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Your First 90 Days as CAIO

New AI leaders, aspiring CAIOs

Situation Brief

You've just been named Chief AI Officer at a mid-sized financial services firm. The board created the role after a competitor announced a major AI initiative. You have a mandate to "get AI right" but no formal budget yet—and the board expects a first update in 90 days.

Your constraints: A legacy data stack, a compliance team that moves slowly, and three internal teams already running pilots on different platforms. You need to assess where you stand, build a coherent strategy, and prepare a presentation that will secure budget and alignment.

Your Decision Sequence

  1. Baseline readiness: Run the AI Readiness Assessment to understand your organization's maturity across six dimensions.
  2. Build strategy: Use the AI Strategy Guide to draft a 90-day plan aligned with your readiness gaps.
  3. Prepare board deck: Use the Board Presentation Guide to structure your first presentation.