Executive AI Training Auckland
AI literacy for decision-makers — not a coding course. A half-day intensive in Auckland for C-suite, boards and senior leaders: what AI genuinely can and can't do, how to evaluate proposals and vendors critically, AI governance and risk, and leading teams through the change. Run by Rye Smith, Australia's Claude Ambassador.
Six things every leader walks out with
No tool drills, no theory dumps. Every module sharpens the judgement you need to make AI decisions with confidence.
A clear-eyed read on what AI can and can't do
Cut through the noise. Understand where today's frontier models genuinely create value, where they fall short, and how to tell a real capability from a sales-deck promise.
How to evaluate AI proposals and vendors
A repeatable framework for triaging AI use cases, reading vendor pitches critically, and asking the questions that separate substance from hype before you sign.
AI governance, risk and data judgement
What an acceptable-use policy needs, how to think about AU/NZ data obligations, and how to tell the real risks apart from the imagined ones at board level.
The strategic model landscape
Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini — their genuine strengths, trade-offs and ideal uses, so you can make platform decisions on evidence rather than brand familiarity.
Leading teams through AI change
Change-management patterns for an AI rollout: identifying champions, handling sceptics, and deciding what to delegate to AI versus keep with people.
Building an AI-native culture
How to move your organisation past 'AI theatre' to measurable adoption — setting the tone, the incentives and the metrics that make AI a genuine advantage.
Four modules, one half-day
Three and a half hours, discussion-led, with refreshments. Every module is a working conversation grounded in the AI decisions your organisation is facing right now.
Module 01
The AI Landscape for Leaders
- What the frontier models actually do — capabilities in plain language
- Claude vs ChatGPT vs Gemini: strengths, trade-offs and where each fits
- Where the hype ends: separating durable capability from marketing
- The pace of change and how to plan strategy around it
- Reading the AI market: what to watch, what to ignore
Module 02
Evaluating AI Opportunities & Vendors
- Use-case triage: which problems are genuinely AI-shaped
- Reading an AI proposal critically — the claims that need scrutiny
- Build versus buy: when to partner, when to wait, when to pass
- The questions every leader should ask an AI vendor
- Estimating real cost, real value and real time-to-impact
Module 03
Governance, Risk & Data
- AU/NZ data considerations leaders need to understand
- Building an acceptable-use policy your teams will actually follow
- The real risks versus the imagined ones — a calibrated view
- Board-level AI oversight: what to ask, what to minute, what to monitor
- Confidentiality, IP and client data in an AI-enabled organisation
Module 04
Leading an AI-Native Team
- Change management for an AI rollout — momentum without mandate
- Finding and empowering AI champions across the business
- What to delegate to AI and what to deliberately keep with people
- Measuring real ROI, not 'AI theatre' — the metrics that matter
- Your 90-day leadership plan: pilots, guardrails and reporting
Why Auckland leaders need AI literacy now
Auckland is where most of New Zealand's significant AI decisions are made. As the country's commercial capital, the city concentrates the head offices, boards and executive teams that set technology direction for the wider economy — and AI now features on nearly every one of their agendas. The directors and C-suite leaders across the Auckland CBD and the Wynyard Quarter innovation precinct are not short of AI proposals; they are short of a calibrated way to tell a genuine capability from a vendor's confident pitch. This half-day is built to sharpen exactly that judgement.
The city's AI exposure runs in several directions. In the financial-services and corporate towers of the CBD, executives are weighing build-versus-buy decisions on AI tooling that will shape their cost base for years. Across Newmarket and the Albany business district, leadership teams at large headquartered organisations are being asked by their own boards what the AI strategy is. And in Auckland's substantial technology and professional-services scene, founders and managing directors need a credible AI position for clients and investors. The shared need is leadership judgement, not a tour of the tools.
Auckland boards also carry a real and distinctly New Zealand governance responsibility. The Privacy Act, the country's own regulatory environment and a deep concentration of customer-data holders mean a New Zealand board's exposure on AI risk, data handling and acceptable use is genuine. This session gives directors and the C-suite a board-level treatment of AI governance for AU/NZ organisations — what genuinely warrants concern, what is overblown, and the oversight that withstands scrutiny. We deliver it in the Auckland CBD or privately in your boardroom.
Rye Smith
Claude Ambassador for Australia & Lead Workshop Trainer
Rye is Australia's Claude Ambassador and an AI strategist who has helped thousands of professionals understand and ship with Claude. He runs hands-on, classroom-style workshops in every capital city — demystifying Claude Code, Claude Coworker, and the agentic workflows that are reshaping how Australian teams work.
Claude Ambassador for Australia
Anthropic-recognised community lead
Certified Claude Code trainer
Hands-on agentic workflows since 2024
n8n Ambassador (APAC)
Cross-tool automation expert
1,000+ professionals trained
Workshops in 11 Australian cities
Course details
Duration
Half-day intensive (3.5 hrs)
Format
Classroom or in-boardroom (no coding)
Built for
C-suite, boards & senior leaders
Class size
Up to 14 seats
Certificate
Included (Spruik / Claude Ambassador AU)
Location
Auckland CBD
Want hands-on training for your team?
Executive AI Training builds leadership judgement. For the practical, hands-on version that turns Claude into a daily teammate for your Auckland team, see Claude Coworker Training.
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Lead your Auckland organisation through AI with confidence
A half-day intensive · Auckland CBD or your boardroom · up to 14 leaders.
NZ$2,150 per seat · NZ$1,725 per seat for groups of five or more from the same organisation.