Role-Based Programme
RB1078

AI for Growth Strategy & Corporate Development

Market Expansion, Strategic Opportunities & Investment Decision Support

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Duration
16 Hours
Level
Intermediate
Delivery
Instructor-Led
Format
Capability Training

Programme Objectives

  • Develop practical AI capabilities for growth strategy, market expansion, corporate development, and strategic opportunity assessment.
  • Apply AI to analyse markets, competitors, customers, partnerships, acquisitions, adjacencies, and emerging growth opportunities.
  • Use AI to strengthen opportunity screening, strategic fit analysis, scenario planning, business-case preparation, and executive decision support.
  • Improve the speed and quality of research, target assessment, strategic due diligence, investment prioritisation, and leadership communication.
  • Apply responsible AI practices related to confidential information, evidence validation, financial assumptions, bias, governance, and human judgement.

Tools covered

Generative AI AssistantsAI Search & ResearchDocument AnalysisData AnalysisMarket IntelligenceCompetitive IntelligenceStrategic BenchmarkingScenario AnalysisOpportunity ScreeningExecutive SummarisationPresentation Tools

Who should attend

  • Growth Strategy Professionals
  • Corporate Development Professionals
  • Strategy Managers
  • Corporate Strategy Professionals
  • Business Development Leaders
  • M&A Strategy Professionals
  • Market Expansion Professionals
  • New Business Development Managers
  • Strategic Partnerships Professionals
  • Investment Strategy Professionals
  • Business Planning Managers
  • Strategic Initiatives Managers
  • Corporate Development Directors
  • Business Unit Strategy Teams
  • Senior Business Analysts

Prerequisites & Participant Readiness

  • Experience in strategy, corporate development, business development, investment analysis, or business planning
  • Familiarity with market research, financial information, business cases, and strategic frameworks
  • Basic familiarity with Generative AI tools is recommended
  • Ability to interpret business reports, market information, and structured data
  • No programming knowledge required

TOC Modules

Concepts
  • Understanding Generative AI, multimodal AI, reasoning models, and AI assistants
  • Exploring AI applications across growth strategy, market expansion, partnerships, and corporate development
  • Understanding how AI differs from traditional research, analytics, and business intelligence
  • Recognising hallucinations, incomplete information, uncertainty, and model limitations
Practical activities
  • Mapping Growth Strategy and Corporate Development activities to AI applications
  • Identifying high-value AI use cases across the opportunity lifecycle
  • Comparing traditional and AI-assisted growth-analysis workflows

Scenarios

New Market Expansion Opportunity

Growth Objective → Market Research → Competitive Landscape → Market Attractiveness → Entry Options → Scenario Analysis → Risks & Investment Considerations → Executive Recommendation

Participants use AI to evaluate a potential market-expansion opportunity, compare entry strategies, test major assumptions, and prepare a management-ready recommendation.

Acquisition / Strategic Investment Screening

Strategic Objective → Target Universe → Screening Criteria → Target Comparison → Strategic Fit → Preliminary Due Diligence → Value & Risk Assessment → Investment Recommendation

Participants use AI to screen sample acquisition or investment targets, identify evidence gaps, compare strategic fit and potential risks, and create a preliminary corporate-development recommendation for leadership review.

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