Confidently lead AI in your organisation, built for business leaders, execs, and decision-makers (no coding needed)
Are you leading in a world where AI is everywhere but confidence in how to engage with it is nowhere?
What you’ll learn
- Define AI fluency as a core leadership capability, and explain why it’s essential for guiding modern strategy, investment, and transformation..
- Describe how AI systems work at a leadership level, including the role of data, algorithms, and infrastructure, so you can confidently lead, question, and gov.
- Differentiate between AI model types and identify which approaches best match your organisation’s needs, risks, and maturity..
- Confidently engage in high-quality, value-driven conversations about AI with technical teams and stakeholders using the right questions, language, and oversight.
Course Content
- Why AI Fluency Matters for Leaders and Decision Makers –> 4 lectures • 15min.
- The Rise of AI –> 4 lectures • 19min.
- What Makes AI Work: Data –> 3 lectures • 14min.
- What Makes AI Work: Algorithms –> 7 lectures • 33min.
- Scaling AI Strategically –> 3 lectures • 12min.
Requirements
Are you leading in a world where AI is everywhere but confidence in how to engage with it is nowhere?
This course builds AI fluency for leaders not technical skills, but the strategic understanding you need to lead, challenge, and guide AI across your organisation.
You’ll learn how AI systems actually work, how to ask the right questions, and how to avoid becoming the leader who nods through jargon-filled meetings or worse, signs off on AI without understanding it.
Whether you’re a senior exec, business unit lead, or future-focused manager, this course gives you the tools to lead AI conversations with clarity, credibility, and confidence.
What makes this course different?
- Designed for leaders — no coding, just clear insight
- Fluency over fluff — simple, strategic explanations that stick
- Real-world examples — McDonald’s, IBM Watson, Klarna, and more
- Immediate impact — so you can lead with influence today
By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:
- Explain what powers AI in plain language
- Distinguish between different AI models and match them to real problems
- Engage with AI teams, vendors, and initiatives confidently and critically
- Understand the leadership role in making AI work and avoiding hype-driven mistakes
Part of a Complete AI Leadership Series
This course is part of a growing series designed to help leaders engage with AI at every stage — from first exposure to full-scale delivery.
As you build fluency here, the following courses will help deepen and extend your capability:
Executive Introduction to AI
– A clear, jargon-free overview of what AI is, where it came from, and why every leader needs to understand it — fast.
Translating AI Ambition into Business Value
– Move from ideas to outcomes. Learn how to align AI with strategy, prioritise use cases, and lead delivery that actually lands.
Building AI Readiness Across Your Organisation
– Explore the operating models, capability shifts, and cultural enablers needed to prepare for enterprise-scale AI.
Leading Responsible AI
– Understand the risks, governance structures, and ethical guardrails needed to use AI transparently and sustainably.
AI in Practice: Real-World Delivery & Change
– Follow extended case studies and battle-tested practices to embed AI into how your organisation works, learns, and grows.