Role-Based Programme
RB1079

AI for Growth Strategy & Corporate Development

Advanced Market Expansion, M&A Intelligence & Strategic Growth

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Duration
32 Hours
Level
Advanced
Delivery
Instructor-Led
Format
Capability Development

Programme Objectives

  • Develop advanced capability to apply AI across growth strategy, market expansion, corporate development, partnerships, and inorganic growth.
  • Use AI-assisted research and analysis to evaluate markets, competitors, acquisition targets, strategic partners, and growth opportunities.
  • Apply AI to opportunity screening, strategic fit analysis, commercial assessment, scenario modelling, and investment decision preparation.
  • Evaluate growth opportunities through market attractiveness, strategic fit, financial implications, capability requirements, execution complexity, and risk.
  • Build an actionable AI-enabled growth and corporate development framework aligned with enterprise strategy and long-term value creation.

Tools covered

Generative AI AssistantsAI Search & Deep ResearchMarket IntelligenceCompetitive IntelligenceDocument IntelligenceData AnalysisFinancial Analysis SupportScenario PlanningM&A ScreeningPartnership EvaluationDecision-Support ToolsAI-Powered Presentations

Who should attend

  • Growth Strategy Professionals
  • Corporate Development Professionals
  • Corporate Strategy Managers
  • Growth Managers
  • Corporate Development Managers
  • M&A Professionals
  • Strategic Investment Professionals
  • Business Development Leaders
  • Strategic Partnership Professionals
  • Market Expansion Professionals
  • New Business Development Professionals
  • Portfolio Strategy Professionals
  • Strategy Directors
  • Corporate Development Directors
  • Senior Leaders Responsible for Enterprise Growth

Prerequisites & Participant Readiness

  • Experience in strategy, corporate development, business development, investments, or business planning
  • Familiarity with market analysis, financial information, business cases, and strategic decision-making
  • Basic awareness of Generative AI and common business applications
  • Comfort working with commercial, competitive, and financial information
  • No programming knowledge required

TOC Modules

Concepts
  • Understanding Generative AI, reasoning models, multimodal AI, and intelligent research
  • Exploring AI applications across growth strategy, M&A, partnerships, market expansion, and investment analysis
  • Distinguishing AI-assisted research from conventional market and corporate development analysis
  • Understanding hallucinations, evidence limitations, uncertainty, and confidentiality
Practical activities
  • Mapping AI opportunities across the corporate development lifecycle
  • Identifying activities suitable for AI augmentation or automation
  • Creating an AI opportunity map for growth and corporate development

Scenarios

New Market Growth Opportunity

Growth Objective → Market Screening → Market Attractiveness → Competitor Analysis → Entry Options → Financial & Capability Assessment → Scenario Testing → Executive Recommendation

Participants use AI to identify and evaluate a new growth market, compare entry approaches, test key assumptions, and prepare a structured recommendation for executive review.

Acquisition Target Screening & Strategic Investment Decision

Acquisition Thesis → Target Identification → Strategic Fit → Commercial & Financial Analysis → Synergy Assessment → Risk Review → Deal Prioritisation → Investment Recommendation

Participants use AI to screen potential acquisition targets, evaluate strategic fit and value creation potential, identify key risks and information gaps, and prepare an investment recommendation for management review.

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