16 must-read AI strategy playbooks

WELCOME, EXECUTIVES AND PROFESSIONALS.

With AI today, its never been more important to be fast and flexible in strategy but firm and clear in vision.

I’ve reviewed dozens of publicly available AI strategy playbooks for executives and professionals in enterprise.

Here are 16 to help you level up fast:

Microsoft - AI Roadmap

The 36-slide report explores factors that drive AI readiness and guidance for leaders at every stage of maturity from exploring to implementing and scaling.

Full report here.

BCG - CEO AI Strategy

BCG's 22-page CEO guide covers where to start, short-term wins, building capabilities, and driving enthusiasm and adoption across all levels.

Full report here.

Anthropic - Enterprise Strategy

Anthropic’s 35-slide playbook for trusted AI includes a section that outlines developing AI strategy across people, process, and technology, plus a roadmap for scaling success.

Full report here.

Microsoft - Developing an AI Strategy

Covers identifying AI use cases, defining AI technology, data, and responsible AI strategies, plus an example of an AI strategy.

Full report here.

Google - Effective AI Strategy

Google recommends setting a clear AI vision tied to business priorities, prioritizing high-value use cases, measuring success through clear metrics, and more.

Full report here.

Gartner - Strategy Planner

Gartner’s workbook guides setting gen AI goals, linking them to impact, measuring success, mitigating risk, and prioritizing gen AI initiatives.

Full report here.

WPP - AI Strategy

WPP’s 24-slide AI strategy deck details its capabilities, platform vision, partnerships, and their evolving AI-driven operating system.

Full report here.

McKinsey - Strategy with AI

McKinsey outlines how AI can assist strategists in all stages of strategy development: designing, mobilizing, executing, monitoring, and reviewing strategies.

Full report here.

KPMG - Value at Stake

KPMG analyzed 3B+ data points for 17M+ companies to quantify the value at stake from fully deploying and adopting generative AI at scale.

Full report here.

BCG - Value in AI

BCG’s 25-page report details who’s winning with AI, sources of value, key capabilities, overcoming obstacles, and case studies.

Full report here.

Bain - How Winners Use AI

High-growth B2B firms scale beyond pilots into core operations. Winners build tech and data foundations, pick strong use cases, and integrate AI with the front line.

Full report here.

MIT - Crafting AI Strategy

MIT’s 20-page playbook covers selecting vendors, budgeting, measuring ROI, managing legacy infrastructure, dealing with risks and regulations.

Full report here.

L.E.K - The AI Delta

L.E.K. strategy consultants explore the "AI Delta," the gap between AI successful adoption and failure from poor strategy and execution, exploring how enterprises can maneuver it.

Full report here.

McKinsey - Outcompete with AI

McKinsey’s 29-slide report covers AI evolution, gen AI’s economic impact, use cases, success factors, and real examples.

Full report here.

IBM - ROI of AI

The 77-slide report outlines how most enterprises are betting long-term on AI. Cloud and open source are key focuses.

Full report here.

Deloitte - AI Maturity

Deloitte's 8-page brief categorizes companies by AI maturity and explores how enterprise AI strategy and leadership set winners apart.

Full report here.

IDC - AI Strategy Build

IDC’s 15-slide deck explores use case prioritization, examples in finance and manufacturing, unified AI platforms, and building AI-ready data.

Full report here.

MUST-READS WITH MORE DETAILED BREAKDOWNS

• Agentic AI Reports (19 reports)

• Enterprise AI Case Studies (20 reports)

• Playbooks for AI Leaders (16 reports)

• Enterprise AI Market (8 reports)

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