Ask a Chief of Staff: The Role of AI in Strategic Planning
🗓️ Join us on October 15th!
The strategic planning process is broken. Or rather, our expectations for it are. For many organizations, strategic planning still looks the same as it did five or even ten years ago. It’s static. It’s siloed. And it’s limited to the ideas in the room. But what if AI could act as a true thought partner in the strategy process? One that supports human creativity, uncovers risks and opportunities, and helps turn rigid plans into living, breathing ones.
How forward-thinking leaders are reimagining planning with AI as a thought partner is at the heart of this conversation. For the first time, AI is giving strategy leaders the tools to build more adaptive plans and execute them with greater confidence. Join Abby, Shannon, and Brooks for a candid discussion about how AI is reshaping the way organizations approach strategic planning.
✅ Why You Should Join:
Companies are investing heavily in AI, hoping it will unlock efficiency and drive growth. But too often, those efforts are disconnected from real business needs or fail to address complex challenges.
Strategic planning is one of those complex challenges. And it’s exactly where AI can make a difference.
This webinar will show how AI can help Strategy and Operations leaders:
Navigate uncertainty
Uncover blind spots
Move faster with confidence
Turn strategy into action
What You Will Learn:
You’ll leave with a clear view of ways to apply AI to your strategy function, including how to:
Spot risks and opportunities early, before they escalate
Use past performance to shape future decisions
Tap into domain-specific intelligence instead of generic outputs
Automate reporting and summaries to free up time and drive action
Whether you’re just starting to explore AI or looking to operationalize it, this session will offer practical insights and real-world examples to help you take the next step
🎟️ Please note, there will be a 100-person limit on this event. This event is not recorded.
🎙️ More about the Speaker
Brooks Busch is the co‑founder and CEO at Elate, an AI-powered strategy execution platform. Prior to Elate, he oversaw Strategy and Operations at Springbuk, scaling the business from $100K to $10M+ in revenue before an acquisition by Merative Health earlier this year. Brooks began his career in Operations and Go-to-Market Strategy at ExactTarget (acquired by Salesforce), and later led Channel Sales and Operations for North America at Gigya (acquired by SAP).
As co-founder and COO at Elate, Abby Parker has a diverse background in Strategy and Operations. In addition to leading Operations at Springbuk (acquired by Merative Health), Abby helped lead the organization's growth and development of Strategic Partnerships. She was also accepted into the Governor Bob Orr Entrepreneurial Fellowship, where she served as the Operations Lead at Milhaus.
Shannon Keedy is the Director of Solutions Consulting, where she partners with executives and team leads to design and implement strategies that drive organizational agility and operational excellence. She brings extensive experience from her career as a Management Consultant, guiding strategic planning and execution across public sector and enterprise organizations, and helping leaders translate vision into measurable results.
💜 Ask a Chief of Staff
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