From the diary / 01
Seeing Over the AI Fence
Leadership, AI, and the knowledge we didn’t know we had.
Read the issueRethink.
How you think.
Before the next task, ask: can AI help here? And does this need doing at all?
The Diary of a Chief AI Officer
Race to 2030.
Lead the change.
Start with your own work. Rethink how you think, reframe what you see, and rewire how you operate. Then bring your team with you.
Choose Race, then drive with the joystick or arrow keys. Space brakes · R resets.In Build and Wind tunnel the joystick circles the car.
Real experience.
Independent thinking.
Guinness World RecordsRecord holder.Built in Hull.
For UK founders.Meet Leon
01 / The method
Three shifts.
A different way to work.
The founder makes each shift first. The team follows what you do, not simply the tools you buy.
Reframe.
How you see.
Look again at where the hours go. Find the work you can rebuild, and the judgement only you can bring.
Rewire.
How you operate.
Make AI part of your daily, weekly and monthly rhythm. Then bring your team with you.
People and process first. Technology where it helps.
Inside the courseThe course / In developmentRethink.
Rethink.
Reframe.
Rewire.
FOUNDER FIRST
THEN THE FIRM
THEN THE FIRM
02 / Put it into practice
Build the business
you want to lead.
A course for UK founders who want AI to change the work, not just add another subscription.
- Start with your own working week.
- Find the work worth rebuilding.
- Bring your team into a shared way of working.
Enrolment is not yet open. Join the waiting list for launch details and pricing.
03 / Your next move
Start where you are.
Understand your week
Your personal
AI roadmap.
Map the work you do and your next 90 days with AI Elevate 360. Download the roadmap PDF and save your experiment notes after the assessment.
Get your personal AI roadmap (opens in a new tab)Choose your tools
Know what your
AI could cost.
Compare model API costs using your workload. See the assumptions, not just a headline price.
Compare the modelsTalk it through
Fifteen minutes
on the pit wall.
A conversation about where your organisation is today, and what it would take to move it forward.
Book a conversation (opens in a new tab)
CHIEF AI OFFICERFrom the pit wall, not the sidelines
Entrepreneurs
build Britain.
“I give Britain’s entrepreneurs the tools and the belief to grow with AI, because growth creates jobs, and jobs change lives.”
Leon McQuade is Co-Founder and Chief AI Officer at Think Cloud. The Diary is where he shares what he is learning, building and changing.
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