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Where AI Leaders
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A private, invite-only global community for senior HR, People and C-suite leaders driving the responsible and strategic adoption of AI within their organisations.

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The Challenge

The gap between knowing and doing

Most organisations have AI on the agenda. Very few have truly adopted it. The difference is rarely technology. It is people, culture, governance, and leadership.

85%
have AI on the strategic agenda
McKinsey, 2024
35%
have achieved meaningful adoption
Gartner, 2024
70%
of AI implementations fail to scale
MIT Sloan, 2023
$4.4T
annual productivity value from AI
McKinsey, 2023

AI adoption without AI governance is not progress. It is risk.

About The Circle

Not a course.
Not a conference.
An institution.

The Intelligence Circle is a private peer network for the leaders shaping how organisations adopt artificial intelligence responsibly.

We are not a training programme or a vendor marketplace. We are a curated community where senior practitioners exchange candid, evidence-based insight on what AI adoption genuinely requires inside real organisations.

Founded in 2026, our members span Pakistan, the UAE, the United Kingdom, and Saudi Arabia, united by a shared conviction that intelligence is collective and leadership is practitioner-driven.

01

Practitioner-First

Every voice in the circle has lived the challenge. No spectators.

02

Candour Over Comfort

Real conversations about what is not working, not just what is.

03

Curation Over Scale

Quality of membership always over quantity. Invitation only.

04

Intelligence That Travels

Every session produces insight members can act on immediately.

Our Intellectual Foundation

Three frameworks. One system.

Prepare yourself with FACTOR. Measure your organisation with IMI™. Transform it with ALIGN™. Original frameworks developed by our Founder and used across every Circle engagement.

The FACTOR Framework

Individual AI Readiness

Before leading AI adoption in your organisation, you must be personally AI-ready.

F

Foundation

Build AI literacy. Know what AI is, what it can do, and where its limits lie.

A

Awareness

Understand how AI reshapes your industry, profession, and organisation.

C

Capability

Acquire hands-on skills. Prompt engineering, tool proficiency, workflow redesign.

T

Transformation

Move from using AI to thinking with AI as a default approach.

O

Orientation

Align your AI strategy with career goals and organisational direction.

R

Responsibility

Lead ethically. Governance, fairness, bias awareness, human oversight.

Intelligence Maturity Index™

Diagnostic · 35 Items · 6 Dimensions

Classifying, measuring and advancing organisational AI maturity. Inspired by Jim Collins' Level 5 Leadership.

1

Reactive Organisation

"We know AI matters, but we do not know where to start."

0 – 20
2

Exploratory Organisation

"We are testing AI and exploring opportunities."

21 – 40
3

Operational Organisation

"AI is changing how we work."

41 – 60
4

Strategic Organisation

"AI is a strategic capability."

61 – 80
5

Intelligent Organisation™

"Intelligence is how we operate."

81 – 100

The ALIGN™ Framework

Organisational Adoption

Aligning People, Process, Culture and Technology for Sustainable AI Adoption.

A

Assess

Understand where your organisation actually stands on AI readiness.

→ AI Readiness Assessment
L

Learn

Build AI literacy at executive, manager, and workforce levels.

→ AI-Ready Workforce
I

Integrate

Embed AI into real workflows and decision-making.

→ AI-Enabled Workflows
G

Govern

Create guardrails that protect without killing innovation.

→ Responsible AI Framework
N

Normalise

Make AI part of culture until it becomes the default.

→ Sustainable Adoption
How We Convene

The rhythm of the circle

The Intelligence Circle operates through a deliberate cadence of provocations, roundtables, and published intelligence.

Monthly

The Provocation

A single focused question released by the Founder to generate candid discussion on a specific AI adoption challenge.

Quarterly

The Roundtable

A 90-minute session for 15 to 25 members. One agenda, rotating chair, documented with a published insight summary.

Annual

The Summit

Our flagship in-person event bringing the entire community together with a published insight report.

Monthly

The Intelligence Brief

A members-only newsletter synthesising session outputs, curated research, and original perspective.

On Demand

Executive Briefings

Tailored corporate sessions delivered under The Intelligence Circle platform for leadership teams.

Coming 2026

TIC Academy

Structured learning. ALIGN™ Masterclass, FACTOR sessions, and official IMI™ Assessments.

Membership

Membership is by invitation

The Intelligence Circle is a curated community. Members are admitted by personal invitation only, ensuring every voice in the room is a genuine peer.

01

Request an Invitation

Share your details and a brief note on your role and interest in AI adoption leadership.

02

Curated Review

Each request is personally reviewed by the Founder to ensure alignment with the community.

03

Welcome to the Circle

Accepted members receive a founding welcome, member credentials, and full access to the community.

Founding Cohort 2026

An invitation to found, not merely to join.

The founding cohort of 2026 shapes the culture, direction, and standards of The Intelligence Circle from its very first day. Founding members are permanently recognised as such.

  • Permanent founding member recognition
  • Direct access to a global peer network of senior leaders
  • The monthly Intelligence Brief and quarterly roundtables
  • Priority access to the Annual Summit and Executive Briefings
  • Early access to ALIGN™, IMI™ and FACTOR programmes
Request Your Invitation
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Usman Riaz Qazi

Founder & Convener
  • Springer-Published Author
  • Keynote Speaker at 7+ Universities
  • CIPD Member
  • 1,500+ Professionals Trained
  • Creator of ALIGN™, IMI™, FACTOR & ASCEND™
  • AI Adoption Leader & HR Practitioner
A Note From The Founder

Built by a practitioner who has done the work.

The Intelligence Circle was not born in a boardroom. It was born from years of leading AI adoption inside real organisations, training thousands of professionals, and seeing firsthand the gap between what leaders intend and what their organisations achieve.

Every framework we use was tested in practice before it was formalised. Every conversation we host is grounded in evidence, not opinion. This is a community for those who believe that responsible AI leadership is the defining capability of our era.

"The ultimate objective is not to become an AI-powered organisation. It is to become an Intelligent Organisation™."

Request an Invitation

The Intelligence Circle is invitation only. Complete the form below and your request will be personally reviewed by the Founder. Founding cohort membership for 2026 is now open.

✦   Thank you. Your request has been received and will be personally reviewed.

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