Workshop Series
How to scale in the age of AI
Stop scaling dysfunction.
Be the COO who can design, defend, and deliver a scalable operating system before growth breaks it.
COOs at scaling companies lose 5+ hours a week to misalignment, unclear AI direction, and decisions that never stick… Not to mention the mental weight of carrying it all alone.
Join us for a half-day workshop built around one thing: your core burning issue.
Together, we'll solve it.
Limited to 8–10 COOs per workshop. Selection is curated.
The cost of scaling without infrastructure
AI has become an urgent requirement in every organisation.
The COOs we work with aren't short of intelligence or ambition; they're short of a clear operating system, language, and support network, for the stage they're actually in.
According to the Startup Genome Report, 70% of startups fail because they scale too quickly without the right infrastructure in place.
But when it's layered onto a rapidly shifting operating model without the right infrastructure, decision-making, leadership, or clarity of whether it’s even the right choice, time and money are lost trying to recover from the impact.
Who this is for
COOs and equivalent operations leaders at Series A–C companies
Responsible for scaling organisations where:
Complexity is increasing faster than systems can evolve
You’re integrating AI without asking if it's right, why, or what the impact will be
AI is changing how work gets done, but the organisation isn't structurally prepared
The board is placing greater scrutiny on efficiency, margin, and scalability
You don't need to be technical. You need to be making real decisions about structure, hiring, AI integration, and how your organisation scales.
The details
Small on purpose. Executive by design.
We limit each workshop to 8–10 COOs.
This is not a webinar. You’ll get knowledge and insights from an expert and work on your own organisation throughout.
In-person sessions run as a morning-to-lunch or lunch-to-afternoon, with networking, experience in the UK.
Virtual sessions are scheduled to accommodate multiple time zones.
Duration
Half day
Format
In-person and virtual
Group size
8–10 COOs
In-person
£390
Virtual
£290
Kicking off
May 2026
Curious to find out more?
Who runs this
Led by experienced operations leaders
Operations Nation workshops will be led by a curated group of experienced operations leaders and facilitators, bringing their subject matter expertise to each session.
Operations Nation is a community-powered knowledge hub for operations leaders to learn, connect, and grow in their careers. With 700+ COOs, VPs, Directors, and Heads of Operations from top startups and scaleups around the world, our community connects the people behind the process.
Example of operations leaders we’ve worked with in other programmes include:
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Interim CFO @ Carwow Group. Formerly COO & Director @ Car & Classic, COO @ Cazana, Founder/COO/CFO @ Lyvly
Co-Founder & COO @ Gigantec.com. Formerly the first Chief of Staff @ Google and COO @ Softbank.
COO @ Dexory. Founder and CEO @ Highliner Technology. Formerly COO @ Oxford Ionics, General System
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Startup COO Sherpa. Co-Founder & Co-Host at Climate Mayhem podcast. Formerly COO @ Wrench, General Manager @ DoorDash, Ops & Logistics @ Uber