Vancouver, British Columbia, April 17, 2026 — A Vancouver GPS Summit session filled entirely with VPs and directors revealed that 80% had no formal AI accountability structure — and 80% were actively asking for AI leadership development. One manufacturing VP had already built the complete AI readiness foundation his peers lacked. Here's what that gap reveals about where your company's AI future actually gets decided.

Mesa, Arizona, March 26, 2026 — Nine Mesa CEOs — from steel fabrication to HVAC to biomedical manufacturing — gave the GPS Summit a 4.75/5 and a 100% recommendation rate. Their survey told a different story: 100% had no AI KPIs, 89% had no live pilots, and nearly half had no usable data. Here's the sequenced approach that turns that level of overwhelm into a clear starting point.