Winning with AI: Using AI Tools to Achieve Better Business Results

The successful adoption of AI can only happen when business leaders effectively agree and execute on the organization's strategy.

This highly interactive, simulated business challenge equips leaders with the key AI concepts, tools and hands-on practice needed to evaluate if AI is a viable solution to solve a common scenario facing many industries.

Having built a strong foundation in AI concepts, participants then move into teams that collaborate through a hands-on simulation in real time to explore, apply and assess the opportunities and risks AI can present in organizations.

Participants then step into executive-level, decision-making roles: collecting and analyzing data, evaluating organizational readiness, competing stakeholder perspectives, and weighing ethical implications. From this group work, they can determine if and when AI is the right solution, what assets and capabilities are required, and how to build a compelling business case which they present for or against AI adoption to help the business be more successful.

By the end of the seminar, participants are prepared to influence AI-related decisions, clearly communicate the pros and cons of the technology, and guide their organizations toward responsible, value-driven AI implementation.

Bonus! This course can be applied toward the AI Mastery Series certificate. More details.

• Get hands-on experience using popular AI tools such as generative prompts and bots
• Explore cross-functional stakeholders’ needs and demands as a result of AI’s dynamic technology shift
• Assess the impact AI has on talent development plans for you and others
• Develop an AI implementation plan and see how to assess the viability of options being considered
• Role play in a safe, simulated environment with your peers and practice putting AI tools and concepts to use without risk

• Apply AI concepts, data and tools to solve business challenges
• Compare and contrast large language model AI options with open-source variations
• Identify which language model AI option that is most appropriate for your business
• Understand AI applications in copywriting, brainstorming, product innovation, recruitment, onboarding, financial analysis and more
• Convey the benefits of adopting AI and help others transition to an AI mindset
• Use both technology and business acumen capabilities to successfully plan and execute the simulation assignment
• Apply Key AI concepts and applications to manage the size, cost and overall viability of the adoption plan
• Build, manage and influence relationships with stakeholders across the company
• Create an internal communication plan that introduces the idea of bringing AI into the business and helps employees transition to an AI mindset
• Identify and communicate the risks and rewards that come with AI adoption

Learning Objectives

• Define Key AI Concepts and Terms
• Understand the Business Imperative and Impact of AI
• Reflect on Their Organization’s Readiness to Adopt AI
• Build Skill Through a Simulated Challenge Faced by a CEO and their Company
• Conduct Research to Evaluate AI as a Solution to the Company’s Challenges
• Consider Stakeholder Reactions that Can Impact AI Adoption
• Evaluate and Present Key Findings to Determine the Viability of Integrating of AI
• Drive Recognition of Pros and Cons to Influence Their Organizations’ AI Plans

Overview of AI

• Understand AI Terms and Definitions
• Identify Familiar AI Solutions All Around Us
• Gain an Overview of the Current AI Landscape
• Learn About the Key Features of Algorithms

Connect Business Needs with AI Techniques and Social Realities

• Recognize Business Situations Where One Should Look to AI for Assistance
• Determine the AI Capabilities of an Organization to Advocate for or against AI Solutions to Business Issues
• Identify Assets You Need to Include in an AI Solution in Order to Actually Solve Your Problem
• Learn the Typical AI Adoption Paths for Individual Contributors, Leaders, Teams, and Organizations
• Understand the Common Risks and Rewards Along Each Path

Understand a CEO’s Challenge and Mandate

• Evaluate a scenario for potential AI implementation
• Consider the CEO’s mandate and pros and cons of implementing an AI solution
• Discuss key organizational components needed to make a decision including stakeholders, budget and operations

Access and Analyze Data to Understand Current Processes that Affect Costs and Efficiencies

• Identify key factors in determining AI viability
• Utilize data sets, personas, and AI tools to clarify challenges and brainstorm solutions
• Debrief the uses and considerations of AI tools within research and analysis functions

Ethics of AI Implementation

• Discuss the ethics of AI implementation, with specific focus on bias, limitations, suppression, and downstream effects

Identify Stakeholders’ Mindsets and Working Realities About Using AI

• Consider various use cases for AI solutions within different job functions and departments, and for various tasks and needs
• Discuss variance between global messaging and stakeholder-specific messaging
• Assess how stakeholder mindsets and resistance can impact successful AI implementation

Construct a Business Case for or Against AI Adoption

• Construct a presentation using the simulation materials, arguing for or against AI adoption
• Leverage AI tools to ensure data, research, and prompts are sufficiently organized for effective presentation
• Identify key takeaways and practice presenting on AI solutions

Present Your Business Case to the CEO: Make a Compelling Argument

• Deliver presentations, provide feedback, and debrief the simulation experience

AI in the Workplace: Considerations for Implementation

• Debrief presentation results and capture your most important takeaways

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