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AI EDGE

Industry-led AI education for leaders who need practical capability, not hype.

AI EDGE combines executive education, applied strategy, and implementation-minded learning to help organizations move from AI curiosity to disciplined adoption.

AI-Powered. Human-Led.

AI Edge is the Rick Goings Institute's applied AI arm. It provides the structure for RGI's AI-enabled build work, client-facing applied research, and strategic thought leadership development. At RGI, artificial intelligence is a powerful tool in service of human leadership, not a replacement for it.

What AI Edge Does

AI Services: We Build What We Teach

RGI does not advise from a distance. We build AI agents, workflows, and tools across our own operations first, then bring what works to partners, clients, and learners. That is the difference between applying AI and understanding it.

  1. Custom AI agents that handle real workflow tasks

  2. Tools built for executive education that adapt to how leaders actually learn

  3. Deployable AI capabilities that partner organizations can own and operate

  4. Internal AI systems that keep RGI's own operations ahead of the curve

Contract R&D: Before You Commit, Know What You Are Committing To

Organizations do not lack AI enthusiasm. They lack honest answers about where it will actually move the needle for them. Contract R&D is how RGI delivers those answers: client-funded applied research engagements built around the questions that matter, before major decisions are made.

  1. AI readiness assessments

  2. Workflow and process evaluation

  3. Use case identification and scoping

  4. Targeted pilots and rapid prototypes

  5. Applied research on specific business questions

  6. AI governance and policy framework design

Thought Leadership R&D: The Ideas That Shape the Next Conversation

Good thinking takes time. Thought Leadership R&D is the space where AI Edge invests in the slower, harder work of developing original frameworks, sponsoring credible research, and building insight that holds up under scrutiny. This is how RGI earns the right to lead the conversation.

  • Sponsored research initiatives

  • Lab-style research programs

  • Original AI insight development

  • Executive briefings and white papers

The Minds Behind AI Edge

AI Edge is guided by practitioners, researchers, and executives who bring deep expertise across AI development, governance, and enterprise strategy.

  • Raman Bukkapatnam, CIO, Marriott Vacations Worldwide

  • Richard Boyd, CEO, UltiSim

  • Avani Desai, CEO, Schellman

  • Anthony DiResta, Partner, Holland & Knight

  • Sherry Graziano, SVP, Digital Marketing, Truist

  • Cheryl Flink, SVP and Director of Research, Truist Leadership Institute

  • Dr. Sachin Jaitly, General Partner, Morgan Creek Capital Management

  • Isar Meitis, CEO, Multiplai.ai

  • John Myers, Vice President, IT Audit, PepsiCo (Ret.)

  • Tom Nesteruk, SVP / Associate Chief People Officer, AdventHealth

  • Adam Scheinberg, Senior VP, IT, Massey Services

  • Ash Shoeibi, Director of Data Science, Meta

  • Mark Schwarz, Director of Logistics, Pella Corporation

What AI Cannot Do

As AI assumes greater responsibility for data processing, prediction, and increasingly complex logic, the distinctive role of leaders centers on judgment, values, and responsibility for meaning.

The Institute exists precisely because this is a moment that demands more from human leaders, not less. AI accelerates complexity; RGI accelerates the humans who must navigate it.