AI/GenAI for CEOs - Links to 326 Articles/Reports (Excel XLSX)

For a Chief Executive Officer, artificial intelligence and generative AI represent a paradigm shift, offering unprecedented opportunities for innovation, efficiency, and competitive advantage. By understanding AI's potential, CEOs can drive strategic decisions that optimize operations, enhance customer experiences, and unlock new revenue streams. Staying current on AI trends, use cases, and challenges is crucial for a CEO to effectively lead their organization through digital transformation and ensure responsible and scalable AI adoption. Ultimately, a CEO's grasp of AI will determine their company's ability to thrive in an increasingly AI-driven business landscape.

This excel file provides an index to 137 articles/reports regarding Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI that have been handpicked for those in the CEO role. Another 189 additional links to articles and reports have also been included that are applicable to anyone in a C-Suite role. A total of 326 links to thought leadership articles and reports are provided. Almost all reports and articles listed were published during the period January 1, 2024 to March 1, 2025.

The linked articles/reports were published by credible sources that perform rigorous research and analysis. Example sources (and number of links to articles/reports) Accenture (25), Bain (23), BCG (36), Deloitte (21), Forrester (3), Gartner (33), IBM (28) and IBM Institute for Business Value (22), IDC (50), KPMG (12), McKinsey (36), and PWC (18).

Here are some example titles of articles/reports we have included in this spreadsheet:
•  Learning from AI leaders
•  CEO's Guide to Maximizing Value Potential from AI in 2024
•  The role of the CEO in tomorrow's Generative AI world
•  The CEO's Guide To Building Generative AI
•  From Potential to Profit: Closing the AI Impact Gap
•  The CEO's Guide to Generative AI: Use gen AI economics to lap the competition

In our excel spreadsheet we include additional information about each article / report we list, including source, title, subtitle/abstract, publication month, and author names. In addition, the reports and articles have been 'tagged' in the spreadsheet using various columns (see descriptions below) so that you can sort/filter the spreadsheet to find the content you are interested in. Please review the column definitions below.
•  Source: The name of the source of the article.
•  Geo Focus: If the article/report is focused on a specific geo region or country, it will be tagged with the region/country name
•  Tech Topics: If the article/report is focused on a specific tech topic (e.g. GenAI, Agents, Data, Security, etc.), we list that here.
•  Adoption Focus: Articles/Reports are tagged according to the they type of adoption-related topics it focuses on. Tags include About (covers an intro to the topic), State of Adoption, Scaling Adoption, Use Cases, Challenges, and Value.
•  Biz Topics: If the article/report is focused on a specific business topic (e.g. Future of Work, Customer Service, Governance/Risk, etc.), it will be tagged in this column.
•  Functions/Roles Focus: The articles/reports in this spreadsheet are applicable to those in a CEO role. We have tagged these with either the CEO tag or a C-Suite tag.
•  Industry Focus: Articles/Reports that focus on specific vertical industry (Examples include: Banking, Manufacturing, Energy, Government, Retail, Telecom, etc.) have been tagged in this column.
•  Title (Click on title to go to the article/document): The title of the article/report is hot-linked and the links take you directly to the source article/report. In some rare cases, you will be required to register your email to access the content. All links have been tested as of March 2, 2025.
•  Subtitle: Here we have tried to capture the subtitle or summary of the document in 1-2 sentences
•  Month Published: In this column you will find the month this article/report was published.
•  Type of Content: Most content is either an article (blog, website, or press) or a report (PDF file). On some article pages you are given an opportunity to download a pdf. You may need to sign on to the source website and complete a profile in order to download the full report.
•  Author: Here we have captured the author names (when they were listed).

Our links take you directly to the source article/report. In some rare cases, you will be required to register your email to access the content. All links tested as of February 20, 2025. NOTE: Some of the articles/reports we include in this spreadsheet do appear in other excel spreadsheet offerings related to Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI. If you are interested in larger lists of articles/reports on this topic, please review our bundles and/or other document descriptions to discover our most comprehensive lists of articles/reports.

This spreadsheet saves you hours and hours of your own research time and helps you focus YOUR time on delivering thought leadership in your own role within your team, your organization, and with customers and clients.