Welcome executives and professionals. It’s never been more important to be fast and flexible in strategy but firm and clear in vision.

I’ve reviewed dozens of publicly available AI strategy playbooks for executives and professionals in enterprise.

Here are 24 to help you move faster and sharper.

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• Goldman Sachs outlined its AI outlook, detailing near-term expectations and how adoption is reshaping board priorities.

• Microsoft addressed readiness and adoption focused on people, process, culture, and governance for agentic AI rollout.

• IBM shared five bold predictions for the "smarter enterprise" of 2030.

• Andreessen Horowitz outlined enterprise AI trends drawing on a survey of 100 VPs and C-level leaders, with 88% from $1B+ firms.

• ICONIQ’s biannual State of AI report addressed strategy and monetization building AI products, drawing on a survey of 300 executives.

• BCG shared insights on how AI transformation is shifting from a CIO-led initiative to a CEO-led mandate.

• McKinsey shared why top CIOs are evolving from cost managers to strategy architects who rewire enterprises for growth.

• Andreessen Horowitz examined how firms embed forward-deployed engineers with customers, following the Palantir model.

• Accenture published a playbook for reinventing platform strategy to align people, systems, and agentic AI for growth.

• WEF shared practical insights on how organisations are scaling AI and turning it into outcomes.

• Deloitte explored AI’s untapped edge, including the rise of sovereign, agentic, and physical AI.

• Google published a trends report mapping how AI agents are being used across industries.

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• Microsoft published 36 slides on driving AI readiness and guidance for leaders at stages of maturity from exploring to implementing and scaling.

• Google outlined how to set a clear AI vision tied to business priorities, prioritize high-value use cases, define success metrics, and more.

• BCG's 22-page CEO guide covers where to start, short-term wins, building capabilities, and driving enthusiasm and adoption across all levels.

• Anthropic’s 35-slide playbook for trusted AI includes a section on developing AI strategy across people, process, and technology.

• Gartner’s insights on aligning AI strategy with business strategy, while integrating both your AI portfolio and AI operating model.

• McKinsey outlined how AI can assist strategy development from designing, mobilizing, and executing to monitoring, and reviewing strategies.

• Bain shared how winners build tech and data foundations, pick strong use cases, and integrate AI with the front line.

• MIT’s 20-page playbook covers selecting vendors, budgeting, measuring ROI, managing legacy infrastructure, dealing with risks and regulations.

• Deloitte's 8-page brief categorizes companies by AI maturity and explores how enterprise AI strategy and leadership set winners apart.

• IDC’s 15-slide deck explores use case prioritization, examples in finance and manufacturing, unified AI platforms, and building AI-ready data.

• StackAI shared how to plan, execute, and evolve a high-impact AI strategy and case studies from enterprise deployments.

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