AI Cheat Sheet for Business Leaders
45mGeneral2025-04-08
Authors

Dave Birss
Creative Expert
Course details
Many business leaders want to use AI to benefit their businesses but remain unsure of the best ways to proceed. Jargon and geek-speak can cause confusion and concerns of falling behind. In this course, creative expert Dave Birss equips you with the understanding you need to have intelligent conversations about AI, through the lens of managers and C-suite executives. Dive into complex topics in simple and easy-to-follow ways, using analogies and diagrams to make the topics easy. Build a practical understanding of how to think about implementing AI in your organization, with practical examples of how to apply what you learn. Plus, complete several simple, hands-on exercises to help you understand the technology first-hand.
Skills covered
AI for Business FoundationsArtificial Intelligence for BusinessOne-Off
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Course introduction
- 02 - What business leaders really need to know about AI
1. Ten Tips on AI for Business Leaders
- 03 - What we mean by AI
- 04 - The AI adoption journey
- 05 - AI that fits your business
- 06 - AI is about humans
- 07 - AI offers adequacy, humans offer excellence
- 08 - What tasks are AI good at
- 09 - Accountability and responsibility for AI
- 10 - Assign the right AI leader
- 11 - Choosing the right AI platforms
- 12 - Creating AI guidelines
Conclusion
- 13 - Summary and next steps
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