AI Training for Executives: Decisions and Price
An executive AI workshop helps a board choose the right category, read an implementation offer, assign ownership and set a stopping condition. Closed training starts from €1,200 net per day.
Executives need a way to choose AI work, read offers and assign accountability. A focused workshop turns those questions into a decision record.
Syntalith
An executive AI workshop is for a board or management team that has real decisions ahead: which process deserves investment, which offer fits, who owns the result and how the company will stop a weak project. The session starts from €1,200 net per day, excluding VAT. The final quote follows the number of people, decisions and preparation required.
Four decisions for a board
| Decision | Questions to answer | Record to keep |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Will a ready subscription, a rule-based automation or a custom AI system fit the process? | Chosen category, alternative considered and budget range |
| Offer | What does the supplier change in the process, which systems does it touch and which actions remain with a person? | Questions, assumptions, dependencies and acceptance conditions |
| Ownership | Who owns the business outcome, the data and the day-to-day adoption? | A named owner, decision rights and escalation route |
| Continuation | Which measure allows the company to continue, change or stop? | Baseline, review date and stopping condition |
The board does not need to design the technical architecture. It needs enough understanding to recognise a category, challenge an unclear promise and give the operating team a usable decision.
Choose the right category
A subscription gives people a ready tool for their own work. An automation handles a repeatable path between defined systems, from €3,500 net at Syntalith. A custom AI application or agent fits a process with several steps, data sources or decisions, from €6,000 net. The numbers are starting amounts; preparation, integrations and safeguards determine the final quote.
The board should ask three practical questions:
- Does the same task repeat often enough to measure?
- Are the rules and source data available to the people running it?
- Does the process require a model to choose a path, or can fixed rules carry it?
If the task is rare, the rules live in one person's head or a ready subscription covers the need, a custom build may add cost without a useful return. The AI agent guide explains the technical categories in more detail.
Read an offer through the process
Use the offer as a process document. A useful proposal names the input, steps, output, systems, owner and acceptance test.
| Offer section | What a leader should find |
|---|---|
| Business task | The recurring work, its current cost and the person who benefits |
| System behaviour | The actions the system may take, the records it creates and the cases it sends to a person |
| Data route | Sources, access rights, storage, model provider and retention |
| Acceptance | A representative task set, quality threshold, response time and review method |
| Commercial terms | Build price, recurring provider costs, maintenance, change requests and exit conditions |
Ask the supplier to describe one complete case from input to decision. If the answer stays at the level of features, the offer is still too vague for a budget decision. The AI project failure guide has a longer question set.
Set owner, measure and stopping condition
Management owns three choices that a supplier cannot make for the company:
- Measure: for example processing time, error rate, response time or the share of cases handled without escalation. Set the baseline first.
- Owner: one person who can change the process, approve access and act on the result.
- Stopping condition: a date and result that trigger a change of scope or closure.
Review the measure on a date agreed before the build. Keep a short decision record with the baseline, task set, exceptions and the owner. A small pilot can then produce a useful decision even when the result does not justify expansion.
Use AI on management work
Executives can use an approved tool to prepare a brief, compare options, summarise a long document or structure a meeting. The method has four parts:
- state the decision and the source material,
- keep confidential information within the approved data route,
- ask the tool to show uncertainty and missing sources,
- verify important statements before they enter a decision or a message.
The workshop uses a real management task supplied by the participant. The group records the checks that remain with a person and the data categories that need separate approval.
Price the workshop
Closed executive training starts from €1,200 net per day, per group, excluding VAT. A shorter board session can cover the four decisions in less time than a team workshop. The quote follows:
| Factor | Effect on the format |
|---|---|
| Decision set | One purchase question needs less preparation than several live projects |
| Participants | A small board session differs from a mixed group of managers and process owners |
| Preparation | Existing offers, process notes and data questions make the session concrete |
| Follow-up | A written decision record or a second session adds work after the workshop |
The pricing page shows current starting amounts. A free process scan takes 30 minutes with an engineer and ends with a written takeaway within two business days, including a recommendation when a workshop is premature.
Article 4 and organisational readiness
Article 4 of the EU AI Act has applied since 2 February 2025. It requires providers and deployers to take measures for an adequate level of AI literacy for people using AI on their behalf. Management should map which people use which systems, keep a record of relevant training and obtain qualified advice for the company's specific obligations.
The workshop can supply a decision record and working rules. It does not replace the company's own policy, risk assessment or legal review.
When the board workshop is premature
Hold the budget when there is no live process, no decision in the coming months or no person who can own the result. A list of fashionable tools can be gathered from free material; a paid session earns its place when management must choose a category, approve an offer or set rules for real work.
Start with the team training guide when the main need sits with people carrying out one recurring task. Start with the free process scan when the company needs help naming the task first.
Questions before purchase
Ask the trainer:
- Which decisions will the group make during the session?
- What process and source material should participants bring?
- How will confidential data be handled during exercises?
- What record will management receive afterwards?
- What measure and review date should the company set?
- Which situation would make you recommend a smaller scope?
For a live decision, book a free process scan. For a team working on a recurring task, see AI training for teams.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does executive AI training cover?
- The workshop helps decision-makers choose between a ready tool, an automation and a custom AI system; assess an offer; assign a business owner; set a measure and a stopping condition; and use AI on management work within approved data rules.
- How much does executive AI training cost?
- A closed workshop starts from €1,200 net per day, excluding VAT. The final quote follows the number of people, decisions and preparation required. A board session can be shorter than a full team day.
- How is executive training different from team training?
- Team training changes how people carry out recurring tasks. Executive training prepares the decisions around AI: category, budget, ownership, data rules, measurement and continuation. The two formats can be combined when management and the operating team need a shared plan.
- What should a board ask an AI vendor?
- Ask which process the system changes, which actions it can take, what data it sees, who owns the result, how success is measured and what condition stops the work. A concrete answer should connect the system to a process and an accountable person.
- When should a company postpone executive training?
- Postpone it when there is no live AI decision or candidate process. A free process scan can identify a useful first question and separate a training need from a process or implementation need.
Free process scan
Start with a free process scan.
- A 30-minute call with the engineer who would lead the work.
- A review of the processes that cost you the most time and money.
- A written summary of what to automate first and the likely cost range.
The scan chooses one process to assess, and within 2 business days you receive a recommendation, including when a simpler route is the better fit.
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30 minutes · written takeaway within 2 business days
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