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For over three decades, Scott Bennett built his career in the trenches of business leadership, navigating the complexities of scaling Golden Platter Foods, a company that evolved from a small family-run operation into a powerhouse in the food industry. The journey was marked by persistent challenges — balancing growth, maintaining accountability across a large workforce, and making high-stakes decisions in an ever-changing market.
Despite a track record of success, Scott recognized a key problem plaguing not just his company, but businesses everywhere: the gap between strategy and execution. No matter how well-crafted a business plan was, ensuring alignment across teams, maintaining momentum, and driving accountability remained a constant uphill battle.
Scott didn’t just witness this struggle — he lived it.
A frustrating reality of scaling a business
As Golden Platter expanded, Scott saw firsthand how quickly priorities could slip through the cracks. Meetings were held, initiatives were launched, but execution often lagged. Leaders found themselves caught between micromanaging their teams or accepting inefficiencies.
Scott’s introduction to structured business operating frameworks, including EOS (an “Entrepreneurial Operating System” developed by Gino Wickman), helped lay the groundwork for a more disciplined approach to management. Implementing structured meetings and clearer goal-setting at Golden Platter was a step in the right direction, but it wasn’t enough. Even with the best systems, execution still depended on human oversight and follow-through — both of which were prone to failure at scale.
The challenge wasn’t a lack of effort or talent — it was the limitations of traditional management tools.
The spark: AI as the missing link
With a deep understanding of business operations and a growing curiosity about AI’s capabilities, Scott saw an opportunity to bridge the execution gap with artificial intelligence.
Instead of simply helping companies strategize better, what if AI could serve as a real-time management system, ensuring that execution happens seamlessly, intelligently, and autonomously?
This idea led to the birth of BoardroomIQ, an AI-powered platform designed to simulate high-level boardroom discussions and strategic planning. It gave business leaders a way to structure their thinking, refine decision-making, and implement Fortune 500-level governance within their companies.
While BoardroomIQ was a strong proof of concept, Scott quickly realized it addressed only part of the problem. Strategy alone wasn’t enough — leaders needed a system that could ensure accountability and alignment across their entire company.
The vision had to evolve.
The inflection point: From BoardroomIQ to BoardroomAI
Scott’s real breakthrough came when he recognized that the core problem of business management wasn’t just strategy — it was execution at scale. Companies weren’t struggling because they lacked ideas or plans. They struggled because there was no centralized, intelligent system that ensured plans actually turned into results.
That’s when BoardroomAI was born.
Unlike traditional ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems, which focus on financials and operations, BoardroomAI was envisioned as an EMP (Enterprise Management Platform) — a system designed to oversee the entire lifecycle of execution, from strategic planning to real-time monitoring of deliverables.
A new category: The Enterprise Management Platform (EMP)
BoardroomAI is not just another business tool — it’s an AI-powered executive assistant that helps companies stay on course. It integrates across departments, pulling insights from communication tools, project management platforms, and operational data to track progress. It reduces the need for micromanagement, providing executives with an intelligent oversight system that flags risks and bottlenecks before they become crises. It enforces accountability, helping ensure that commitments made in meetings translate into real-world action, without leaders needing to chase people down.
This isn’t just about automating reports — it’s about modernizing how leadership operates in the age of AI.
The future: Changing how businesses are managed
Scott Bennett’s journey — from navigating the challenges of food manufacturing to pioneering AI-driven business oversight — has been shaped by a deep understanding of what really holds companies back. BoardroomAI is not just a tech solution; it’s a response to the pain points that have plagued business leaders for decades.
With early traction building and investors recognizing the potential of AI-powered management, BoardroomAI is positioned to improve how organizations operate. No longer will leaders have to choose between staying hands-on or letting execution slip through the cracks. By leveraging AI, BoardroomAI addresses gaps that traditional ERP, CRM, and project management tools may not fully cover, helping organizations execute their strategies more effectively at scale.
To learn more, visit boardroomai.com
