Align Before You Automate: Vetting High-ROI Enterprise AI Workflows

Paul Bryan

Enterprise AI Collaboration Strategist

Stop Wasting AI Budget on Misaligned Pilots

AI investment is accelerating across industries. Boards are asking for strategy. Executives are demanding pilots. Teams are under pressure to “do something with AI.”

And yet most enterprise AI efforts stall, quietly fade, or produce demos that never scale. Not because the models fail.

Because the organization wasn’t aligned before the pilot began.

Workflows were poorly chosen. Decision rights were unclear. Risk and governance were surfaced too late. Product, Data, UX, Engineering, and Compliance were solving different problems under the same label.

This course addresses the real bottleneck: cross-functional alignment under uncertainty.

Instead of jumping into tools or prototypes, you’ll learn how to structure collaboration around enterprise workflows, prioritize initiatives using shared criteria, clarify ownership, and define readiness before significant budget and credibility are on the line.

In a market where AI initiatives are visible at the executive level, misalignment is expensive. This framework increases the probability that when your organization runs a pilot, it is worth running.

What you’ll learn

Shift from ad hoc AI efforts to disciplined, structured, workflow-driven collaboration before significant investment.

  • Diagnose workflow friction across teams and systems

  • Distinguish AI-appropriate problems from low-value automation

  • Recognize signals that indicate cross-functional AI potential

  • Apply the AI Workflow Canvas to clarify problem framing

  • Use a scorecard to evaluate feasibility, impact, and risk

  • Compare initiatives using shared cross-functional language

  • Map responsibilities across Product, Data, UX, and Engineering

  • Surface ownership gaps and overlaps early

  • Define accountability before resources are committed

  • Identify data, technical, and operational constraints

  • Expose regulatory and compliance considerations

  • Address ambiguity before solutioning begins

  • Use storyboards and scene cards to clarify expectations

  • Align on model core capabilities before technical implementation

  • Reduce misunderstanding through shared artifacts

  • Establish pre-pilot alignment signals

  • Validate cross-functional agreement on scope and risk

  • Confirm organizational readiness before investment

Learn directly from Paul

Paul Bryan

Paul Bryan

I help organizations design and develop AI products that deliver business value.

Google
Netflix
Meta
Microsoft
LinkedIn

Who this course is for

  • AI product team members (PM, UX, DS, ENG) who need a shared framework to align on workflows, feasibility, and responsibility before building

  • Product and business leaders accountable for Enterprise AI outcomes who must prioritize workflows and reduce risk before committing budget

  • AI governance, legal, and risk stakeholders who need structured ways to surface constraints, guardrails, & ownership early in AI initiatives

Course syllabus

Week 1

Apr 9—Apr 12

    Enterprise AI Introduction

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    9

    Live Session 1

    Thu 4/94:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)

    Video: Enterprise Friction Matrix

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    Template: Enterprise Friction Matrix

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    Project: Enterprise Friction Matrix

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    Office Hours: To be announced

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Week 2

Apr 13—Apr 19

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    16

    Live Session 2

    Thu 4/164:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)

    Video: Enterprise AI Canvas and Enterprise AI Scorecard

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    Template: Enterprise AI Canvas

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    Template: Enterprise AI Scorecard

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    Project: Enterprise AI Canvas

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    Project: Enterprise AI Scorecard

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    Office Hours: To be announced

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Schedule

Live sessions

1-2 hrs / week

The live sessions will include instructional material that sets us up for discussions and projects.

    • Thu, Apr 9

      4:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)

    • Thu, Apr 16

      4:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)

    • Thu, Apr 23

      4:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)

    • Thu, Apr 30

      4:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)

Projects

2 hrs / week

You can complete all project work during the live sessions without doing additional work outside of class. However, your results will be stronger if you spend some time between sessions reviewing your organization’s workflows and gathering the relevant data needed to inform your project decisions.

Async content

2 hrs / week

Frequently asked questions

$995

USD

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