knowledge base to support automation of pitch decks

· Transforming customer experience through automated data collection, self-service options, and Agentic AI guidance

· AI agents completing end-to-end workflows in customer service

Delivery — 3 group strategy sessions

SESSION 1

Problem Validation

Deep dive into pre-selected organisational themes to identify specific pain points and friction.

SESSION 2

Solution Architecture

High-level scoping of the AI intervention, including technical feasibility and data requirements.

SESSION 3

ROI & Execution Roadmap

Quantifying business impact and preparing the strategic narrative for the Phase 3 reveal.

KEY DELIVERABLE — THE AI VALUE BLUEPRINTA comprehensive document detailing the technical roadmap, commercial path, and de-risked implementation strategy for the proposed AI solution.

Demonstrate tangible business impact and secure strategic commitment for production-level AI deployment.

A high-impact graduation ceremony and Executive Pitch. Teams present their validated prototypes and AI Value Blueprints to a panel of senior stakeholders for formal review and sponsorship.

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The programme with Cambridge Spark will empower our business leaders to further innovate with AI and drive commercial excellence using this transformative technology.

Ron van KemenadeGroup Chief Operating Officer · Lloyds Banking Group

Faculty & Teachers

Learn from world-class academics & practitioners

Dr. Raoul-Gabriel Urma

Industrial Fellow · University of Cambridge

EdTech entrepreneur, author, and international speaker. Expert in data and AI, holds a PhD from Cambridge and Executive MBA from Harvard. Best-selling author and host of the Data & AI Mastery podcast.

Prof. Christos Genakos

Cambridge Judge Business School

Director of the MPhil in Technology Policy at Cambridge Judge Business School and Fellow at Fitzwilliam College. Member of the Economic Advisory Group on Competition Policy (European Commission).

Dr. Antonio Weiss

Bennett Institute · University of Cambridge

AI and digital transformation expert. Technology Advisor to HM Government and UK PM. Award-winning author of AI Demystified (FT/Pearson, 2025), #1 UK Bestseller.

Dr. Alexander Carter

University of Cambridge · Fitzwilliam College

Academic Director for Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education. Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Researching the (im)possibility of creative AI.

Dr. Jeremy Bradley

CAIO Cambridge Spark

PhD from University of Bristol. Former Tesco Data Science co-lead and Principal Data Scientist at Royal Mail. Fellow of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences (first cohort).

Dr. Stella Pachidi

King's Business School · Cambridge Judge

Senior Lecturer at King's Business School and Research Fellow at Cambridge Judge Business School. Researches how AI and digital technologies transform knowledge work and organisational structures.

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