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Updated · Bloomberg · Aug 22
Nancy Schieber Builds 65-Page AI Strategy in 12 Hours for Booth Class
Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · Aug 22

Nancy Schieber Builds 65-Page AI Strategy in 12 Hours for Booth Class

1 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Aug 22

Summary

  • A 65-page AI transformation plan built in 12 hours became Nancy Schieber’s centerpiece assignment in a University of Chicago Booth School of Business course.
  • Schieber modeled the strategy on Ogilvy, the advertising agency where she spent 13 years, turning her own workplace experience into a blueprint for AI adoption.
  • The exercise reflects a broader push by executives to train for Chief AI Officer-type roles as companies increasingly treat AI strategy as an urgent management need.

Insights

Could spending hours crafting extensive AI strategies in business schools actually leave companies trailing behind faster, agile tech disruptors?
With most essential AI leadership skills being non-technical, are companies promoting the wrong people to lead their technological transformations?
Are executives falling into an efficiency trap by using AI merely to cut costs instead of driving true innovation and revenue?