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The Missing Operating Model Behind Successful AI Adoption

Hosted by Dalibor Jovic and Hussam Ahmad

178 students

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What you'll learn

Discover Why Most AI Initiatives Never Scale

Why AI projects stall between experimentation and business impact and what successful organizations do differently.

Build the System Behind AI Success

Learn how organizations move AI initiatives from isolated pilots to scalable capabilities.

Understand What a CAIO Actually Does

Learn the responsibilities, decision areas, and leadership mindset of a Chief AI Officer.

Why this topic matters

Very few organizations have figured out how to turn isolated AI experiments into sustainable business value. As AI adoption grows, leaders need a way to prioritize opportunities, manage risk, build trust, and scale successful initiatives. This session introduces the mindset and operating model used by effective AI leaders and emerging CAIOs to make AI a strategic capability rather than a collection of disconnected pilots.

You'll learn from

Dalibor Jovic

Director of AI

Dalibor Jovic is an AI leader with over two decades of experience building, scaling, and shipping technology. He has delivered more than 200 software products for companies ranging from ambitious startups to global brands including HP, Pepsi, Intel, and Swarovski.

As Director of AI, Dalibor’s mission is to turn AI from hype into business outcomes by guiding teams as they adopt AI responsibly, embed it into products, and transform operations end‑to‑end.

“Stepping into this role took me three years of self‑directed learning. I created this course to shorten that journey for others and to openly share the lessons, frameworks, and missteps that shaped mine.

Hussam Ahmad

Leadership & Product Excellence Coach

Hussam has spent 30+ years building high‑performance tech and product teams as CEO, CTO, and CPO. He helps organizations adopt outcome‑driven practices, align around clear OKRs, and deliver customer value faster—with less churn and more trust. His teaching style is practical, empathetic, and relentlessly focused on real‑world application.

“I designed this course because talented leaders don’t struggle for lack of effort; they struggle for lack of clarity and leverage—especially now that everyone expects them to have an ‘AI strategy’. My goal is to help you get both.”

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