AI Disruption Risk Workshop
Know where you stand before someone asks.
Organisations know AI is changing how business happens. What most executive teams don't know is where AI actually exposes their revenue, operations or strategy to risk - and what to do about it. The AI Disruption Risk Workshop gives CEOs and senior leaders an objective, structured view of how exposed your business model is to AI-driven disruption - so you can act with confidence, not guesswork. Delivered in person to leadership teams across New Zealand.
$4,500 + GST
The Binary Refinery Guarantee
If your leadership team doesn't walk away with meaningful strategic clarity, you don't pay. No invoices, no awkward conversations, no conditions. We're confident enough in what we deliver to put that in writing - and we think you deserve an adviser who is.
What You’ll Gain
By the end of this workshop, your executive team will have:
A clear assessment of where your organisation is structurally exposed to AI risk - across revenue, operations and strategic position.
Your AI Exposure Index (0–100) - a quantified, board-ready score that highlights where risk is concentrated and where it is manageable.
A breakdown of exposure in three layers: Revenue Exposure, Operational Exposure, and Strategic Displacement Risk.
Visibility of your top structural vulnerabilities, with plain-language insight that cuts through hype.
An explanation of what your exposure profile actually means for future direction - Monitor, Mitigate, or Transform.
An executive summary report you can use to brief your board, risk committee or leadership team.
This is a structured, disciplined business model stress test - not a tool demo or a brainstorm.
How It Works
1. Pre-work
You complete a short intake questionnaire to capture key revenue streams, operational structure and competitive context.
This ensures the session is focused on material exposure from the outset.
2. Executive Briefing
We begin with a concise executive briefing outlining how AI is reshaping revenue models, cost structures and competitive dynamics.
This establishes a shared commercial lens before assessing your organisation’s exposure.
3. Structured Exposure Assessment
Using the Binary Refinery AI Exposure Framework™, we evaluate your organisation across three layers:
Revenue Exposure
Operational Exposure
Strategic Displacement Risk
This produces your AI Exposure Index (0–100) and a clear RAG classification.
4. Executive Summary Report
You receive a concise, structured report summarising:
Your AI Exposure Index and sub-scores
Key structural vulnerabilities
"If nothing changes" implications
Clear recommendation: Monitor, Mitigate or Transform
This becomes your foundation for informed decision-making - and if you need to brief your board or risk committee, the work is already done.
Why This Workshop:
Most organisations talk about AI in abstract terms because they lack structured assessment. That leads to:
Risk being debated instead of quantified.
Strategy based on opinion, not evidence.
Defensive action delayed until competitors have moved.
This workshop brings discipline and clarity so you can decide with confidence - not guesswork.
This Workshop Is For:
CEOs and Managing Directors who want to understand their exposure before it becomes a board or investor conversation.
Executive and senior leadership teams who want a shared, objective view of where their business model is vulnerable.
Organisations with multiple revenue streams or complex operations.
Firms concerned about price compression, automation, or new entrants.
Boards and risk committees seeking structured, evidence-based AI risk assessment. (The executive summary report is designed to be taken directly into governance settings.)
This session is not tactical training. It is strategic risk assessment.
Critical Success Factor: Full Engagement
A successful workshop depends on focused attention and active contribution from every person in the room. One of the most consistent pieces of feedback we hear is that the shared clarity - leadership teams finally stress-testing the same assumptions together - is as valuable as the report itself. The value doesn't come from slides. It comes from the thinking in the room. To get the most from the session, we ask that everyone:
Leaves laptops and phones aside.
Stays engaged for the full session - even when the discussion shifts beyond their direct remit.
Shares insight openly, including where there is uncertainty or disagreement.
Listens to perspectives across functions and roles.
Different moments will resonate with different people. That’s intentional. The real value comes from hearing how the pieces connect across teams and viewpoints.
The brains trust is in the room. The more we hear from those brains, the stronger the strategic clarity we build together.
FAQ
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Very little. You’ll receive a short, focused intake guide covering:
Your major revenue streams.
Pricing model and margin profile.
Core operational structure.
Competitive landscape context.
Any current AI usage.
No long forms. No technical preparation. Just clarity on how your business actually works.
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Ideally:
CEO / Managing Director.
Finance.
Operations.
Technology or Data lead.
Someone responsible for customers or market positioning.
Any leader accountable for risk or governance.
You don’t need a large group. You need the decision-makers and the people who understand how value is created and delivered.
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No.
This session is strategic, not technical.
We are assessing business model exposure — not implementing tools, writing prompts, or selecting vendors.Technology staff are welcome, but the conversation is commercial and strategic.
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AI Strategy and Opportunity Mapping focus on capability and value creation.
This workshop focuses on structural exposure.
Before investing in AI initiatives, many organisations need clarity on where they are vulnerable to substitution, margin compression or competitive acceleration.
This diagnostic provides that clarity.
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That’s useful information.
A high score does not mean failure. It means:
Structural pressure is likely.
Defensive positioning needs attention.
Strategic mitigation should be prioritised.
In that case, we would recommend moving into the AI Strategic Defence Programme.
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Then you gain confidence.
You leave with:
Evidence-based reassurance.
A monitoring framework.
Clear indicators to watch as AI evolves.
Not every organisation is equally exposed.
The value is knowing where you stand.
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Return often appears through:
Avoided strategic missteps.
Avoided over-investment in the wrong AI initiatives.
Early defensive positioning.
Faster, more confident executive decision-making.
Reduced margin erosion over time.
Clarity itself prevents costly hesitation and reactive spending.
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Yes - particularly for organisations with:
Multiple revenue streams.
Complex service delivery.
Tight margins.
Exposure to digital competition.
The framework scales, but it is most valuable where structural risk is meaningful.
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You receive your AI Exposure Index and executive report.
From there, you may:
Use it internally as a monitoring and decision tool.
Move into the AI Strategic Defence Programme.
Brief your board or risk committee using the structured output.
The next step depends on your exposure profile - not on pressure to continue.
Meet Your Facilitator: Kat Mac
Kat is the founder of Binary Refinery. Part strategist, part translator, she specialises in helping leaders cut through complexity, understand what emerging technology really means for their organisations, and make clear, commercially grounded decisions.
She brings experience across technology leadership, digital transformation, marketing, governance, and organisational strategy - supported by an MBA from the University of Canterbury and years advising senior leadership teams across New Zealand.
Her workshops are practical, engaging, and built around one goal: helping New Zealand organisations modernise with confidence, clarity, and control.
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