The Silicon Valley Playbook for Innovation Culture, AI Adoption, and Automation — prepared for CBC Guatemala's first-line leadership team.
Silicon Valley Executive Academy delivers a private, custom-designed 2-day executive immersion for 10 senior leaders from CBC Guatemala, including the general manager and first-line functional leadership team.
The program connects Silicon Valley innovation practices to the realities of leading complex organizations, modernizing daily work, and preparing operations for the next wave of AI and automation. It is built around direct exposure to Silicon Valley companies, technologies, and practitioners.
How leading Silicon Valley companies build the leadership behaviors, operating mechanisms, and cultural conditions that allow innovation to happen repeatedly — and what can translate into a large, complex operating business.
How organizations move AI from experimentation and individual use into workflows, processes, decision-making, and broader organizational adoption.
How advanced manufacturing, warehouse automation, robotics, and intelligent systems are reshaping productivity, resilience, and the way work gets done.
Confirmed executives, researchers, and practitioners leading each session. Click a profile to read the bio and view their LinkedIn.
CEO
Silicon Valley Executive Academy
Partner, Silicon Valley Immersion
Silicon Valley Executive Academy
Head of Community, DeepMind
Director
Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI)
Innovation Evangelist
Silicon Valley Executive Academy
Principal CSM – ISV
Amazon
Principal Engineer, Applied Research
Verizon Labs
Tech Lead and Engineer
Airbnb
Day 1 explores how Silicon Valley sustains repeated innovation — from the operating systems inside leading companies to the broader ecosystem of research, talent, entrepreneurship, and emerging technology.
Leave hotel by 8:30 AM
Executive briefing on the cultural mechanisms, leadership behaviors, and operating principles that allow companies to innovate repeatedly and keep reinventing.
Explore how leading organizations are integrating AI into everyday workflows to enhance productivity, creativity, and decision-making. Participants will gain practical insights into how AI is reshaping the future of work, the evolving role of employees, and the strategies organizations can adopt to successfully navigate AI-driven transformation.
This session explores how Stanford is advancing cutting-edge AI research while addressing its broader societal, ethical, and economic implications. Participants will gain insights into emerging AI breakthroughs, responsible innovation, and the global trends shaping how governments, industries, and academia are preparing for the future of artificial intelligence.
This campus tour explores how Stanford University's entrepreneurial culture, groundbreaking research, and close collaboration with industry helped lay the foundation for Silicon Valley's innovation ecosystem. Participants will discover the university's pivotal role in fostering world-changing startups, pioneering technologies, and generations of visionary leaders.
One confirmed schedule for Day 2 — Amazon briefing, Verizon enterprise AI adoption, and Airbnb intelligent operations.
Day 2 opens with Amazon on innovation culture and execution at scale, then moves into enterprise AI adoption and intelligent operations in San Francisco.
Leave hotel by 8:30 AM
This session explores how Amazon has built one of the world's most innovative organizations by combining customer obsession, experimentation, and disciplined execution at scale. Participants will gain insights into Amazon's leadership principles, mechanisms for continuous innovation, and the operational practices that enable the company to consistently deliver and adapt in a rapidly changing world.
This session explores how Verizon is moving beyond AI experimentation to successfully implement AI solutions that create measurable business impact across industries. Participants will learn how enterprises can identify high-value AI opportunities, overcome adoption challenges, and scale emerging technologies from early pilots into practical, enterprise-wide applications.
Lunch served during the session
This session explores how Airbnb leverages technology, data, and AI-driven solutions to optimize operations and enhance experiences for millions of hosts and guests worldwide. Participants will gain insights into how intelligent systems, automation, and operational innovation enable Airbnb to scale efficiently while continuously improving customer experience.
Silicon Valley & San Francisco · Aug 26–27
14°C – 27°C
Warm and dry inland, notably cooler and breezy in San Francisco. A light jacket is recommended for the Day 2 sessions.
AC Hotel Palo Alto
744 San Antonio Rd
Palo Alto, CA 94303
The group departs from the hotel each morning. Please be in the lobby at the listed departure times.
Baxter Stapleton
Innovation Evangelist, Silicon Valley Executive Academy
+1 818-856-6747Your SVEA project manager travels with the group throughout both days.
Sessions marked In progress are being finalized. Timing may be adjusted based on host availability and traffic conditions.