PhilanthropelCATALYST · LEADERSHIP READINESS
AI capability, built into leadership.
A bespoke programme that prepares chief executives, boards and senior leaders to lead with AI. Delivered through one-to-one sessions and live implementation, Catalyst works directly on the priorities, decisions and projects already sitting on the leadership team's desk.
Every non-profit leadership team is being asked to have a position on AI. Few have been given the tools to judge where it adds value, where it introduces risk and how it should be governed. Catalyst closes that gap at the leadership level, where decisions about adoption, investment and accountability are made.
How a programme unfolds
01
Understand your context
It starts with your organisation, not a curriculum. A short set of questions helps us understand your priorities, challenges and ambitions before we design the programme.
02
Build around real work
Your programme is shaped around your organisation's priorities, data, constraints and mission. Live projects and decisions from your team's desk become part of the learning.
03
Work with the right people
Sessions begin with senior leadership and can extend to the people responsible for putting AI into practice. They are scheduled around leadership and governance calendars, with your organisational data kept confidential.
04
Move from literacy to judgement
Leaders learn to identify where AI belongs in their workflows, question its outputs, govern its use and make better decisions with it. Understanding AI is the starting point. Knowing how to lead with it is the capability Catalyst builds.
- Clarity on where AI belongsA leadership team that knows which decisions and workflows AI can strengthen, and where human judgement must remain central.
- Confidence to question AIA board and executive team equipped to interrogate AI recommendations, proposals and investments rather than simply accept them.
- A position on governanceClear principles for how your organisation approaches data, risk, accountability and procurement.
- A shared language for AIA common vocabulary across leadership and key teams, so conversations about AI lead to decisions and action.
Format
Live sessions shaped around leadership and governance calendars.
Grounding
Built from your organisation's priorities, data and real-world challenges.
Status
Live with organisations across the sector.
Ready to lead with intelligence?
A short set of questions, three to five minutes, and it is how every Catalyst programme begins.