Kaj Van De Loo began with a deliberate pre-alignment step, engaging legal, security, and privacy teams as advisors before any technology was introduced. The key move was clarifying that executive leadership — not compliance functions — owned the risk decisions. This repositioning removed the veto power these teams had been quietly exercising and surfaced undeclared concerns that could be addressed directly rather than allowed to quietly block progress. With organizational alignment secured, the program proceeded in structured phases. An AI council was formed with senior cross-functional representation to govern and champion adoption. Enterprise ChatGPT licenses were rolled out to all employees. Internal data sources were integrated into custom GPTs, giving employees AI tools grounded in the company's actual context. Employees were then invited to submit AI improvement ideas, which could be implemented directly. Hackathons held at OpenAI's San Francisco offices accelerated collaboration and built visible momentum across the organization. The full program unfolded over six to twelve months.