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AI Leadership Academy

You’ve led every major technology shift of the last two decades. This one rewards those who understand it deeply.

A two-day intensive for executives who want genuine AI fluency — the kind that earns respect in the room, not just at the table. Twelve leaders per cohort. Tokyo and virtual.

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The Case

Most executive AI programs deliver vocabulary.

This one builds judgment — the ability to evaluate an opportunity before committing, hold an engineering team accountable to outcomes, and recognize when you’re looking at real capability versus theater.

The executives who complete this program lead AI conversations with clarity. They direct. They decide.

Duration
16 hours
4 times 4 hours session
Cohort
Maximum 12
leaders per session
Investment
¥350,000
per participant
Location
Daikanyama
In-person or remote classroom
Platform
The AI Cards↗
1-year unlimited access
Materials
The Playbook
Frameworks, templates & tools
What You Develop

Four capabilities. Measured in decisions made with confidence.

01
A systematic framework for evaluating AI opportunities — applied to your actual business context, not hypothetical cases.
02
Technical fluency at the decision-making level. Enough to lead engineering conversations, evaluate recommendations, and ask the right questions under pressure.
03
Judgment on AI risk and investment — from practitioners who’ve deployed AI at enterprise scale across manufacturing, healthcare, logistics, and financial services.
04
A cohort of peers navigating the same inflection point, in the same market, at the same moment.
Explore Before You Apply

Get familiar with how DTJ maps AI capability to business problems.

Our AI Cards tool lets you explore the same framework your cohort will apply to your real challenges. Interactive, free, and built by the same team who runs the Academy.

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AI Capability Cards
100+ AI capabilities mapped to real business problems
Used by teams across 14 countries to run internal AI discovery sessions. Built by DTJ. Free to use.
Who This Is For

Three qualifications. If they fit, you’re ready.

You have AI initiatives running or in planning.
You make — or directly influence — technology investment decisions.
You want understanding, not just frameworks to delegate with.
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The Guarantee

Complete the Academy. Walk out confident. Or walk out with a full refund.

If you complete the Academy and don’t feel confident evaluating your next AI opportunity — full refund, a one-on-one strategy session, and access to future programs until you are.

We’ve guided AI decisions worth hundreds of millions. We stand behind this completely.

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