You got the mandate last quarter. Maybe in a hallway, maybe in a reorg, maybe because you were the one who already used Claude or Copilot and said something smart in a meeting. Now your job is to make AI adoption happen across the org, and nobody handed you a manual.The strategy books talk to your CEO. The prompt books talk to your end users. You sit in the seat between them, the one who has to turn a slide about AI into a running pilot, a security review that clears, a policy people will read, and a number you can defend to finance. That seat had no manual.This is not a strategy book for the C-suite. It is not a prompt book for users. It is the operator's manual for the person in between, the one who actually has to make AI adoption happen.A transformation consultancy publishes a free article about running champion programs because their clients keep asking how. The question is real. The full answer did not exist as a book until this one.Here is what the playbook does. It walks you through the work in the order you will actually face it: scoping a use case that survives contact with reality, scoring it before you commit, writing a pilot charter your sponsor will sign, clearing the DPIA and the security pre-flight, building a training curriculum, instrumenting adoption so you can prove impact, and running the internal comms that keep the program alive after the kickoff buzz fades. Every chapter ends with a move you can make on Monday.The numbers in the field back why this matters. McKinsey found 88% of organizations now use AI in at least one function, yet only about 39% report any enterprise EBIT impact from it. An MIT NANDA working paper (a lab paper, not peer-reviewed) found roughly 95% of enterprise gen-AI pilots show no measurable P&L impact. Leaders and employees are 27 points apart on basic AI-agent familiarity, 67% versus 40%. Half to over 80% of your workforce already runs unsanctioned AI tools whether you sanctioned them or not. The playbook is built to close that exact gap.The credibility behind it is not borrowed. Mathieu Kessler wrote this as a practicing internal AI Champion who ran a real enterprise pilot on Claude Enterprise, mentored leadership through GenAI adoption, personally cleared the DPIA and the security review, and publishes an internal program newsletter. He carries a FinOps background, so the cost and impact chapters read like someone who has defended a number, because he has. Field-tested, not theorized.Then there is the part that turns a read into a toolkit. The playbook ships with an 11-piece companion template pack. You do not retype the frameworks; you fill them in. The book teaches the thinking, the pack does the doing, and you walk into your next sponsor meeting with the artifact already drafted.Stay curious, stay clever.What You Get:- The book. 123 pages, 12 chapters across 5 parts. Delivered as EPUB and PDF, so it reads on your e-reader, your phone, or your second monitor.- The 11-piece template pack. This is the toolkit that separates a read from a result: Executive sponsor one-pager Use-case intake and scoring sheet Pilot charter RACI Training curriculum outline Adoption KPI and dashboard spec DPIA and security pre-flight checklist Communications and newsletter cadence template AI usage policy starter Maturity self-assessment An 8-dimension tool-selection rubric - 4 appendices. Reference material you will pull from again: a glossary that keeps the room speaking the same language, a tooling and vendor evaluation reference, a compliance and regulatory primer (including the EU AI Act landscape as of June 2026), and a curated reading and resource list for going deeper.Who This Is For: The AI champion who got the mandate and needs a path through the work. Heads of AI enablement building a program from a blank page. IT and innovation leads who own the pilot, the security review, and the rollout. Transformation managers who have to land AI adoption, not just present it. The accidental AI lead handed the title last quarter, who would like a manual now. You run a mid-to-large enterprise function. You are competent and impatient. You want the artifact, not the lecture.Who This Is Not For: C-suite executives who want a vision deck. Your strategy book already exists, and this is not it. End users hunting for a list of clever prompts. Buy a prompt book; this operates one level up. Anyone who wants theory without the work. Every chapter asks you to do something. FAQ:What format is it?EPUB and PDF, both included in the download. The template pack ships in two formats: editable Microsoft Word files (.docx) you fill in directly, and the plain-text markdown source you can drop into Notion, Confluence, or any tool in your stack.The EU AI Act keeps moving. Will the book go stale?The compliance primer covers the landscape as of June 2026, including the enacted Annex III high-risk date of 2 August 2026 and the Digital Omnibus deferral agreed in principle on 7 May 2026 (not yet law as of June 2026). Buyers get free updates to the digital files when the regulatory picture shifts materially, so the appendix stays current without a second purchase.What license do I get?Your purchase grants you a single-user license for personal and internal professional use. You may use the templates inside your own organization. You may not resell, redistribute, or republish the book or the pack.Can I buy it for my whole team or site?Yes. For team or site licensing across multiple seats, email the author through linkedin.com/in/mathieukessler and we will sort a volume arrangement that fits your headcount.Licensed, not sold. Full License & Terms apply (ref KESS-LIC-2026-001). By purchasing you agree to the version in force on your purchase date.Kesslernity is an independent publisher: this product is independent analysis, not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Microsoft. Microsoft 365 and Copilot are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. It is practitioner guidance, not professional, legal, or financial advice.Questions before you buy, or support after? Contact mathieu@kesslernity.com.Terms of Service · Privacy Policy