September cohort · Starts September 5, 2026 · 10 seats

Become the AI-native leader every company needs.

A four-week live cohort for experienced leaders (8+ years) who want to solve like a consultant, present like an executive, and out-run everyone with AI.

Ex-Bain · Ex-Deloitte Director · 1,000+ leaders coached

Trusted by thousands of corporate professionals from top firms

  • McKinsey & Company
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Google
  • Bain & Company
  • J.P. Morgan
  • Meta
  • Boston Consulting Group
  • Morgan Stanley
  • Amazon
  • Deloitte
  • Wells Fargo
  • Microsoft
  • Accenture
  • HSBC
  • Tata Consultancy Services
  • Standard Chartered
leaders coached
1,000+leaders coached
seats per cohort
10seats per cohort
live sessions over 4 weekends
8live sessions over 4 weekends
The gap

Being smart was never the bottleneck.

The people who get promoted and trusted with the big calls rarely know the most. They think clearly, communicate sharply, and now, use AI better than the room. Those are craft skills. They are teachable, and almost no one is taught them.

01

You can't structure the chaos

Handed an ambiguous problem, you start listing instead of framing. No issue tree, no hypothesis, no clean way to cut it. So you boil the ocean and run out of time.

02

Your best insight gets buried

The thinking is good. The slide hides it. Walls of text, no action title, no story. The room never sees the one thing you needed them to remember.

03

AI gives you generic, not sharp

Generic prompts return generic output. Without sharp judgment guiding it, AI just helps you produce mediocre work faster. The leverage is in knowing what to ask.

Sound familiar?

  • I'm good at my job, but I'm not seen as senior-leader material.
  • I wish I had a cleaner way to structure my thinking under pressure.
  • I can't turn analysis into a crystal-clear story, fast enough.
  • AI gives me generic output, I'm not getting real leverage from it.
The outcomes

By the end, you'll operate like an AI-native leader.

Four weekends of live work, eight sessions, and AI woven through every one. You leave with four capabilities you can use in your very next meeting.

Outcome 01+ AI

Frame & structure any ambiguous problem

Break down a messy, open-ended problem the way a top strategy consultant would, with AI as your thinking partner, pressure-testing your logic and surfacing what you missed.

Outcome 02

Communicate so senior leaders listen

Distil complexity into a crystal-clear message that makes executives lean in, engage, and agree, the first time, not the third.

Outcome 03+ AI

Build exec-ready slides, fast

Turn analysis into a boardroom-grade deck in a fraction of the time, AI drafts the first version, you bring the judgment that makes it land.

Outcome 04

Respond with confidence under pressure

Think on your feet and structure a sharp answer in real time when your work is interrogated by the most senior person in the room.

How it works

Four weekends, eight live sessions, one time that works worldwide.

Live, small group

Eight 90-minute workshops across four weekends, capped at 10 people so your own work gets looked at.

Real problems, not case studies

You bring an ambiguous problem from your actual job and work it, week by week, with direct feedback.

AI in every session

Not a bolt-on module. AI runs through the framing, the analysis, the slides and the capstone.

Every Saturday & Sunday · 90 minutes, liveSeptember cohort
  • India9:00 PM IST
  • Dubai / Gulf7:30 PM GST
  • London4:30 PM BST
  • US East11:30 AM ET
  • US West8:30 AM PT

Can't make one live? Every session is recorded, 8+ hours of self-paced video, yours to keep for life.

The curriculum

Four weekends. One transformation.

Live workshops, real problems, direct feedback, and AI woven through every session. You leave thinking, communicating, and leading at a level you can feel.

01
Week 01 · Frame the problem

See the whole board

Saturday · Sunday with AI

  • Find the real question behind the question before you touch the data
  • Commit to a day-one hypothesis instead of boiling the ocean
  • Use AI to pressure-test your framing and surface your blind spots
02
Week 02 · Structure & solve

Break it down, find the answer

Saturday · Sunday with AI

  • Break any ambiguous problem into a clean, MECE issue tree
  • Get fluent with the few numbers that actually move the decision
  • Use AI to structure and research faster, while you keep the judgment
03
Week 03 · Build & land the argument

Build the argument, make it land

Saturday · Sunday with AI

  • Turn findings into a storyline a senior leader would defend
  • Write action titles and build consulting-grade, exec-ready slides
  • Draft decks fast with AI, then sharpen them by hand so they land
04
Week 04 · Lead with AI · capstone

Lead with AI

Saturday · Sunday with AI

  • Assemble your own AI operating system for thinking, decks & decisions
  • Solve and present a real problem, live, as the leader in the room
  • Hold up under a boardroom-style review and tough questions
What's included

Live where it counts. Recorded for life.

12+ hours of live workshops and Q&A, plus 8+ hours of self-paced video you keep forever, everything you need to think, communicate, and lead AI-native, with AI woven through everything.

12+ hours

Live workshops & Q&A

Eight small-group sessions across four weekends (Sat & Sun, 90 min) where you work real problems in real time.

8+ hours

Self-paced video, yours to keep

A recorded library that reinforces every live session. Watch before, revisit after, and keep it for life.

200+

Consulting-grade template vault

Editable slides, frameworks, and exhibits. Steal the structure, swap in your content, ship in minutes.

Browse the Template Vault
1 toolkit

The AI leadership toolkit

A living prompt library and workflows for structuring, research, decisions, and first-draft decks.

Lifetime

Access to everything

Keep every recording, template, and future update. Come back to the material whenever you need it.

Private

Cohort + direct feedback

Learn alongside ambitious peers, and get specific, consultant-grade notes on your own trees and decks.

Certificate of accreditation

Complete the program and earn The AI-Native Leader certificate, a credible signal for your profile and your next role.

Ashwin Shetty, ex-Bain and ex-Deloitte director, instructor of The AI-Native Leader
Ashwin Shetty
Ex-Bain · Ex-Deloitte Director
Your instructor

I am not teaching theory. I am handing you the method I used, then taught to thousands.

The pattern never changed. The people who broke through were not the smartest in the room. They had a method.

Ashwin Shetty · Ex-Bain · Ex-Deloitte Director

Ex-Bain
strategy & consulting
Ex-Deloitte
consulting director
1,000+
leaders coached
Proof, not promises

He has done this hundreds of times.

Real people Ashwin coached into McKinsey, Bain, BCG, and beyond, on exactly the thinking and communication this program teaches. Every name is verifiable on LinkedIn.

★★★★★
The structured thinking and communication Ashwin taught me carried through the entire McKinsey process. It became second nature.
Karl
Business Analyst
McKinsey
★★★★★
Ashwin pushed me to lead every answer with a clear hypothesis and deliver it with tight, confident structure. That shift in how I communicated my thinking is what made the difference.
Niharika Singhal
Associate
EY-Parthenon
★★★★★
Ashwin instilled a disciplined approach to setting up quantitative analyses. That one habit changed how I walk into every problem.
Sofie
Associate Consultant
Bain
★★★★★
Before working with Ashwin, I struggled to showcase my true thinking. He pulled it out of me and helped me tell the story properly.
Tanay
Associate
McKinsey
★★★★★
Ashwin helped me engage confidently and demonstrate genuine problem-solving instead of reciting a framework.
Pranit
Consultant
BCG
★★★★★
A great coach who gives valuable feedback and is always willing to go deeper. Sessions never felt generic or rushed.
Hari Patel
Consultant
BCG

A filter, not a pitch

This is not for everyone.

  • You have under 8 years of experience, build your reps first. This program is built for seasoned professionals already trusted with ambiguous, high-stakes problems.
  • You want the certificate without the reps. The transformation is in the live work, not the PDF.
  • You're after quick hacks or passive income. This is a training ground, not a shortcut.
  • You expect AI to do the thinking for you. Here, AI amplifies your judgment, it never replaces it.

Still reading? If you have 8+ years of experience and are stepping up to lead, this was built for you. Apply for the September cohort

Enrollment

Apply for the September cohort.

The AI-Native Leader Accelerator starts September 5, 2026. Capped at 10 so every plan is reviewed live. Admission is by application, not checkout.

The September cohortStarts September 5, 2026
Capped at 10. Every plan reviewed live.
  • 12+ hours live + 8+ hours self-paced, yours for life
  • The Template Vault (200+ slides) and the AI leadership toolkit
  • Direct feedback on your own trees and decks
  • Live capstone with a boardroom-style review
Apply for the September cohort

A short application, then a 15-minute fit call. No checkout.

Certificate of accreditation
Questions, answered

Everything you might be wondering.

Still unsure if it is right for you? Email hello@thinklikeapartner.com and ask Ashwin directly.

For experienced professionals with 8+ years of experience stepping up to lead, in finance, HR, operations, product, and beyond. The people handed ambiguous problems and expected to make them land.