Ashford Stirling Strategic Series
Our Proprietary Execution Methodology
Ashford Stirling embeds the Agentic Operating Model into every client engagement. It is our proprietary methodology for deploying human-agent collaboration that delivers measurable outcomes to your P&L—not pilots that stall.
Most organizations can design a strategy. Few can execute it. The gap between transformation ambition and operational reality is where value is lost.
Proof-of-concepts multiply. Production deployments do not. You have more pilots than pilots flying.
47 AI tools in your organization. No interoperability. No governance. No measurable output.
AI lives in a sandbox. Your operations live in another world. Integration was never planned.
AI spending grows. Revenue per employee does not. The ROI conversation has no data to support it.
No framework for acceptable use. No audit trails. No risk controls. Legal is not in the room.
Board wants transformation. Operations wants stability. IT wants security. No one wants the same thing.
If this resonates, you are not alone. This is the reality for most organizations we advise.
Chatbots are toys. AI agents are an operating layer. The difference is structural.
Agents gather information from structured and unstructured sources. They see your data ecosystem, not just the pieces you feed them.
Agents apply logic, context, and business rules to decide what action to take. Not prompts. Decisions.
Agents execute. They write, calculate, schedule, route, and escalate. They perform work, not just return text.
Agents learn from interactions. They improve over time. Your workforce gets smarter without additional headcount.
This is not a tech stack decision. It is an organizational design decision. You are building a second workforce layer that operates 24/7 alongside your human talent.
The shift from tool to workforce changes everything: governance, reporting, integration, and ROI measurement.
Concrete outputs. Not concepts. Not theories. Deployable assets.
A visual map of where agents fit in your operating model. Role definitions, reporting lines, handoff protocols.
Priority use cases ranked by P&L impact and implementation feasibility. Where to start. Where to scale.
Decision rights, approval workflows, audit requirements. What your board needs to see. What legal requires.
Error handling, fallback procedures, containment protocols. What happens when agents make mistakes.
How to measure, report, and forecast ROI. The metrics that matter to your CFO and board.
Week-by-week action plan. Dependencies identified. Gate reviews scheduled. Accountability assigned.
Choose the level of engagement that matches your operating authority.
Tier 1
$1,325.00
For senior operators who need the blueprint and the strategy, not the implementation hand-holding.
Tier 2
$2,450.00
For leaders who will build the implementation and need the templates, frameworks, and follow-on support.
Tier 3
$5,500.00
For leadership teams who need a private assessment and customized roadmap for their organization.
Limited seats available. Registration closes when capacity is reached.
We have spent 20+ years in senior operating roles. We have led transformations. Not slide deck transformations. Actual, operational, P&L-changing transformations.
We do not sell frameworks that live on shelves. We do not propose theoretical models that break in production. We deliver methodology that works in your environment.
This workshop is not a lecture. It is an operator-to-operator exchange. We tell you what works, what does not, and where the landmines are buried.
You are not our first AI deployment. You are our 47th. We have made the mistakes so you do not have to.
April 10th, 2026
4-Hour Intensive
Online via Private Access Link
12 seats remaining. Registration closes when capacity is reached.
The window for competitive advantage through operational transformation is not infinite. Your competitors are not standing still. The question is not whether you transform your operations. It is whether you do it with a partner who delivers results, or after them.
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Ashford Stirling is a management consulting firm specializing in change and process transformation. This workshop is designed for founder-CEOs, COOs, CFOs, and private equity operating partners responsible for P&L in organizations with $10M-$250M in revenue. All registrations are final. Transfer to another participant is permitted with 72 hours notice.