GXA® AI Foundation Series · Session 1
How to Prepare for AI Without Risking Your Business or Wasting Your Budget
AI moved into your business faster than the policies, guardrails, and know-how to run it safely. Session 1 of the AI Foundation Series gives CEOs the governance and vendor-risk foundations to deploy AI the right way.
Watch George Makaye (CEO, GXA) and Jason Knight (AI Advisor to CEOs) walk through what every business needs in place before it deploys AI — and the five things leadership has to own.
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Why This Matters
AI Is a Leadership Problem, Not an IT Problem
AI tools showed up in your business faster than the policies and guardrails to run them safely. Employees are already pasting company data into chatbots, and vendors are lining up to sell you software you may not be ready for.
Session 1 starts with a real-world warning — a $40K AI consultant pitch with no infrastructure behind it — then lays out the governance and vendor-risk foundations every business needs before it deploys AI. You’ll see the nine things that have to be in place, and the five that leadership owns directly.
This recording is the foundation for the rest of the series.
What You’ll Learn
Your AI Governance & Vendor-Risk Foundation
Built for CEOs, owners, and the CIOs and CFOs who own the budget and the risk at companies with roughly 20–200 employees.
We cover:
Why AI Is a Leadership Problem, Not an IT Problem
AI moved into your business faster than the policies and guardrails to run it safely. This session reframes AI as a C-suite decision — and shows which parts of it leadership has to own personally.
The $40K Pitch: Vendors Selling You Software You’re Not Ready For
George opens with a real-world warning about an AI consultant pitch with no infrastructure behind it — and how to spot when a vendor is selling you tools your business isn’t prepared to deploy.
The 9 Things Your Business Needs for AI — and the 5 Leadership Owns
A concrete checklist of the governance, security, and data foundations that have to be in place before AI, with a clear line drawn around the five that can’t be delegated to IT.
How GXA Approaches AI Differently
A look at how GXA approaches AI governance and vendor risk — the foundations-first model behind the rest of the AI Foundation Series.
Live Q&A
Audience questions on governance, vendor risk, and getting started with AI the right way.
Meet the Speakers
Your Presenters
George Makaye
President & CEO, GXA
CISSP-certified cybersecurity leader and GXA co-founder. For more than two decades he has helped growing businesses use technology, security, and strategy to drive performance, and today sets the vision for GXA’s IT, security, and AI programs.
Jason Knight
AI Advisor to CEOs
Three decades building, securing, and scaling tech businesses — including a national IT firm he grew to $50M before selling. Now helps CEOs adopt AI the right way: fast where it creates value, controlled where it matters.
This Is Just the Foundation
Session 1 covers governance and vendor risk. Sessions 2 and 3 take you from policy to strategy to day-to-day operations — choosing the right AI path (July 31) and keeping AI running safely after you deploy it (August 28). One registration covers both remaining sessions live.
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Session 1 walks you through the governance and vendor-risk foundations every business needs before it deploys AI.
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