As artificial intelligence continues to transform nearly every industry, non-technical leaders face new challenges and new opportunities. AI Essentials emphasizes AI literacy, equipping executives and senior managers with a clear, accessible understanding of AI technologies and the strategic frameworks needed to drive AI adoption across their organizations.

The two-day course combines cutting edge research-based insights with real-world business examples and hands on action learning activities. Day 1 introduces leaders to the AI landscape, the transformative potential of AI across business functions, and the critical role of data in AI-driven decision-making. Leaders explore ethical, regulatory, and governance considerations, including bias, privacy, transparency, and responsible AI adoption. 

Day 2 focuses on accelerating AI transformation. Participants learn to design AI strategies aligned with their organizational goals, integrate AI into enterprise processes, and cultivate a culture that supports AI acceptance and adoption whilst evolving the exploration quotient (EQ) of their teams. The course highlights current AI tools and emerging frontiers, including generative AI, multimodal AI, agentic AI, and AGI (artificial general intelligence), giving leaders a practical perspective on applications relevant to their organizations. The capstone session empowers leaders to translate learning into action by creating AI adoption roadmaps, defining value metrics, and practicing decision-making in AI-driven scenarios.

If you're ready to take the next step in leading your organization through AI transformation, this course is the ideal starting point.

At the end of this course, you will have gained foundational AI literacy. You will be able to define and explain the role of AI today in your organization and where you plan to be over the next 6-18 months. You will also be able to:

• Cultivate the mindset to use AI as a catalyst for business growth
• Promote an AI-ready culture that promotes trust, transparency, and continuous learning
• Articulate where you are today with AI in plain language 
• Develop and lead AI projects from ideation to implementation, with awareness of common pitfalls and success factors
• Apply best practices in AI governance, ethics, and regulatory compliance
• Align AI initiatives with business strategy and create action plans for long-term AI integration

Interactive elements, including bot building, prompt engineering, and agent creation are central to the AI Essentials course, ensuring leaders practice applying their knowledge immediately. With the help of these action learning components, participants gain hands-on experience in assessing AI opportunities, navigating challenges, and supporting strategic choices. The course’s practical focus equips leaders to bridge the gap between technical teams and organizational strategy, strengthening the capability to guide AI initiatives from conception to effective execution.

At the center of the experience is a personalized AI Essentials Playbook—an editable PDF that participants build throughout the two days. Leaders capture insights, frameworks, and action steps, and answer reflection questions to ensure they leave with a concrete plan tailored to their organization.

Participants gain LLM subscriptions for prompt engineering practice, learning how to craft effective prompts to guide AI systems. They also build AI agents and chatbots, applying concepts like task decomposition and workflow automation to understand how these tools can augment decision-making and streamline operations.

A signature activity is the AI Team Simulation, where leaders take on roles in a cross-functional project team. This exercise highlights the challenges of aligning technical and business priorities while fostering collaboration between humans and AI.

By the end, participants leave with their playbook, hands-on experience, and the confidence to lead AI initiatives, make informed decisions, and foster an AI-ready culture. 

We accept enrollments until the offering reaches capacity at which point we will maintain a waitlist. This course could fill up several weeks in advance, so we advise that you enroll as early as possible to secure your seat.