AI Champions Program

AI adoption doesn’t scale through policies, platforms, or mandates. It scales through people.

The AI Champions Program formalizes the human operating layer required to move AI from experimentation into everyday work—embedding capability where decisions are made and work actually happens.

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A focused 30–45 day engagement to map AI opportunities, assess altitude, and deliver a clear execution plan.

How This Topic Is Used

A structured program that enables trusted internal leaders to drive AI adoption through influence, execution, and peer-to-peer enablement.

Core Frameworks

AI Altitude Model

AAM

The AI Altitude Model (AAM) is a staged operating framework that helps organizations understand where they are in their AI adoption journey and what is required to safely progress from experimentation to full operational control and sustained value realization.

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Control Tower Governance Model

CT

A centralized governance model that manages AI execution, risk, and value realization.

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Commander’s Intent

CI

A clear articulation of intent that aligns teams without prescribing tactics.

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How This Topic Shows Up

What an AI Champions Program Actually Is

How Champions Operate

Common Failure Modes (and Fixes)

Related Briefings

Why Most AI Initiatives Stall After the Pilot Phase

Many organizations successfully launch AI pilots but fail to scale them into durable business capabilities. The issue is rarely model performance or tooling - it’s the absence of an operating model that governs ownership, prioritization, and decision-making beyond experimentation.

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Flight Crew POV

AI adoption is a social system problem before it is a technical one.

Where others rely on broad training programs and top-down change narratives, Flight Crew focuses on trusted internal leaders, peer-to-peer influence, and role-specific enablement.

AI adoption scales through influence, not instruction.

Before You Commit to a Pilot

The Pilot Briefing is an executive-level conversation designed to clarify whether a Flight Crew Pilot is the right next step - and what conditions must be true for it to succeed.