Private Data & AI Leaders Retreat · Menorca

Lead through change.
Without losing perspective.

Menorca · October 2027

A carefully curated retreat for senior Data and AI leaders navigating rapid change, rising expectations and the human responsibility of leading organisations into an increasingly intelligent future.

Limited places · Application required

Why this retreat exists

Data and AI leadership is moving at an extraordinary pace.

Leaders are expected to create value, manage risk, reassure boards and prepare their people for change. They often do this while the technology and expectations continue to evolve around them.

The pressure is not only technical. Data and AI leaders carry responsibility for trust, ethics, skills, organisational transformation and decisions that can reshape how people work.

This retreat creates space to step away from the noise and discuss the personal and leadership realities behind that responsibility: decision fatigue, relentless expectations, uncertainty, team anxiety, sustainable performance and leading change without losing sight of the people affected by it.

It is not another AI conference. There are no product demonstrations, technical tracks or predictions competing for attention. The focus is the person leading through the change.

Community Senior Data & AI Leaders

Destination Menorca, Spain

Timing October 2027

Format Private, confidential and application-led

What we will explore

The human realities behind Data and AI transformation

The programme combines confidential peer discussion, relevant expert perspectives and practical leadership ideas rather than technical presentations or product-led sessions.

Leading at the speed of expectation

Managing the pressure to move faster, prove value and provide certainty while technologies, regulations and organisational priorities continue to shift.

Responsibility, trust and ethics

Carrying accountability for decisions that affect customers, employees and society while balancing innovation with responsible and explainable use.

Leading people through uncertainty

Supporting teams facing changing roles, skills pressure, anxiety and resistance while creating belief in a credible path forward.

Sustainable leadership and decision-making

Protecting personal clarity, energy and judgement when the flow of decisions, information and expectations rarely slows down.

The retreat experience

Space to slow down and see the bigger picture

The retreat balances structured conversation with unstructured time, destination experiences and opportunities to recover perspective. There are no exhibitions, product demonstrations, technical tracks or sponsor presentations.

Day one

Arrive and connect

Time to settle into Menorca, step away from the pace of work and begin forming genuine relationships with a carefully selected group of peers.

Core retreat day

Explore the real leadership questions

Facilitated conversations, expert perspectives and smaller-group discussions focused on pressure, responsibility, people, change and sustainable leadership.

Final morning

Reflect and return

Consolidate the experience, identify practical commitments and return with greater clarity about the role, the organisation and the people you lead.

The detailed programme, timings and contributors will be shared with confirmed participants ahead of the retreat.

The destination

Menorca offers distance from the noise.

Quieter and more understated than its neighbouring islands, Menorca provides the right environment for leaders to step away from constant change, competing priorities and digital intensity.

Time outdoors, movement, mindfulness, shared meals and carefully selected local experiences create the mental space needed for stronger conversation, clearer thinking and genuine recovery.

Menorca Balearic Islands Spain October 2027

Who it is for

A carefully curated Data and AI leadership community

The retreat is designed for established leaders carrying meaningful responsibility for organisational data, analytics, AI strategy, transformation and the people delivering it.

Chief Data Officers
Chief Analytics Officers
Chief AI Officers and senior AI leaders
Group, global and regional Data & AI leaders
Executives responsible for significant transformation
Leaders willing to contribute openly and support peers

The experience

What participants can expect

Carefully selected accommodation

A private setting chosen to support rest, conversation and genuine time away.

Facilitated peer discussions

Confidential conversations focused on the human realities of leading Data and AI transformation.

Relevant expert perspectives

Insight from leadership, psychology, ethics, organisational change and sustainable performance.

Wellbeing and destination experiences

Mindfulness, movement and local experiences designed to restore energy and perspective.

Shared dining

Carefully planned meals that allow relationships and conversations to develop naturally.

Ongoing community

Access to relevant Retreat Insights, interviews and future CXO Retreats activity.

Final travel arrangements, accommodation details and the complete list of inclusions will be provided during the confirmation process.

Retreat Partners

Relationships without a sponsored agenda.

The retreat will be supported by a small, carefully selected group of Retreat Partners. Their involvement makes the experience possible but never turns it into a sales, product or technical event.

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One representative per partner

Each partner is represented by only one person, protecting the intimacy and balance of the retreat group.
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A genuine C-suite leader

The representative must be a member of the partner’s C-suite and participates as a fellow executive, not as a salesperson.
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Introductions before Menorca

During the eight weeks before the retreat, every participant will have a 30-minute introductory conversation with each Retreat Partner.
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No sponsor sessions while away

There are no sponsor presentations, product demonstrations, technical sessions or forced commercial meetings in Menorca.

Build familiarity before arrival. Focus on leadership while away.

The introductory calls allow relevant professional relationships to begin before the retreat and remove the need for commercial activity during the programme.

In Menorca, everyone participates in the same leadership conversations, shared meals, wellbeing experiences and destination programme.

Join the Data & AI Leaders retreat.

Places will be deliberately limited to protect the quality, relevance and confidentiality of the experience. Register your interest to receive further information and begin the application process when it opens.

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Register your interest

Share your details and tell us a little about your role.
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Application review

We review applications to ensure the retreat is relevant and the group is appropriately matched.
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Private conversation

Selected applicants may be invited to a short conversation before places are confirmed.
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Confirmation and introductions

Confirmed participants receive the programme, travel details and schedule for their pre-retreat partner introductions.