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FRACTIONAL CHIEF INNOVATION AND AI TRANSFORMATION OFFICER

Turn AI and innovation into measurable enterprise value.

When innovation is producing activity but not enough financial return, Nicholas J. Webb steps in as your fractional executive leader. He identifies the highest-value opportunities, establishes governance, activates cross-functional performance teams, and turns AI, innovation, and enterprise strategy into measurable revenue, cost savings, productivity, and growth.

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Serving the best brands in the world

Brands that have worked with LeaderLogic and Nicholas J. Webb, including Verizon, McDonald's, FedEx, Microsoft, 3M, Cigna, DHL, Genentech, McKesson, Pfizer, HP, Salesforce, Kaiser Permanente, Siemens, Johnson and Johnson, Cleveland Clinic, AbbVie, Baxter, Capital One, Chase, Aetna, Pepsico, and more.
What we do

Executive ownership for innovation and AI transformation.

Most organizations do not have an idea problem. They have an execution problem. AI has made it easierto generate concepts, analyze markets, and launch pilots, but it has also created fragmented initiatives, competing priorities, and new implementation risks.

LeaderLogic provides the senior executive ownership required to convert opportunity into results. We align leadership, prioritize the highest-value initiatives, redesign workflows, establish accountability, and lead implementation. You work directly with Nicholas J. Webb—not a salesperson and not a team of junior consultants.

When to Bring Us In

You have the opportunity. What you need is executive ownership.

A fractional innovation executive is most valuable when the organization has significant opportunity but no single senior leader accountable for turning it into measurable performance.

01

AI Without an Enterprise Strategy

Departments are experimenting independently, but no one is prioritizing investments, managing risk, or connecting the work to enterprise goals.

02

Innovation Without Financial Return

You have workshops, pilots, or an innovation program, but the activity is not producing enough revenue, savings, or strategic value.

03

Pressure to Find New Growth

Leadership needs new revenue opportunities, stronger customer value, or new business models—and needs them identified and activated quickly.

04

High Costs and Broken Workflows

The organization is considering AI or automation, but existing processes must be simplified and redesigned before technology is applied.

05

No Executive Owner

Important transformation work crosses departments, but no one has the authority, time, or experience to lead it enterprise-wide.

06

A Full-Time Hire Is Not Yet Justified

You need experienced C-suite leadership now, but the role may not require a permanent executive or a lengthy search.

The economics

Senior executive impact without permanent executive overhead.

The value of a fractional executive is not simply lower cost. It is faster access to experienced leadership, greater objectivity, and a focused mandate to produce measurable results without adding another permanent layer to the organization.

The real cost is far bigger than the salary

Base pay is the smallest part of a chief officer hire. Add bonus, equity, and benefits, then the search fee that commonly runs a quarter to a third of first year compensation, and the true cost dwarfs the offer letter.

We give you that seniority without the permanent load, so your budget buys impact rather than overhead.

Impact in weeks, not quarters

Even the right full time executive commonly needs six to nine months to reach full effectiveness, and you pay full freight for partial output the whole time. Your hardest problems will not wait.

We deliver senior impact from the first weeks, so you capture value this quarter instead of next year.

The objectivity a full timer slowly loses

Once an executive becomes part of the cultural ether, they often lose the objectivity you hired them for. They inherit the politics, the sacred cows, and the blind spots, and their willingness to challenge fades.

By contrast, we keep that objectivity, move quickly with proven results, and do it without disrupting your organization, so you get candor and speed an insider rarely can.

Two seats, one leader

The roles we fill for you.

Fractional

Chief Innovation and AI Transformation Officer

We provide executive ownership of your innovation and AI transformation agenda—from opportunity identification and financial prioritization through governance, workflow redesign, implementation, and measurable return.

We build and lead the operating system that converts AI, customer insight, emerging technology, and strategic opportunities into new revenue, cost savings, stronger productivity, and enterprise growth. The goal is not another roadmap. The goal is performance that appears on the income statement.

Fractional

Chief Experience Officer

We help organizations design and operationalize the customer and employee experiences that drive loyalty, retention, reputation, and profitable growth.

The work is grounded in real customer and workforce insights, then translated into journey improvements, operating standards, accountability, and measurable performance. The result is not simply a better experience. It is stronger retention, greater customer value, and a more resilient organization.

How the Engagement Begins

The first 90 days turn opportunity into action.

Every engagement is customized, but the initial work follows a disciplined sequence designed to identify value quickly, establish executive alignment, and begin implementation.

Phase 1

Days 1–30: Enterprise Opportunity Scan

Assess strategic priorities, customer and workforce insights, innovation activity, workflows, AI readiness, financial pressures, and growth opportunities. Identify the areas with the greatest potential enterprise value.

Phase 2

Days 31–60: Transformation Portfolio

Prioritize opportunities using financial return, strategic relevance, speed, feasibility, risk, and organizational readiness. Establish executive sponsors, decision rights, success measures, and the implementation roadmap.

Phase 3

Days 61–90: Activation

Launch the highest-value quick wins, activate cross-functional strategic performance teams, establish the enterprise scorecard, and begin implementation with clear ownership and executive reporting.

Turn opportunity into accountable action.”

Put an experienced executive in charge of the opportunity.

Bring us the growth target, cost challenge, stalled initiative, or AI transformation problem that needs senior ownership. On confidential discovery call, we will discuss where the greatest value may exist, how a fractional engagement would work, and what the first 90 days should accomplish.

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What Success Looks Like

Measured by enterprise results—not consulting activity.

The engagement is designed around a defined portfolio of opportunities and a scorecard leadership can review. Depending on the mandate, success may include:

New revenue opportunities identified, validated, and launched

Cost savings and workflow efficiencies captured

AI and automation initiatives prioritized by business value

Strategic initiatives accelerated through accountable performance teams

Customer, employee, or member value measurably improved

Why this matters to you

Choosing the wrong partner is the real risk.

You are trusting us with revenue, cost, and the careers riding on them. That is a serious decision, and you should make it with your eyes open.

Everything we show you is here to remove that risk. Our research, our results, the brands and the associations we serve, and a founder who advises the boards of some of the largest companies in the world. We take on only the work we are confident we can win, so by the time we say yes to you, the odds are already in your favor. That is what lets you move forward without second guessing the decision.

Why leaders choose us

The opposite of a big consulting firm.

Big consulting is built to bill you for as long as possible. We are built to get you a result and get out. We are a boutique with an exquisite reputation, and our entire focus is rapid, measurable results, so your money goes to outcomes rather than overhead.

You work with a small senior team, led by our founder and made up of people who have done this at the highest level for the best brands and associations in the world. You get our best people on your problem, never a pyramid of junior staff and never a salesperson. We take on only a handful of engagements a year, and only when we know we can win, so your odds of a strong return are strong before we begin.

Nicholas J. Webb, founder and CEO of LeaderLogic
Your fractional executive

Nicholas J. Webb

You are not hiring a firm and hoping for a senior face. You are putting an executive who has done this at the highest level directly on your work.

He has been awarded more than forty patents by the United States Patent Office for landmark technologies, including one of the world's smallest medical implants and one of the first wearable devices, so your innovation advice comes from someone who has actually built and shipped it.

He is a multiple number one bestselling author across innovation, leadership, and customer experience, has served as a chief innovation officer and an adjunct professor at a top medical school, and holds an honorary doctorate for his contributions to healthcare. He works shoulder to shoulder with the boards of multibillion dollar companies, so the thinking that guides those boards is the thinking we bring to you.

Nicholas J. WebbFounder and CEO, LeaderLogic, LLC
Decades of research

Our thinking is published, tested, and proven.

The frameworks we bring you are not borrowed from a textbook. They come from decades of original research and a shelf of multiple number one bestselling books, tested inside real organizations and on the world's biggest stages, so you get insight your competitors do not have.

The complete book lineup by Nicholas J. Webb: What Customers Crave, The Innovation Mandate, What Customers Hate, Happy Work, Lucid Leadership, One Step Ahead, and Chaotic Change
Associations

We also serve some of the best associations in the world.

We bring the same research, rigor, and results to associations, helping them grow non dues revenue and deepen member value, so the organizations that serve entire industries can thrive.

Associations served by LeaderLogic, including the American Hospital Association, HFMA, AAMI, Children's Hospital Association, HANYS, Texas Hospital Association, Florida Hospital Association, Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association, Louisiana Hospital Association, Oklahoma Hospital Association, SDAHO, Association of Cancer Care Centers, Urgent Care Association, American Ambulance Association, American Nurses Association, American Osteopathic Association, American Academy of Dermatology Association, Medical Alley Association, and ADDP.
From the stage to the strategy

Have our CEO speak at your next event.

Nicholas Webb is a multiple number one bestselling author and one of the most sought after voices in the world on innovation, the future, and the experience economy. Put him in front of your audience and they leave with insight they can act on Monday morning.

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FAQ

A Fractional Chief Innovation and AI Transformation Officer is an experienced executive who leads innovation, AI adoption, workflow transformation, and growth initiatives on a part-time or defined-term basis. The role provides enterprise-level ownership without requiring a permanent C-suite hire.

The executive identifies and prioritizes high-value opportunities, establishes innovation governance, aligns leadership, activates cross-functional teams, oversees implementation, and measures results such as revenue growth, cost savings, productivity, and customer value.

An AI consultant may recommend tools, platforms, or technical solutions. A Fractional Chief Innovation and AI Transformation Officer takes broader executive responsibility for business priorities, workflow redesign, governance, adoption, implementation, and measurable enterprise return.

Fractional executive services are well suited for mid-market companies, healthcare organizations, associations, and other enterprises that need experienced leadership for growth or transformation but do not yet need—or cannot justify—a permanent executive hire.

The model is especially valuable when innovation is not producing measurable return, AI initiatives are fragmented, leadership needs new revenue or cost savings, transformation crosses multiple departments, or no single executive owns implementation.

Initial value can begin in the first several weeks through executive alignment, opportunity identification, financial prioritization, and the activation of quick wins. Larger transformation results depend on the organization, the opportunities selected, and the speed of implementation.

Most engagements are structured around the organization’s needs and may last from several months to a year or longer. The objective is to create measurable results, build internal capability, and leave the organization with a sustainable operating system.

Yes. LeaderLogic provides Fractional Chief Experience Officer leadership to improve customer, employee, patient, or member experiences and connect those improvements to retention, loyalty, reputation, and growth.

Start the conversation

Discuss the opportunity that needs executive ownership.

Tell us where growth has stalled, costs need to come out, AI initiatives need direction, or innovation needs to produce a measurable return. We will discuss the potential mandate, the first 90 days, and whether a fractional executive engagement is the right fit. The conversation is confidential and there is no obligation.

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(602) 233 7107

Office

Scottsdale, Arizona. Hours 7 AM to 5 PM Mountain Time.

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We serve clients across the United States and around the world.

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