2026 Executive Leadership AI Cohort
Join a group of like-minded executives that are learning how to build AI capabilities inside your business. Learn from your peers on what works and what doesn't.
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Participate in an AI Leadership Study
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In-Person Events
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Receive an Executive Briefing From Claude Cowork + Copilot
We are accepting up to 5 organizations for the 2026 cohort.
THE EXECUTIVE PROBLEM
The problem is not a lack of information. It is too much signal buried in too much noise.
Decision Fatigue
Leaders are asked to approve, decide, review, sign off, respond, and prioritize all day.
Information Overload
Email, Teams, calendar, documents, meetings, and follow-ups compete for the same attention.
Leadership Bottleneck
When every decision flows through one person, the business slows down and the leader becomes reactive.
A short, practical AI pilot for leaders who want evidence before scale.
This is not a full AI transformation project. It is a focused 30-day pilot for one executive in your organization.
USM helps configure an AI Chief of Staff Brief using Microsoft Copilot and Cowork. The executive receives a private daily brief designed to surface priorities, decisions,
meetings, commitments, and risk signals before the day gets away from them.
What the AI Chief of Staff Brief Helps Surface
Start each day with a clearer view of what matters.
The Bottom Line
A short summary of what deserves attention today.
Decision Docket
What is waiting on the executive to approve, decline, decide, or respond to.
Meeting Prep
What the executive should know before the highest-stakes meetings.
Promise Tracker
Commitments the executive made that may need follow-up.
Risk Signals
Threads, delays, gaps, or patterns that may become problems if ignored.
Draft Support
Suggested replies for clear asks, reviewed by the executive before anything is sent.
How the Pilot Works
Simple by design.
1. Request a cohort
spot
We confirm fit and select up to 5 organizations.
2. Complete the
baseline survey
We establish the current state around clarity, decisions, meetings, follow-through, and information overload.
3. Set up the pilot
We help configure Copilot, Cowork, guardrails, and the AI Chief of Staff Brief.
4. Use it for 30 days
The executive uses the daily brief as part of the normal workday.
5. Check in weekly
We confirm the experience is working and make practical adjustments.
6. Review the results
We compare pre and post feedback, discuss examples, and determine whether value was created.
A clear give and get.
Controlled. Private. Measured.
Private by Design
The brief is delivered to the executive only.
Executive stays in control
The pilot is designed to support decisions, not make them without the leader.
Cost Guadrails
Cowork spending is configured with limits, so the pilot does not become open-ended.
Controlled. Private. Measured.
The pilot starts with a short baseline survey and ends with a post-pilot review. The goal
is not to create a perfect academic study. The goal is to understand whether the
executive experienced meaningful improvement.
You will not be learning alone.
After the cohort, participants may be invited to an executive AI roundtable to compare lessons learned with other cohort leaders. This is not a product demo. It is a peer conversation about what worked, what did not, and where AI created practical business value.
Participants may also receive anonymous cohort findings so they can compare outcomes without exposing sensitive company details.
Ready to test AI where leadership actually feels the pain?
If leadership is drowning in decisions, messages, meetings, and follow-up, the 2026 Executive Leadership AI Cohort gives you a controlled way to test whether AI can help one executive lead with more clarity. We are accepting up to 5 organizations for the 2026 cohort.