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Where are the AI courses for busy leaders & execs? Lately I’ve been chatting with CIOs, CFOs, Heads of HR and Procurement, all trying to make sense of AI and where it fits. Most are self-learning. Some are getting insights from internal pilots or vendor sessions. But when I asked if they'd come across a great course or speaker, something built for leaders not deep tech - there wasn’t a clear standout. Sounds like a lot of us are figuring it out as we go. Enough to ask the right questions, keep people safe, and avoid chasing shiny toys. So I thought I’d ask here: Have you come across anything worth recommending? Courses, webinars, speakers…anything that actually helped shift your thinking? Happy to pull together a few ideas if there’s interest - might help others in the same boat.
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Will be watching this thread with interest….super keen to learn but often not sure where to start!!
Sean Goulding I will DM you!
Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Wharton, Columbia all have online programs for AI driven leadership. I have heard great things from leaders who have attended some of them.
Hi Sean Goulding - the best thing I've seen is Anthropic's "AI Fluency" course, which is free. Naturally, it uses Claude in its examples but it is equally applicable to Gemini and GPT-x
Sean Goulding, you've nailed it. Most AI education treats it like a tech upgrade, but AI is fundamentally changing how we work, how we lead and how business gets done. Almost no one is addressing the shift that's needed in a leader's mindset around leading in this new era. My background in leadership coaching has me seeing this differently - what if the real issue is that leaders are being asked to guide strategic decisions about something they've never personally experienced? How do you lead AI transformation when you haven't felt how AI transforms your own work? How do you ask the right questions about implementation when you don't know what good looks like? I've spent months in conversations with leaders about this gap and I'm launching something to address it. I invite you, or others, to learn more about "AI Leadership Edge" - my new service offering that blends coaching, advisory and hands-on AI experience to help leaders develop the strategic fluency they need before making AI decisions for their teams and organizations. Let's talk!
Yes to quite a few above including Sue Cunningham's AI Leadership Circles - Sue combines her own deep knowledge of transformation and executive leadership with her wide ranging exploration and knowledge gathering of all things AI. You might also consider Sami Mäkeläinen two day workshops for exec boards. And for communication and engagement specialists (including leaders) #CommunicationLink do a great half day online session with Dominic Lavers (I know cos I wrote it) Then not a course, but for a whole suite of higher signal conversations where you can bring your questions and explorations and someone will be able to help, there is the #HumansPlusAI community, led by Ross Dawson.
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4dI've recently pushed agentic and generative AI solutions into production and getting strong value back already. The key for me was a set of strong guard rails, risk management and governance (particularly data governance) The new ISO 42001 standard along with the ACS (Australian Computer Society) data sharing framework (shameless plug) are a good starting point to keeping us safe. Cloudwerx has an upcoming session on all things AI with the legend John (JC) Cosgrove - (check his linkedin page also) The technology is moving fast, I think getting your hands dirty and connecting with others is best way to keep on top of it. https://www.acs.org.au/insightsandpublications/reports-publications/data-sharing-frameworks.html