Lead AI With Clarity and Confidence
Practical executive education for leaders who need to evaluate AI proposals, challenge assumptions, and turn AI initiatives into measurable business outcomes.
Designed for executives and business leaders. No coding or technical background required.
Registration opens for the next cohort in Q4. Join the waitlist to be notified.
BUILT FOR REAL-WORLD AI DECISIONS
Learn From Someone Who Has Built AI at Scale
Practical guidance grounded in the realities of leading teams, managing investment, and delivering measurable business impact.
Leadership at Scale
Led 50+ scientists and engineers and managed a $20M+ portfolio.
Business Impact
Supported business outcomes contributing to $1.3B in EBIT.
Proven Innovation
Named inventor on U.S. patents in computer vision.
SELECTED ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS
Choose the Right Learning Experience
Start with the flagship executive cohort, build a foundation in a one-day workshop, bring a private decision to Office Hours, or arrange a learning experience for your organization.
AI Judgment for Business Executives
A four-week live learning experience for leaders who need to evaluate AI opportunities, ask sharper questions, and guide cross-functional teams with confidence.
Best for
Executives, business leaders, product leaders, and transformation teams responsible for approving or overseeing AI initiatives.
Expected outcomes
- Identify when an AI proposal lacks a credible business case
- Challenge vendor and internal assumptions before approving an investment
- Recognize delivery risks before a pilot loses momentum
- Define measurable outcomes for an AI initiative
- Align business, data, engineering, and executive teams around shared success measures
Foundations in AI for Business Impact
A focused introduction for business leaders who want a practical understanding of AI without technical jargon, coding, or unnecessary theory.
Expected outcomes
- Discuss AI priorities with technical teams using a shared vocabulary
- Recognize where an AI project sits in its lifecycle
- Ask vendors and internal teams questions that reveal missing assumptions
- Connect AI activity to a practical business-value hypothesis
One Day Commitment - 4 hours
Maven Guarantee
Private AI Office Hours
Bring a real AI decision and get focused, private advisory time with Dr. Saira Kazmi to work through a current proposal, pilot, vendor decision, leadership challenge, or AI investment.
Best for
Executives and senior leaders facing an active decision that cannot wait for a future course.
Use the sessions to
- Pressure-test an AI proposal or investment
- Prepare for a vendor or executive review
- Identify missing questions, risks, and assumptions
- Assess whether a pilot is positioned for business impact
- Clarify the next decision your team needs to make
Package details
- Three private sessions, 45 minutes each
- Package pricing with a 10% discount for five or more sessions
- Scheduled based on mutual calendar availability
- Confidential and not recorded, with all working documents belonging to you
- A trusted colleague may join the sessions
- Written summary with recommended next steps after the engagement
How requesting Office Hours works
Send an email to request a package. If the engagement is a fit, you will receive package pricing, scheduling, payment, and preparation details before you commit.
You do not need a polished strategy or technical plan. Bring the decision, proposal, or challenge you are facing now.
Availability is limited.
Explore More Free Resources
Browse practical guides, frameworks, lessons, and executive tools designed to help you evaluate AI opportunities and lead better-informed decisions.
View All Free ResourcesBring Executive AI Judgment to Your Leadership Team
RIZKAZ can adapt its executive education for leadership teams, private cohorts, and organizations preparing to make significant AI investments.
Choose a program focused on your organization’s use case or arrange a private Maven cohort for a structured shared learning experience.
Private cohorts build shared capability across a team. Office Hours focus confidentially on one active decision or use case.
Appropriate for:
- Executive leadership teams
- Business and technology leadership alignment
- Strategy and transformation groups
- Teams evaluating AI vendors, pilots, or portfolios
Email office-hours@rizkaz.com to begin the conversation.
FREE EXECUTIVE AI LESSONS
Start With One Better Question
Explore two free executive lessons. Learn which questions to ask before approving an AI project. If one is already underway, assess whether the pilot is positioned for success.
5 Questions to Ask Before You Approve Any AI Project
Learn the questions that help executives uncover risk, readiness, and business value before approving an AI investment.
Walk away with a practical checklist for your next proposal or vendor conversation.
Assess if Your AI Pilot is Heading Towards Success
Assess whether an active AI pilot is on track to deliver meaningful business impact.
Conduct a practical project audit you can act on.
If these questions reflect decisions your organization is making now, the flagship cohort provides a complete framework for evaluating opportunities, aligning teams, and managing AI investments.
Explore AI Judgment for Business Executives
Meet Dr. Saira Kazmi
AI and engineering executive, C-suite advisor, founder, board member, and educator.
Dr. Saira Kazmi has built and led data, analytics, software, and AI organizations across Fortune 500 companies, cancer research environments, and high-growth technology businesses.
Her work has included leading multidisciplinary teams, managing large technology portfolios, developing patented innovations, and delivering platforms tied to measurable business outcomes.
She created RIZKAZ to help business leaders develop the judgment to evaluate AI clearly, without being overwhelmed by technical jargon or dependent on vendor narratives.
View Dr. Saira Kazmi on LinkedInA Practical Approach to Executive AI Judgment
The learning experience is built around the decisions leaders actually face, not abstract technology theory.
Work From Real Decisions
Apply each framework to proposals, pilots, portfolios, vendor conversations, and leadership questions you recognize.
Connect Questions to Action
Move from understanding terminology to identifying the next question, decision, owner, and measure of success.
Test Value Before Commitment
Assess whether an initiative is useful, feasible, and worth the investment before momentum replaces judgment.
Choose the Right Learning Experience
Get clear answers about who the programs are for, what to expect, and which option best fits your goals.
Is this designed for technical leaders?
Technical leaders are welcome, but the courses are designed primarily for executives and business leaders. The focus is on building the judgment to evaluate AI opportunities, guide teams, and make informed business decisions without needing to become a technical specialist.
What if my organization already has an AI or data team?
That is an ideal time to participate. Consider bringing your AI, data, or technology partners with you so you can develop a shared vocabulary, align expectations, and leave with a common understanding of how to connect technical work to business outcomes.
Will the course teach me how to build AI models?
No. These programs are not technical model-building courses. They prepare you to manage a portfolio of AI initiatives, lead the teams building these technologies, evaluate risk, and develop foresight around potential blind spots.
How much time should I expect to commit?
The learning experiences are designed around executive schedules. Workshops and courses are generally structured as focused sessions, often over a weekend. Private AI Office Hours are scheduled flexibly based on mutual availability.
Are recordings available?
Yes. Maven classes are recorded so enrolled participants can revisit the material. Private AI Office Hours are confidential and are not recorded. After each Office Hours engagement, you will receive a written summary with recommended next steps.
Can my company enroll a private group?
Yes. Private cohorts and team learning experiences are available. Email office-hours@rizkaz.com with your company name, audience size, participants’ departments, preferred location or web format, point of contact, and cohort goal. Programs can be tailored around a specific use case or delivered in a Maven cohort format.
How do I choose between a course and Private AI Office Hours?
Choose a course if you want a structured learning experience and the opportunity to learn alongside other leaders. Choose Private AI Office Hours if you want to discuss a specific use case, decision, or organizational challenge confidentially. You are welcome to bring a colleague to your Office Hours sessions.
What happens after I enroll?
Maven manages course enrollment, payment, schedules, access, and recordings on its platform. For Private AI Office Hours, you will receive details about scheduling, payment, setting the agenda, and defining success measures for the engagement. After the sessions, you will also receive a written summary and recommended next steps.
Colleague Testimonials About How Saira Works
These reflections from colleagues show how Saira brings clarity to complex work, develops leaders, and guides teams through ambiguity.
“You'll learn a lot about building strong, collaborative teams that proactively solve hard problems in a sustainable manner. Working with Saira was one of the best professional experiences of my career, and I highly encourage you to leverage the opportunity to learn from her.”
“She has a rare gift of unlocking potential you didn't know you had. Under her leadership, I tackled challenges I never imagined I could take on — and discovered a passion for the work along the way. Being part of her team has been, without question, one of the most rewarding chapters of my career.”
“Saira had a strong ability to bring clarity in ambiguous situations. Working in an incubation environment meant priorities were constantly shifting, but she was consistently able to step back, assess what mattered most, and align the team around a clear direction. Her technical depth also helped — she could engage meaningfully in the problem space, which made her guidance practical and grounded rather than purely directional.”
“She is an outstanding leader — I worked under her while building an ML Platform from the ground up. She adeptly engaged cross-functional enterprise leaders to generate traction for the platform, and navigated internal organizational challenges with composure. Her strategic guidance was instrumental in keeping the team aligned and moving forward.”
“Saira brought clear communication and a patient, measured tone that influenced how people felt about their learning and led to better learning outcomes. She helped them to build confidence in themselves.”
“I learned how to build a resilient team through trust and effective delegation. Saira is exceptional at hiring and retaining smart engineers, encouraging them to tackle hard problems while strengthening the collective team through continuous knowledge sharing. Witnessing her exceptional reputation as a leader taught me a lot about strong leadership.”
“Saira rolled up her sleeves and worked alongside the team to fully understand the problem, then guided us through discussing the available options and weighing the trade-offs, risks etc. Rather than handing down a decision, she empowered the team to land on the right path forward — so we owned the decision and the outcome.”
“Being guided by Saira means you're never just told what to do — you're helped to think better. She leads with both technical credibility and a clear strategic mind, which creates an environment where the team feels supported and grows naturally. The impact isn't just in the work that gets delivered — it's in how much stronger her people become along the way.”
“Saira can make complex ideas understandable to lay audiences. She knows how to choose wording and phrasing that are common, avoiding jargon and highly technical terms. She also uses examples and analogies effectively to help people understand ideas.”
TAKE THE NEXT STEP
Bring Clarity to Every AI Decision
Build the judgment to evaluate AI opportunities clearly, ask better questions, and lead investments toward measurable business outcomes.