AI Foundations for Business Leaders

What you will learn

Course overview

This course helps you understand Artificial Intelligence (AI) with a focus on Generative AI (GenAI). You’ll learn what AI can and can’t do. You'll learn how to use it in your organization. The course focuses on practical use, not technical skills. You'll explore where AI can add organizational value and how to make sure it aligns with your business goals.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• understand what AI is and what it isn’t
• describe GenAI’s place in the AI landscape
• understand the capabilities and limitations of AI tools
• use prompting fundamentals to get better results with GenAI tools
• identify how AI could help your organization
• appreciate how a human-centered approach to AI use can improve organizations
• put the appropriate safeguards in place, especially for enterprise data
• recognize what successful AI use looks like
• define what it looks like to lead an organization in the age of AI
• communicate effectively between technical and non-technical teams/users

Who should attend

This course is a good fit for:

• business owners and senior leaders responsible for strategy and growth
• C‑suite executives and vice-presidents overseeing transformation and investment decisions
• senior managers and directors in strategy, operations, innovation or digital initiatives
• public sector executives and senior managers leading modernization efforts
• non‑technical leaders sponsoring or evaluating AI initiatives

Fees & cancellations

Cost: $995 (plus tax)

Tuition includes all course materials and a certificate of completion.

Team savings*:

• save 10 per cent per registrant with a group registration: 3 or more people from the same organization registering at the same time

Space is limited so register today!

*Discounts cannot be combined with any other discount or special offer.

Cancellations

Refunds can be provided for program cancellations if received prior to the program being initiated. No refunds will be provided after program start. 

Instructors

Taught by experienced Gustavson educators and consultants with expertise in AI.

Rishi Behari

Rishi Behari is a professional consultant, educator, speaker, and commentator across media, specializing in addressing the intersections of AI and technology with the realities of modern society, work, and life. The former Associate Director of the world’s first premiere master’s business program to merge education in AI and technology with business fundamentals, Rishi also teaches and lectures in these areas in post-secondary education. As an extension of his work in the classroom, Rishi continues to lead and advocate for innovation and a critical dialogue around these issues within and beyond academia. Rishi’s ongoing consulting has him embedded in conversations with, and gleaning insights from working with some of the most well known and trusted brands in the world.

Ben Lukenchuk

Ben Lukenchuk is an economist and teacher by training. He has often found himself acting as a knowledge translator, working between technical and non-specialist teams to find solutions to interdisciplinary problems. He is passionate about helping others build this skill. As a post-secondary instructor, Ben leans into the ways in which AI, and specifically GenAI, is lowering the barriers to entry for valuable analytical skills. Ben champions a human-centered approach to AI, where AI is used to enhance and augment people as opposed to replacing them.

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