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15:00 - 15:30  AI, Analytics & Intelligence Theatre

Why your AI strategy is already out of date (and that’s fine)

Thursday 23rd April 2026

About

Models that could handle 40-minute tasks just 12 months ago now manage workflows over six-hour time horizons. New open-weights models launched weeks ago match the performance of state-of-the-art systems at less than half the cost. In his talk, Harvey will start with some bad news: If you’re building a two-year AI roadmap for your business, the technology will shift significantly at least four times before you finish.

Instead of a problem to solve, this is the new operating environment. The organisations winning aren’t the ones with the best predictions about where AI is heading. They’re the ones who adapt their planning, budgeting, and decision-making to work in the fog of uncertainty.

Harvey will show how companies can do this, including the structural differences that let some organisations do in weeks what others take months. And a practical playbook that works whether you’re a 50-person scale-up or a FTSE 100 enterprise.

Takeaways

  • Why your planning horizon needs to shrink (and the data that proves it)
  • How to structure AI investments when nothing stays stable
  • The organisational design gap that matters more than the technology
  • What to actually do now – for established enterprises and scale-ups