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Course

AI and Leadership

41 hours 27 minutes

Credits: Optional Learning

Description

In this course, learners will develop the strategic, ethical, and technical perspectives needed to lead effectively in an AI-driven world. Learners will explore responsible AI leadership, human-centered leadership principles, and the strategic and cultural shifts required to adopt and scale AI across organisations. Drawing on MIT Sloan Management Review insights, they will examine how AI impacts workforce dynamics, employee engagement, marketing, finance, and innovation, and learn how to identify the right AI problems to solve, ensure business and technical readiness, and achieve measurable ROI from AI initiatives. Learners will then apply AI change management frameworks to lead teams through transformation, leverage AI in decision-making, and embed ethical AI practices into strategic planning. For technology leaders, the course goes deeper into AI and machine learning fundamentals, emerging data trends including data fabric, data observability, and AI TRiSM, and the development of a robust AI and ML data strategy covering governance, ethics, data bias, and building an AI-powered workforce.

What Students Will Learn

  • Responsible AI Leadership: Ethics, Trust and Accountability
  • Building Your Business Strategy with AI
  • Human-centered Leadership in the Age of AI
  • Leading in the Age of Generative AI
  • Generating Sustainable Value From Social Media, powered by MIT SMR
  • MIT SMR: Data and Disruption: Mastering AI and Machine Learning for Finance
  • Leading in the Age of AI
  • MIT SMR: Adopting AI: Picking the Right Problems to Solve
  • MIT SMR: Adopting AI: Ensuring Business Readiness
  • MIT SMR: Adopting AI: Putting the Pieces Together
  • MIT SMR: Increasing AI Tool Adoption by Front-Line Workers
  • MIT SMR: Learn to Make the Most of Your Relationship With AI
  • MIT SMR: Adopting AI - Ensuring Technical Readiness
  • MIT SMR: The Innovator's Mindset Creating a Better Tomorrow With AI
  • MIT SMR: Critical Success Factors for Achieving ROI From AI Initiatives
  • MIT SMR: How Al Spurs Employee Engagement and Innovation at Levi Strauss & Co
  • MIT SMR: How to Succeed With AI Augmentation
  • MIT SMR: How Encouraging AI Use Will Benefit Your Organization
  • MIT SMR: Generative AI Demystified: What it Really Means for Business
  • MIT SMR: Finding Transformation Opportunities With Generative AI
  • MIT SMR: What AI Means for Human Capital
  • MIT SMR: How to Succeed With Predictive AI
  • MIT SMR: Fuel AI Success With the Right Data and the Right People
  • MIT SMR: 8 AI Security Issues Leaders Should Watch
  • MIT SMR: Want Better GenAI Results? Try Speed Bumps
  • MIT SMR: How AI Changes Your Workforce
  • MIT SMR: Four Tips for Staying Ahead of AI Disruption
  • MIT SMR: Philosophy Eats AI: What Leaders Should Know
  • MIT SMR: Nobel Laureate Busts the AI Hype
  • MIT SMR: 10 Essential Leadership Traits for the AI Era
  • Why AI Demands a New Breed of Leaders, powered by MIT SMR
  • MIT SMR: 9 Mistakes Leaders Make With AI Strategy
  • MIT SMR: Reimagining Marketing Strategy for the AI Era
  • MIT SMR: Scaling GenAI — Get Big Value From Smaller Efforts
  • MIT SMR: AI Coding Tools — The Productivity Trap Most Companies Miss
  • MIT SMR: AI Trends in 2026: Key Insights for Leaders
  • Leading through the AI Disruption with Empathy (Global)
  • Encouraging Innovation and Experimentation with AI

  • AI in the Workplace
  • Responsible Use of AI
  • Managing the Responsible Use of AI
  • AI Change Management: Understanding Drivers and Impact
  • AI Change Management: Leading the Transformation
  • AI Change Management: Cultivating a Continuous Learning Culture
  • Change Management in the Age of AI: Leading Your Team to Success
  • Aligning AI Strategy with Business Value
  • Leveraging AI in Decision-Making
  • Leading Ethical AI Transformation
  • Integrating AI in Strategic Planning
  • Skill Benchmark: AI Foundations Awareness (Entry Level)
  • Skill Benchmark: AI Change Management Literacy (Beginner Level)

  • Fundamentals of AI & ML: Foundational Data Science Methods
  • Fundamentals of AI & ML: Advanced Data Science Methods
  • Fundamentals of AI & ML: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
  • Fundamentals of AI & ML: Metrics & Evaluation
  • Considerations for Using AI Responsibly
  • Skill Benchmark: Fundamentals of AI and ML Literacy (Beginner Level)
  • Emerging Data Trends: Navigating the Latest Trends in Data for Leaders
  • Emerging Data Trends: Unveiling the Power of Practical Data Fabric
  • Emerging Data Trends: Unlocking Data Observability
  • Emerging Data Trends: Converged & Composable Systems
  • Emerging Data Trends: AI TRiSM Unleashed
  • AI Ethics and Risk
  • Skill Benchmark: Emerging Data Trends Competency (Intermediate Level)
  • Developing an AI/ML Data Strategy: The Data Analytics Maturity Model
  • Developing an AI/ML Data Strategy: Building an AI-powered Workforce
  • Developing an AI/ML Data Strategy: Data Analytics & Data Ethics
  • Developing an AI/ML Data Strategy: Aspects of a Robust AI Strategy
  • Developing an AI/ML Data Strategy: Data Bias & Ethical Considerations in AI
  • Developing an AI/ML Data Strategy: Data Management & Governance in AI
  • Skill Benchmark: AI and ML Data Strategy Competency (Intermediate Level)

  • AI in the Boardroom: Preparing Leaders for Responsible Governance
  • Lead With AI: Igniting Company Growth with Artificial Intelligence

Overall Learning Outcomes

  • Apply responsible AI leadership principles including ethics, trust, accountability, and human-centered approaches
  • Build and communicate an organisational AI strategy aligned with business value and transformation goals
  • Evaluate AI adoption readiness across business, technical, and cultural dimensions
  • Identify high-value AI opportunities and assess the critical success factors for achieving ROI from AI initiatives
  • Lead through AI disruption with empathy, encouraging experimentation and an innovation mindset
  • Manage AI-driven change by guiding teams through transformation and cultivating a continuous learning culture
  • Apply AI tools and frameworks to strategic decision-making, ethical transformation, and organisational planning
  • Explain foundational AI and machine learning concepts including data science methods, model metrics, and evaluation approaches
  • Assess emerging data trends including data fabric, data observability, composable systems, and AI TRiSM
  • Develop a comprehensive AI and ML data strategy covering analytics maturity, data governance, bias mitigation, and ethical considerations
  • Build and lead an AI-powered workforce with appropriate skills, culture, and governance frameworks