New Corporate-Only Leadership Program Aims to Help Businesses Deploy AI Across Communication, Workflow, Sales, Research and Operations Before They Fall Behind Competitors
EATONTOWN, N.J. — As businesses across corporate America race to integrate artificial intelligence into daily operations, JBiz announced the launch of the JBiz Leadership AI Operations Summit, a new executive-level training program designed to help companies deploy AI platforms across communication, workflow management, research, sales, marketing, administration, and operational systems.
The two-day summit, scheduled for July 13–14, 2026 at the Sheraton Eatontown Hotel in New Jersey, comes amid growing concern among executives that businesses failing to properly train employees on artificial intelligence risk falling behind competitors already using AI to accelerate productivity, reduce operational costs, strengthen communication, and streamline workflow.
Organizers said the summit is intentionally not open to the general public and was specifically crafted for active companies, corporations, business owners, executive teams, entrepreneurs, and organizational leadership seeking practical AI implementation strategies for existing employees and internal operations.
Companies are strongly encouraged to send multiple employees and leadership teams together in order to help empower their current workforce, strengthen internal operational capabilities, and better position their organizations for the rapidly evolving AI-driven economy.
For decades, corporations operated around a familiar workforce structure: senior leadership at the top, experienced managers beneath them, and large pools of junior employees handling research, spreadsheets, presentations, communication, scheduling, customer responses, formatting, and administrative work.
Artificial intelligence is now rapidly reshaping that model.
Increasingly, companies are discovering that a properly trained employee using multiple AI systems simultaneously can now perform work that previously required several assistants, analysts, coordinators, researchers, or support staff. Employees using platforms such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Grok, and Perplexity are increasingly functioning as orchestrators of multiple virtual assistants at once — drafting emails, conducting research, analyzing data, preparing reports, organizing workflow, refining proposals, summarizing meetings, and accelerating execution across departments.
Inside corporate America, executives increasingly describe AI systems as personalized virtual assistants for employees — tools that allow one trained worker to complete tasks that once required interns, assistants, analysts, or even entire support teams.
One of the clearest examples came recently from Citadel Founder and CEO Ken Griffin, who said at the Stanford Leadership Forum that modern “agentic AI” systems are now performing work inside Citadel that previously required teams of finance professionals with advanced degrees, completing in hours or days what once took weeks or months.
The economic implications are becoming increasingly difficult for employers to ignore.
A recent Oliver Wyman Forum-New York Stock Exchange CEO survey found that 43% of CEOs now plan to deprioritize hiring for junior roles while increasingly prioritizing experienced employees capable of effectively using AI systems operationally.
Research from Stanford University, MIT, and Boston Consulting Group has also found workers using generative AI complete more tasks, work significantly faster, and produce higher-quality output compared with employees not using AI systems.
Meanwhile, the McKinsey Global Institute estimates generative AI could create between $2.6 trillion and $4.4 trillion in annual global economic value across customer service, workflow management, research, operations, software development, communication, and marketing.
“We are watching one of the biggest operational shifts in modern business history,” said Duvi Honig, Founder of JBiz. “The companies adapting early are gaining enormous advantages, while many businesses still feel overwhelmed and do not know where to begin. This summit was created to provide practical implementation strategies businesses can immediately use.”
Honig said the program reflects a broader effort by JBiz to proactively help strengthen business productivity, competitiveness, workforce readiness, and long-term economic growth as artificial intelligence rapidly transforms the workplace.
“We want businesses and their employees to remain empowered, competitive, productive, and operationally prepared for the new AI era,” Honig said. “Time is not on the side of companies waiting to adapt.”
The new summit expands from the broader JBiz Expo and Leadership Summit platform, with JBiz recognized for convening executives, entrepreneurs, policymakers, innovators, investors, and business leaders around major economic, workforce, and technological trends while developing practical leadership and business training initiatives focused on real-world implementation and growth.
Organizers said the summit was intentionally designed as a lean, implementation-focused “2-Day Intensive Experience” aimed at simplifying what often takes months of fragmented online learning, consulting, and experimentation into a highly practical executive operational masterclass.
Courses are tailored specifically for real business environments and taught by industry professionals with direct operational experience using AI systems across communication, workflow, research, sales, administration, marketing, and management functions.
The summit will focus on practical deployment and operational integration of leading AI platforms including:
- ChatGPT — communication, writing, workflow support, strategy, presentations, and operational assistance
- Claude — long-form analysis, contracts, operational planning, and document review
- Gemini — Google Workspace integration, productivity, collaboration, and research
- Microsoft Copilot — Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and enterprise workflow systems
- Grok — live information analysis and business trend monitoring
- Perplexity AI — real-time research, sourcing, and market intelligence
- Meta AI, Mistral AI, and additional platforms — content creation, automation, operational support, and workflow assistance
Participants will receive hands-on instruction on how AI can be applied across:
- Communication
- Operations
- Documents and worksheets
- Research and development
- Sales
- Marketing
- Reporting and presentations
- Administration and workflow systems
According to summit materials, attendees will leave with:
- A clearer understanding of the AI landscape and how to strategically use multiple platforms together
- A framework for selecting the right AI tools for specific business functions
- Ready-to-use templates and AI-powered workflows
- Immediate strategies to save time, reduce costs, and improve operational performance
- The ability to deploy AI as a scalable “virtual workforce” across business operations
Organizers estimate companies effectively implementing AI systems can save employees between 5–15 hours per week, generate approximately $25–$75 in productive value per hour, and potentially create between $12,000 and $54,000 in annual operational value per employee, depending on role and implementation depth.
For teams of 10 employees, summit materials estimate potential operational productivity gains ranging from roughly $120,000 to more than $540,000 annually through workflow acceleration, communication efficiency, reduced administrative burden, and operational optimization.
Estimated productivity gains, operational savings, and value creation figures may vary by company and could be higher or lower depending on industry, implementation, workforce adoption, and operational structure.
The summit will include live demonstrations, implementation frameworks, operational templates, workflow systems, executive networking opportunities, and hands-on business training designed specifically for real-world corporate environments.
For corporate inquiries, team registrations, group packages, and reservations:
Esther@OJChamber.com
212-659-5270 x104
www.OJChamber.com
