Video: How Do Leaders Budget for AI Strategically in 2025?
Curated by: Sabrina Donley | Practice Leader, Secure · AI™
Contributors: Kendra Ramirez | AI Trainer and Strategist, Steve Dong | Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Before you allocate $1 for AI in 2025: here’s what every leader must know.
Many business executives and local government leaders are struggling to budget and strategize for AI in 2025. They want to be early adopters but are unsure how to invest.
Budgeting for AI isn’t just about adding tools—it’s a shift in how organizations strategically plan for long-term growth.
In this video, Kendra Ramirez, AI Trainer & Strategist, asks Sabrina Donley, Practice Leader of Secure AI, the big questions on AI on every leader's mind.
Watch this 15-minute video with your team:
Key Takeaways:
Define the organization drivers AI will contribute to. This requires collaboration across leadership, IT, and the broader organization.
Develop an AI budget that invests across people, processes, data, and technology - not just in AI tools. Measure ROI both in terms of capital return and alignment to your organization's purpose.
Midsize organizations have an advantage over large to futureproof their organizations. Find the right AI partner, and act now.
Overwhelmed on your AI Journey?
Embarking on AI transformation alone can feel like navigating uncharted terrain. Many leaders feel the weight of expectation—staying competitive, the pressure to budget, prioritize, and implement wisely, all while AI advances at lightning speed.
You may be wondering:
How do I understand and apply AI? Will our team embrace it or resist it?
Are we investing in the right areas to drive our strategy forward?
Do we have the right data, systems, and security in place?
Most importantly, will we see a real return on our AI investment?
You’re not alone: We’ll help you navigate.
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About the curator: Sabrina Donley leads the Secure · AI™ Practice at CybrCastle, helping midsize organizations navigate their AI journey, including AI education, strategy, data readiness, AI use case prioritization and ROI, policy, and custom implementation. Sabrina bridges AI topics between executive and technical within clients and CybrCastle’s team. She resides in the northern Cincinnati, OH, USA area.
Acknowledgments: The author acknowledges assistance from OpenAI’s ChatGPT 4o.