Board-Ready AI Narrative
A defensible AI story for your next board meeting. 15-slide deck, 6-page memo, three rehearsal rounds. The narrative that explains where you are, where you're going, and why — without the buzzword fog.
PRICE
€1,990
DELIVERY
7 days
FORMAT
Partner-led
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§ 01 · The problem
"The board asked about our AI strategy. The CEO improvised. Nobody was reassured."
Boards are asking about AI. CEOs and Chief AI Officers are answering with buzzwords, defensive bullet points, and vague timelines. The board walks away unconvinced. The CEO walks away worried they sounded thin. Both are right.
The Board-Ready AI Narrative ends the improvisation. A 15-slide deck and a 6-page memo, structured around the four questions every board actually asks. Rehearsed twice with your team before the real meeting. The narrative that turns "we're working on AI" into "here's our position, here's why, here's what we'll defend."
§ 02 · What you get
A deck. A memo. Two rehearsals. One sleepless night avoided.
Five deliverables built around the way boards actually digest information. Designed to be presented by you, defended by you, owned by you.
DELIVERABLE 01
15-slide board deck
Structured narrative arc: where we are, where we're going, what we're betting on, what we're not. Editorial design, no bullet soup. Editable PowerPoint or Keynote.
DELIVERABLE 02
6-page board memo
The pre-read your board chair circulates 48h before the meeting. Dense, defensible, no fluff. The document directors actually read on the train.
DELIVERABLE 03
Q&A preparation pack
The fifteen questions your board will ask. The honest answers. The traps to avoid. The numbers to memorize. The questions to deflect — and how to deflect them with credibility intact.
DELIVERABLE 04
Two rehearsal sessions
Two 90-min rehearsals with the partner playing devil's advocate. Live feedback on phrasing, pacing, and the moments where you sound thinnest. Iterate, refine, again.
DELIVERABLE 05
Speaker notes & talk track
Slide-by-slide talk track in your voice. Transition phrases, emphasis cues, anticipated interruption points. Built so you sound like yourself, not a consultant's script.
§ 03 · The method
The four questions every board actually asks.
From 30+ board engagements, four questions recur. Most AI presentations fail because they answer slide six's question on slide one — and never answer slide ten's question at all. The narrative locks the order.
QUESTION 01
"Where do we stand on AI?"
Honest positioning vs sector. What we've built, what we haven't, where we're ahead, where we're behind. Anchored in evidence, not aspiration.
QUESTION 02
"What are we betting on — and why?"
The three or four explicit bets, with logic chains. Tied to business outcomes, not technology fads. The slide where the CEO either earns the room or loses it.
QUESTION 03
"What could go wrong — and what's our response?"
Risk register: regulatory, competitive, technological, reputational. Pre-empts the board's risk question and shows they're already thought through. Defensive positioning that earns trust.
QUESTION 04
"What do you need from us?"
The explicit ask: budget envelope, governance decisions, sponsor backing, capability green-lights. Three or four specific asks, prioritized. The slide that turns the board from audience into ally.
§ 04 · Process & timeline
Seven days. Three sessions. Board-ready.
Designed to fit the runway you actually have before a board meeting. Partner-led from framing to final rehearsal.
DAY 01
Framing session
90-min session: board context, agenda position, audience map, prior history with AI topics. We surface the political subtext that shapes the narrative.
DAYS 02–03
Narrative drafting
Storyline architecture, slide structure, key messages. Memo first draft. We send a working document for async feedback before drafting the deck.
DAYS 04–05
Deck production
15 editorial slides produced in your brand template. Memo finalized. Q&A pack drafted. Speaker notes embedded slide by slide.
DAY 06
Rehearsal #1
90-min rehearsal with partner playing devil's advocate. Live notes, phrasing fixes, pacing adjustments. Spot the moments where you hesitate or sound thin.
DAY 07
Rehearsal #2 & handover
Second 90-min rehearsal with refinements applied. Final deck, memo, Q&A pack, speaker notes delivered. You're ready.
§ 05 · Who it's for
For leaders about to walk into the board room.
Built for the four roles that own the AI conversation in front of a board — and want to walk in prepared instead of hopeful.
CEO / GENERAL MANAGER
AI is on the board agenda. You'll present. You need a defensible narrative that doesn't sound like a vendor pitch — and a Q&A pack that protects against the questions you can't see coming.
CHIEF AI OFFICER / HEAD OF AI
Your first board presentation on AI. The directors are skeptical, the CEO is watching. You need a narrative that earns credibility — and a rehearsal partner who'll find your weak spots before the board does.
CFO
You're presenting AI ROI to your audit committee or board. You want financial precision wrapped in strategic narrative. Numbers that defend, story that connects.
PE OPERATING PARTNER
You're presenting a participation's AI strategy to LPs at the next quarterly. You want a narrative that holds across audiences — defensible to LPs, usable by the CEO, aligned to the value creation plan.
§ 06 · Frequently asked
Six honest answers to common questions.
Do you write the slides for us?
Yes — we draft every slide, every headline, every supporting line. You review, refine, own it. The narrative is yours by the time we hand over. We don't ship vague templates for you to fill in.
What if we don't have a clear AI strategy yet?
Then this isn't the right Skill — yet. The Board-Ready Narrative communicates an existing strategy. If you're still defining it, look at the Capability Gap diagnostic (€2,900) or the Use Cases Prioritization Matrix (€690) first. We'll tell you honestly during the framing call if you're not ready.
How fresh is your board-room experience?
The partner running your engagement has personally led 30+ board-level AI presentations across CAC40 and PE portfolio companies in the last 24 months. We know which questions get asked, which dodges fail, which framings land. That's the value.
Will the deck look like a McKinsey deliverable?
No — and that's intentional. The deck adapts to your brand. The structure is institutional-grade; the visual language is yours. Boards spot template fatigue immediately. We ship a narrative that reads as authentically yours.
Can we get the deck in less than 7 days?
Possible in urgent cases, with a rush surcharge. The bottleneck is rehearsal time — we can compress production to 4 days but the two rehearsals matter more than the deck itself. Less than 5 days total typically means dropping one rehearsal. We don't recommend it.
What if the board pushes back during the meeting?
The Q&A preparation pack covers the most likely 15 questions and pushback angles. We've found that boards rarely ask questions you haven't rehearsed when the narrative is structured around the four canonical questions. Surprises happen — but the framework gives you a stable place to return to.
§ Ready when you are
Walk into the board room prepared, not hopeful.
€1,990, seven days, partner-led. The defensible narrative your board deserves and your CEO can deliver.
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