THE AI ODYSSEY
BRING SOMETHING HOME.
A 90-minute expedition for C-suite and execs ready to turn AI activity into ROI.
Lunch provided | $200 admits two | Only 40 mortals allowed
THE PROPHECY
Your company is on an AI journey.
Everyone says so.
"Journey," of course, is what companies call something when it has a budget, a steering committee, and no agreed-upon arrival date.
The voyage probably began with favorable winds: an executive mandate, an ambitious roadmap, and a demonstration so magnificent that someone asked whether the whole company could have it by next quarter.
Then the monsters arrived.
The Sirens began singing about another platform. The Lotus-Eaters requested six more months to experiment. The Cyclops stared deeply into one productivity metric. Scylla demanded that you move immediately. Charybdis scheduled a governance review for November.
And somewhere across the wine-dark sea, your CFO is still waiting for the ROI.
Welcome to The AI Odyssey.
This is a working lunch for executives who would like their AI journey to eventually arrive somewhere.
KNOW YOUR MONSTERS
The Sirens of Shiny Object Syndrome
Their demos are flawless. Their decks are beautiful. Their platform integrates with everything.
They have absolutely no idea which of your workflows matters.
The Lotus-Eaters of Eternal Pilots
The team is learning so much.
Nothing has entered production, but the learning is extraordinary.
The Cyclops of One-Dimensional Measurement
It can see only one thing: hours saved.
Revenue, margin, quality, adoption, and customer experience remain outside its field of vision.
Scylla and Charybdis
On one side: deploy everything immediately.
On the other: form a responsible-AI council that will determine the membership requirements for the responsible-AI subcommittee.
Choose carefully.
Poseidon, Lord of Organizational Resistance
He controls the data, the politics, the approval process, and a critical legacy system last updated during the Bronze Age.
Each one maps to a real problem we'll help you diagnose that afternoon.
THE QUEST
On September 17, executives will gather at Pelion Venture Partners to determine what stands between their AI activity and measurable business value.
We will not defeat every monster before lunch ends.
We will identify which monster currently owns your initiative, choose the three to five workflows most capable of moving a real KPI, and give you a practical route from "interesting AI experiment" to "adopted way of working."
There will be no ceremonial worship of artificial intelligence.
There will be a worksheet.
THE SPOILS
What You'll Carry Back to the Office
A brutally honest assessment of whether your AI initiative is advancing, drifting, or quietly eating budget on a beautiful island
A KPI-first method for identifying the three to five workflows worth attacking first
A completed worksheet built for your next leadership conversation
A clearer understanding of the people, ownership, and adoption problems hiding beneath the technology
A table of executives chasing the same goals you are: revenue growth, profitability, or tech-team transformation
At least one AI project worth advancing, and possibly several worth throwing overboard
THE HUMANS WHO KNOW WHERE THE MONSTERS LIVE
Bob Bodily, PhD, Co-founder, SageCreek AI
Bob has built machine-learning models and data pipelines for Fortune 500 companies. He also founded and operated a Bitcoin exchange that processed more than $1 billion in transaction volume.
He has seen what happens when ambitious technology meets real customers, real money, and consequences larger than a disappointing demo.
Bob will reveal what separates companies turning AI into operating leverage from those building the world's most expensive collection of prototypes.
Chris Linford, SPHR VP of HR, Listen Technologies; Owner, Linford HR Consulting
Chris has spent her career where transformation strategies encounter actual human beings.
She'll expose why ownership, incentives, trust, and workflow design frequently decide the fate of an AI initiative before the model gets a chance.
PASSAGE FOR TWO
Registration and Pricing
$200 admits two people from the same company. Lunch included.
Bring the executive who owns the outcome and the person who understands why the workflow is more complicated than it appears.
If those are the same person, congratulations. You may already be favored by the gods.
Attendance is limited to 40. Hubris is not included; most companies bring their own.
WHERE THE VOYAGE BEGINS
Sep 17, 2026 11:30 AM–1:00 PM MST
Pelion Venture Partners 14761 Future Way, Suite 500 Draper, Utah 84020
YOUR AI JOURNEY HAS LASTED LONG ENOUGH.
BRING SOMETHING HOME.
WHEN THE GODS HAVE OTHER PLANS
Can't attend on September 17? Book a complimentary 30-minute AI Workflow Assessment.