The AI Mandate Masterclass
Find Your #1 AI Opportunity in 90 Minutes.
A free, live working session where you'll fill out the same diagnostic we use in our $3,000 AI Audit — and identify exactly where AI creates the most value in your business. Not a webinar. Not a pitch. You leave with a scorecard and a plan.
Reserve Your Free Seat
Free · Monthly · Limited to 50 seats
Attended by executives from UNICEF, NHS, Chughtai Lab, and 40+ SMEs across 12 industries
The Problem
You've been told to “do AI.”
Nobody told you where to start.
Your board gave you the mandate. Your competitors are moving. And you're stuck in a loop that looks like this:
- Three months of internal debate about which tools to buy
- Vendor demos that all sound the same
- A team excited about AI but no framework for choosing where to start
- $4,000/month in senior time spent on AI discussions with nothing shipped
This isn't an AI problem. It's a strategy problem. And no tool demo is going to solve it.
What You Walk Away With
Three things. 90 minutes. Zero fluff.
Your AI Opportunity Scorecard
The same diagnostic we use in Day 1 of every AI Audit. You’ll score your top processes across three dimensions — Time Drain, Repeatability, and Impact Multiplier — and identify your highest-leverage AI opportunity before the session ends.
Most companies spend 6 months debating where to start. You’ll do it in 25 minutes with a pen and a framework.
A Live Audit Demo
Ehmad pulls a volunteer from the audience and runs the scorecard on their real business — live, unscripted, 25 minutes. You’ll watch him identify their #1 opportunity, estimate the ROI, and outline what deployment looks like.
Every person in the room will be thinking: “what would he say about my business?”
Your First Move, Decided
Not “we should use AI somewhere.” A specific process, with a score, and a clear reason why it’s your highest-leverage move. Something you can take to your board on Monday.
Who's Teaching This
The CEO who cut his own team from 87 to 58 — and shipped more.
18 months ago, Cogent Labs had 87 people. Ehmad Zubair made a decision that changed everything: restructure the entire company around AI.
Today they have 58 people doing more work — more clients, more complexity, more output — with 29 fewer.
But there was a point, three months in, where it almost fell apart. Two senior people left. A major client called and asked “are you guys falling apart?” Ehmad was re-architecting workflows at 2 AM on four hours of sleep.
The mandate was clear. The framework worked. The numbers spoke for themselves. That framework is what you'll learn in this session.
Ehmad Zubair — CEO & Co-founder, Cogent Labs
87 → 58
Team reduced. Same output.
29
Fewer people. More shipped.
2023
In production GenAI since day one.
The Agenda
Minute by minute.
The Bold Promise + 87→58 Story
What you’ll walk away with today. Why Ehmad is the right person to teach this.
The AI Opportunity Scorecard
You fill it out live. Three scoring dimensions. Your top processes ranked. Woven with the Tool Trap, the Data Myth, and the Hidden AI Tax.
Live Hot Seat
A volunteer from the audience. Ehmad runs the scorecard on their real business. You watch. You apply it to yours.
The AI Audit Offer
What happens when you go 5 levels deeper. 14 days. $3,000. Only if it’s right for you.
Live Q&A
Your questions, answered directly.
What Most AI Advice Gets Wrong
Three myths we'll break during the session.
The Tool Trap
Most companies start with tools. They Google “best AI tools for business,” book three demos, get dazzled by the UI, buy two licences, and six months later adoption is at 12%. You’ll learn the exact sequence that works instead.
The Data Myth
“We need to sort out our data first.” It sounds responsible. It delays ROI by 12 months. The truth: you don’t need perfect data. You need a repeatable process. 95% of businesses are already there.
The Hidden AI Tax
Every month you spend debating where to start? That’s $4,000/month in senior time at loaded cost. Over six months, $24,000 with nothing shipped. The scorecard stops that tax the day you fill it out.
Qualification
Is this for you?
This session is for you if
- Your board or leadership has said “we need to do something with AI”
- You’ve been exploring AI tools but haven’t shipped anything yet
- You’ve tried AI before and didn’t see ROI — and you want to understand why
- You want a framework, not a sales pitch
- You’re a C-suite exec, VP, or senior leader at a company with 20+ employees
This session is NOT for you if
- You’re looking for a tool demo or software recommendation
- Your company has fewer than 20 people
- You want someone to build AI for you today (that’s the audit)
- You’re not willing to do the work during the session — this is participatory
Questions
Before you decide.
Is this really free?
Yes. No credit card. No obligation. The session is designed to give you real value whether or not you ever work with us.
What do I need to prepare?
A pen and paper (or a blank doc). You’ll be writing during the session. Come ready to think about your top 3 most time-consuming processes.
Is this a pitch for the AI Audit?
We’ll explain how the audit works in the last 15 minutes. The other 75 minutes are pure content. If the audit is right for you, you’ll know. If it’s not, you’ll still leave with a filled-out scorecard.
How is this different from other AI webinars?
You don’t watch. You work. You’ll fill out a scorecard on your own business, watch a live audit on a real business, and leave with a specific output. Most webinars give you slides. This one gives you a score.
Can I send someone from my team instead?
Yes — but send someone with decision-making authority. The scorecard is most valuable when filled out by someone who knows where the bottlenecks are.
How often do you run this?
Monthly. Dates are announced on LinkedIn and in The AI Mandate newsletter.
What if I can’t make the live session?
We don’t offer recordings. The value is in the live participation — filling out the scorecard, watching the hot seat, asking questions. If you miss it, register for the next one.
Stop debating.
Start scoring.
50 seats. Free. You'll leave with your #1 AI opportunity identified — or 90 minutes of your life back.