Innovation NavigatorStrategic Game
AI Strategy
AI as tool to acquire→AI as capability to direct
The Goal
Anchor AI investment in business strategy — North Star, focused capital, named risks — before scaling the tools.
Ideal For
AI strategy offsites, board prep, post-pilot resets, M&A integration, and technology pivots.
The Shift
From AI as tool to acquire to AI as capability to direct.
The Neuroscience
Most leadership teams treat AI as activity rather than direction — pilots multiply, but the business need is never named. Externalizing the strategy onto a five-section canvas offloads it from working memory, freeing capacity for trade-off decisions — and visible structure moves the debate from tools (where opinions diverge) to direction (where alignment becomes possible).
From the research
The thinking behind this lab, published in full: