Around The Cube³ June 2026

There’s a question cutting through every boardroom conversation about artificial intelligence, and it isn’t “Should we use AI?” That decision has already been made by employees across the business. The real question is whether leadership is leading the conversation or reacting to it after the fact.

 

At R-Cubed, we see this constantly with our clients. Teams are already experimenting with prompts, testing automation, and using AI tools to influence operational decisions. Most of it is happening without a clear strategy or governance model in place. The issue is not that employees are using AI. The issue is that leadership often lacks a coordinated plan for how AI should be used, where it creates the most value, and what guardrails need to exist around it.

That’s why R-Cubed partnered with Clustr to launch the AI North Star Discovery Workshop, a complimentary 3-4 hour executive working session designed to help leadership teams define a practical and actionable AI direction for the business.

Built around your unique business environment, this session focuses on your organizational structure, operational priorities, and real-world use cases. We work together to identify where AI can create meaningful value and support measurable business outcomes.

The workshop is structured around three key areas:

Current State Assessment:  We evaluate how AI is already being used across teams and identify organizational, data, and workflow constraints that could impact adoption.

Direction and Alignment:  Surface strategic priorities, functional alignment, and leadership-level constraints.  

North Star Definition:  A complete picture and a clear recommended path forward. 

By the end of the session, leadership teams walk away with a clear set of deliverables, including an AI assessment results, a 16-24 month prioritized roadmap, an AI governance blueprint and a people enablement blueprint.

R-Cubed brings decades of enterprise transformation and master data expertise. Clustr brings hands-on experience deploying AI solutions in operational environments. Together, the focus is simple: helping organizations make AI practical, scalable, and executable inside complex businesses.

The session is complimentary, but the clarity it provides can shape decisions for years to come. If your leadership team does not yet have a shared and documented AI strategy, this is where the conversation should begin.