0115 Oct 2026
Know It
Understand AI
Separate real capabilities from hype and identify where AI can create value.
You build
Prioritised AI Opportunity Portfolio
Lead AI from idea to implementation.
A four-module working program for executives responsible for making AI work in their organisations.
Built from real AI implementation and executive education experience
- Dubai Health
- Siemens Energy
- Bosch
- Bertelsmann Stiftung
- Caritas Germany
- ProCredit Banking
The AI value gap
AI activity is growing.
Organisational value is not.
Most organisations already have AI tools, ideas, pilots and vendors. What is often missing is the leadership capability to turn them into priorities, ownership, integrated workflows and implementation.
What organisations have
- AI tools and ideas
- Experiments and pilots
- Technology and vendors
- Strategic ambition
What is often missing
- Clear priorities
- Defined ownership
- Integrated workflows
- Implementation leadership
The program
Four modules. One path to lead AI.
01
15 Oct 2026
Know It
Understand AI
Separate real capabilities from hype and identify where AI can create value.
You build
Prioritised AI Opportunity Portfolio
02
29 Oct 2026
Use It
Work with AI
Apply professional prompting, AI tools and responsible-use principles to real work.
You build
Personal AI Toolkit and Quality Framework
03
12 Nov 2026
Build It
Scale AI
Turn a priority opportunity into a working prototype and an AI-enabled workflow.
You build
Working Prototype and Workflow Blueprint
04
26 Nov 2026
Lead It
Lead AI
Connect strategy, people, execution and governance in one implementation roadmap.
You build
90-Day AI Leadership Roadmap
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15 Oct – 26 Nov 2026 · Live online · English · 2-hour sessions
WHAT YOU LEAVE WITH
A complete AI implementation package.
Prioritised AI Opportunity Portfolio
AI Toolkit & Output Quality Framework
Working AI Prototype
AI-Enabled Workflow Blueprint
90-Day Implementation Roadmap
AI Leadership Community & Dubai Dinner
Why AAILA?
AAILA is an executive learning journey for leaders turning AI ambition into institutional reality — built on three connected perspectives.
1
Applied AI
Build real solutions.
2
Organisational Scalability
Connect AI to processes, workflows and decisions.
3
International Perspective
Compare implementation across Europe, the GCC and the Bay Area.
AAILA
Most programs teach technology, strategy or innovation separately.
AAILA connects them through one journey.
The program leads
Two strong perspectives.
One implementation journey.
Applied AI execution meets strategic foresight and organisational transformation — taught by practitioners who build, advise and lecture at the frontier.
APPLIED AI · TECHNOLOGY · IMPLEMENTATION
ZAMINA AHMAD
The builder behind AI that works in reality.
Zamina builds the AI systems that most organisations only talk about — production platforms, data infrastructure and governance that survive contact with regulators, operators and real workloads.
Over sixteen years she has led that work across some of the most demanding environments in Europe and the GCC: shaping industrial AI at Bosch and Siemens Energy, standing up national health data capabilities with Dubai Health, and advising public-interest institutions such as the Bertelsmann Stiftung on how to move from AI ambition to functioning practice.
Her focus stays where value is actually created or lost — production systems, data platforms, MLOps and the governance that lets AI operate safely inside regulated organisations.
Selected experience
Bosch · Siemens Energy · Dubai Health · Bertelsmann Stiftung
STRATEGY · GOVERNANCE · EXECUTIVE EDUCATION
TOBIAS C. STRAUBE
The strategist turning emerging technology into institutional action.
Tobias works at the intersection of AI, governance and organisational change, helping organisations translate emerging technologies into strategies, operating models and decisions that work in practice.
Over the past two decades that work has taken him from the UAE's Advanced Technology Research Council, NATO and UN initiatives to the boardrooms of Ferrari and Orange, and into the strategic programs of the Dubai Future Foundation and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation — helping senior leaders adapt their institutions to AI by deploying new technology and reshaping how they decide, organise and create value.
His focus stays where strategy meets execution — teaching executives at UC Berkeley and Steinbeis Augsburg Business School, publishing in the California Management Review, the World Economic Forum, WIRED and Handelsblatt, and holding nine US patents as co-inventor in privacy-preserving computing and data infrastructure.
Selected experience
NATO · World Economic Forum · Dubai Future Foundation · Ferrari · Orange · UN
Together
One builds what is technically possible.
One makes it organisationally viable.
Together, they move AI from opportunity to implementation.
After the modules
The journey continues.
Two ongoing touchpoints keep the cohort connected — one always-on, one in the room.
- 01
Always-on
AI Leadership Community
A private WhatsApp group for peer exchange with an international circle of AI leaders — implementation questions, resources, and quiet counsel between modules.
Peers · Implementation questions · Resources
- 02
In person
Executive Dinner in Dubai
An invitation-only dinner during GITEX week — a private table with the founders and a small international circle.
9 December 2026 · Dubai · Limited seating
WHO THIS IS FORMid- and senior decision-makers on the hook for AI - division and BU heads, directors and VPs across strategy, operations, technology, data, risk, HR and finance, C-1/C-2 executives, founders and family-office principals, and public-sector programme leads. No technical background required.
Founding Class 2026 · Inaugural cohort
Join the inaugural class.
The first AAILA cohort. Smaller by design, with direct access to the founders and a hand in shaping how the program runs from here.
- A smaller room — deeper conversations, more airtime per participant
- Direct access to Tobias and Zamina across every live session
- Written expert review of your use case, one-to-one
- Founding-member pricing, held only for 2026
4 live modules · 15 Oct – 26 Nov 2026 · Live online · English
Founding-member rate · 2026 only
USD 550
per person
Regular price from 2027
USD 1,200 per person
Save USD 650 as a founding member.
The founding-member rate is held for the inaugural 2026 cohort only. Regular pricing resumes from 2027.
Included outcomes
- Prioritised AI Opportunity Portfolio
- AI Agents and Prototypes
- AI-Enabled Workflows
- 90-Day Implementation Roadmap
Plus AI Leadership Community access and Dubai dinner eligibility.
Join the founding class
Limited seats · Inaugural cohort
Or attend the free webinar first →Founding members join a smaller room, work directly with the founders, and help shape how AAILA runs from here.
Free live webinar · 9 September 2026
Not ready to apply? Meet us first.
A 45-minute session with the founders. See how the program runs, ask questions, and decide whether the Founding Class is the right fit before you commit.
When
9 September 2026
12:00 Berlin · 14:00 UAE · Live online · English
Register for the webinarFree · No commitment
Questions
Frequently asked.
No. You build a lightweight prototype without writing code. The focus is on leadership decisions, not engineering.