Julian Gilson

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Executives and senior leaders who set strategy, lead teams, and drive organizational outcomes.

Operations professionals who optimize processes and manage day-to-day business functions.

Applying AI tools and techniques to professional workflows — assign alongside more specific AI topics.

Developing leadership skills — inspiring teams, building culture, navigating organizational complexity, and driving results through others.

Setting strategic direction, making high-stakes decisions, and translating vision into execution.

Day-to-day people management — 1:1s, feedback, performance management, hiring, and team operations.

Leading organizational AI adoption — change management, strategy, and building AI-ready teams.

Master AI transformation in legacy firms by auditing use cases, building practical roadmaps, and winning over skeptics.

ex-Deutsche Bank | Oxford University

AI leader for the last 10 years in both tech and non-tech organizations.

Drive AI Change Outside the Tech Bubble

Project Analyst

Management Consultant

Senior Manager - Program Delivery (PMO)

University of Oxford

Deutsche Bank

NetDocuments

Airia

AI often looks great at the demo but fails at adoption. In the "Tech Bubble," AI is about building the next cool thing. In legacy organizations, AI is about navigating deep-seated inertia, skeptical or frightened stakeholders, and "unreliable" or siloed data.This course is the antidote to "Silicon Valley" theory. We focus on the messy reality of non-tech environments such as professional services firms or regulated entities.We tackle the three pillars of real-world AI leadership:<ol><li>The Culture Factor: Addressing the emotional threats AI poses to expertise and judgment (Homo Emotivus), cultural issues around change and technology, and the required governance frameworks that AI requires.</li><li>Bridge Patterns: Starting from the mantra 'people, process, and technology,' we learn how to bring any business function to 100% AI readiness.</li><li>Roadmapping: Shifting from "AI Evangelist" to "Implementation Leader" by delivering a concrete 90-day roadmap.</li></ol>Stop chasing the hype. Join a cohort of operators and subject matter experts who are inspired by AI and want to make it a repeatable, unremarkable part of how their organization works.

The only AI playbook built to survive the messy reality of legacy organizations.

Triage Business Functions for AI Readiness

Architect Bridges to Defuse Resistance

Build a High-Momentum 90-Day Roadmap

Defusing the Emotional Resistance from Stakeholders

Executives and emerging leaders within legacy organizations who want to lead AI initiatives.

Consultants who serve legacy organizations on AI related initiatives.

Executives within Small to Medium Size Businesses who know they need to modernize.

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Julian Gilson

Courses

Drive AI Change Outside the Tech Bubble

Lightning Lessons

Lead AI Change Outside The Tech Bubble

Lead AI Change Outside The Tech Bubble