"Where do we start with AI?" It was the question heard most at CEO Summit 2026. And the answer isn't a tool, a platform or a new hire. After listening to Verne Harnish, Shuya Gong and Craig Scroggie, one conclusion stood out: the companies that succeed with AI won't necessarily have better technology — they'll have better leadership. Here are five practical actions to build real AI capability across your organisation, starting with what matters most.

Tim Cook is stepping down after nearly 15 years, leaving Apple worth almost $4 trillion. But the next CEO inherits more than a well-tuned machine. They inherit a fundamentally different job. As AI becomes the operating layer of business, the CEO role is being structurally rewritten, from steward of excellence to architect of adaptation. The new question is not "Can you maintain performance?" but "Can you build an organisation that learns faster than the world changes?"