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AI Strategy & Digital Transformation
FROM AI UNDERSTANDING TO BUSINESS IMPLEMENTATION
Identify, prioritise, pilot and implement AI in a real business—then leave with a 100-day plan and 12-month transformation roadmap, without coding.
Bring your business. Leave with its AI transformation plan. Learn where AI can create business impact, experience leading AI tools and agents first-hand, assess investments, manage risk and build a practical roadmap for your organisation—without coding.
8 WeeksBuilt for Business LeadersNo Coding Required12 Management Outputs100-Day Implementation Plan
AI STRATEGY FOR REAL BUSINESS
Identify, prioritise, pilot and implement AI without needing a technology background.
Business Problem → AI Opportunity → Live Demonstration → Participant Exercise → Business Application → Measurement
See it → Use it → Apply it to the business → Measure it → Decide whether to deploy it.
Use your own organisation or a selected case company throughout the course and finish with a board-ready AI Transformation Playbook.
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COURSE OVERVIEW
What this course
is built to do.
Learn how to identify, prioritise, pilot and implement AI inside a real business. Use leading AI systems, redesign a business workflow, assess vendors and ROI, set practical governance rules and build an organisation-specific transformation plan.
Each week combines a business problem, live AI demonstration, guided executive exercise, application to a real organisation and a management decision or output.
CONNECTED CAREER DIRECTIONS
Executive AI SponsorAI Strategy LeadDigital Transformation LeadBusiness AI Programme Owner
IS THIS COURSE RIGHT FOR YOU?
Choose it for the right reason.
You own or lead a business, function or transformation programme
You need to find AI projects with measurable business impact
You want to use AI and see agents and automations working before approving investment
You need a practical 100-day implementation plan without learning coding
YOUR LEARNING ARC
From guided foundation to finished work.
See it
Understand AI through live business demonstrations in plain language.
Use it
Work with leading AI, research, data and automation tools yourself.
Apply it
Redesign a real workflow and build management assets for your organisation.
Measure it
Assess cost, return, risk, adoption and vendor fit.
Deploy it
Create a 100-day implementation plan and 12-month transformation roadmap.
INDUSTRY TASKS
Practise the work, not only the tool.
- Map and rank ten AI opportunities for your organisation
- Redesign a departmental process from before-AI to after-AI
- Build a company knowledge assistant and supervised agent prototype
- Calculate an AI pilot's ROI and assess competing vendor proposals
- Present an organisation-specific AI transformation playbook
PRO
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YOUR TRAINING TEAM
Learn from experienced working professionals.
Live demonstrations, guided practice and direct project feedback are part of the course. Trainers update examples and tool coverage as professional practice changes.
WHAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DO
Course outcomes
01
Find realistic AI opportunities
A readiness scorecard, opportunity map and ranked top-ten use cases tied to business measures.
02
Redesign work with AI
An executive workflow, departmental process map, knowledge assistant and supervised agent prototype.
03
Approve AI investments
A vendor scorecard and ROI calculator covering cost, fit, control and payback.
04
Govern AI and lead adoption
GREEN / AMBER / RED rules, ownership, employee training and adoption measures.
05
Sponsor and scale AI pilots
A board-ready 100-day plan plus six-month and twelve-month roadmap.
TAKE THE NEXT STEP
Need fees, syllabus or the right batch?
An AI5 Academy advisor can help you compare mode, schedule and starting level.
DETAILED COURSE FLOW
8 learning modules
Bring your business. Leave with its AI transformation plan. Every week follows Business Problem → AI Opportunity → Live Demonstration → Participant Exercise → Business Application → Measurement.
Week 1 — AI literacy for business leaders
Understand modern AI through practical business demonstrations, not technical theory.
CORE TOPICS
- AI vs Generative AI vs automation vs agents
- ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Microsoft Copilot
- Models, applications, APIs and RAG in plain business language
- Reliability, hallucinations, privacy and safe company use
- Business data, competitor research, reports and presentations
GUIDED PRACTICE
Complete a simulated leadership task using AI for analysis, research, recommendations and presentation.
MODULE DELIVERABLE
Executive AI Toolkit
Week 2 — Finding AI opportunities
Find high-return opportunities across sales, marketing, service, finance, HR, operations, procurement and management.
CORE TOPICS
- Revenue, cost, time, experience and error-reduction opportunities
- Process, data and team readiness
- Business Impact × Feasibility × Cost × Risk × Time to Deploy
- Quick wins versus longer investments
- Selection reasons and measurable success
GUIDED PRACTICE
Map and rank AI opportunities in the participant's own organisation.
MODULE DELIVERABLE
Readiness Scorecard + Opportunity Map + Prioritised Top-10 Use Cases
Week 3 — Executive productivity and decisions
Improve a leader's own work before attempting company-wide change.
CORE TOPICS
- Business, competitor and market research
- Management reports and Excel/CSV analysis with conversational AI
- Scenario planning and decision matrices
- Board preparation, presentations and policy drafts
- Meetings, customer feedback, decisions and action tracking
GUIDED PRACTICE
Complete a simulated management day from morning briefing to action plan using AI.
MODULE DELIVERABLE
AI-Augmented Executive Workflow
Week 4 — Transforming business functions
Apply AI to real departmental work and redesign one operating workflow.
CORE TOPICS
- Marketing research, planning, creative production and analysis
- Sales research, outreach, proposals, calls, CRM and follow-up
- Service knowledge assistants, ticketing and response support
- Finance MIS, variance, documents, scenarios and reporting
- HR, operations, SOP, forecasting, quality and reporting workflows
GUIDED PRACTICE
Select one department and map its current and redesigned AI-assisted process.
MODULE DELIVERABLE
Before-AI → After-AI Business Process Map
Week 5 — Automation, agents and company knowledge
See how AI connects to information and business systems without programming the underlying technology.
CORE TOPICS
- n8n and Microsoft Power Automate demonstrations
- Enquiry-to-CRM-to-response-to-follow-up agent workflow
- SOPs, policies, FAQs, price lists and manuals as approved knowledge
- No-code RAG and company knowledge assistants
- Human supervision, permissions, exceptions and measurement
GUIDED PRACTICE
Build a knowledge assistant and a supervised automation or agent prototype.
MODULE DELIVERABLE
Company Knowledge Assistant + Working AI Agent Prototype
Week 6 — Buying, building and managing AI solutions
Make sound commercial and implementation decisions when comparing AI solutions.
CORE TOPICS
- Build vs buy vs SaaS vs custom AI
- Subscriptions, APIs, tokens, integration and usage cost
- Data preparation, maintenance, scale and vendor dependency
- Security, storage, model change and human approval questions
- Accuracy measures, export rights and integration fit
GUIDED PRACTICE
Compare fictional vendor proposals and make a documented approval decision.
MODULE DELIVERABLE
AI Vendor Evaluation Scorecard
Week 7 — ROI, governance, risk and people
Calculate return, control risk and plan employee adoption using realistic management scenarios.
CORE TOPICS
- Process cost, implementation cost, hours and capacity gained
- Financial benefit, payback period and ROI
- GREEN / AMBER / RED decision and approval rules
- Privacy, security, bias, accountability and access control
- AI champions, training, role redesign and adoption KPIs
GUIDED PRACTICE
Calculate a pilot's return and set its governance and adoption controls.
MODULE DELIVERABLE
AI ROI Calculator + Governance Framework + Employee Adoption Plan
Week 8 — The 100-day transformation plan
Turn the course work into an implementation programme for the participant's organisation.
CORE TOPICS
- Days 0–30: readiness, alignment, policy, tools and quick wins
- Days 31–60: departmental, knowledge and agent pilots
- Days 61–100: measure, stop, improve, scale and govern
- Six-month capability and investment roadmap
- Twelve-month organisation-wide transformation roadmap
GUIDED PRACTICE
Present and defend the plan as if seeking board or senior-management approval.
MODULE DELIVERABLE
AI Transformation Playbook for My Organisation
HOW THE TRAINING WORKS
See it. Use it. Apply it. Measure it. Decide.
Leaders work from a business problem to a demonstrated AI method, apply it to their own organisation and measure whether the change deserves investment. Technical ideas are explained in plain business language only where they support a management decision.
Business problem
Define the revenue, cost, time, customer, decision or risk issue that management needs to change.
AI opportunity
Decide whether AI, automation, an agent or an existing business platform fits the problem.
Live demonstration
See a working example with its data, controls, failure points and human approval steps.
Business application
Use the method and apply it to the participant's own organisation or selected case company.
Measurement
Estimate cost and return, define success measures and decide whether to stop, improve, pilot or scale.
PROGRESS IS CHECKED THROUGHClass exercisesModule deliverablesManagement asset reviewsFinal capstone presentation
WORKING MANAGEMENT ASSETS
12 outputs to take back to your organisation
Executive AI Toolkit
Build it around a real business situation, review it with the trainer and use it in the final transformation playbook.
Company AI Readiness Scorecard
Build it around a real business situation, review it with the trainer and use it in the final transformation playbook.
AI Opportunity Map
Build it around a real business situation, review it with the trainer and use it in the final transformation playbook.
Prioritised Top-10 AI Use Cases
Build it around a real business situation, review it with the trainer and use it in the final transformation playbook.
AI-Augmented Executive Workflow
Build it around a real business situation, review it with the trainer and use it in the final transformation playbook.
Before-AI vs After-AI Department Process
Build it around a real business situation, review it with the trainer and use it in the final transformation playbook.
Company Knowledge Assistant
Build it around a real business situation, review it with the trainer and use it in the final transformation playbook.
Working AI Automation / Agent Prototype
Build it around a real business situation, review it with the trainer and use it in the final transformation playbook.
AI Vendor Evaluation Scorecard
Build it around a real business situation, review it with the trainer and use it in the final transformation playbook.
AI ROI Calculator
Build it around a real business situation, review it with the trainer and use it in the final transformation playbook.
AI Governance & Adoption Framework
Build it around a real business situation, review it with the trainer and use it in the final transformation playbook.
100-Day + 12-Month AI Transformation Roadmap
Build it around a real business situation, review it with the trainer and use it in the final transformation playbook.
TAKE THE NEXT STEP
Need fees, syllabus or the right batch?
An AI5 Academy advisor can help you compare mode, schedule and starting level.
TOOLS COVERED
Core AI
ChatGPTClaudeGeminiMicrosoft Copilot
Research & management work
PerplexityGemini Deep ResearchCurrent deep-research capabilitiesExcel / Google Sheets with conversational AIPower BI / Copilot demonstrations
Automation, knowledge & agents
n8nMicrosoft Power AutomateCustom AI assistantsCustom GPT-style systemsGemini GemsNo-code RAGNo-code / low-code AI agents
Tools support business outcomes rather than becoming the main subject. Platforms and models may change as stronger business options become available. Paid enterprise access is demonstrated where available and is not included unless confirmed for the batch.COMMON QUESTIONS
Before you apply
Is this a technical course?
No. RAG, APIs, agents and LLMs are explained only to the depth a leader needs for commercial and operating decisions. No coding is required.
＋Will I use AI or only study strategy?
You will use leading AI tools, analyse business information, redesign a workflow and see knowledge assistants, automations and agents working.
＋Can a company leadership team attend?
Yes. It can run as an open programme or a private company programme using approved business cases.
＋What will I take back to my organisation?
Twelve working management assets, including readiness and opportunity scorecards, an ROI calculator, governance rules and a 100-day plus 12-month roadmap.
＋Do I need coding experience?
No, unless the course level says otherwise. Your advisor will check the right starting level.
＋Are classes live or recorded?
Classes are trainer-led in the classroom or live online. Recordings may support revision but do not replace class.
＋Will I receive a certificate?
Yes. Course completion requires attendance, assignments and the final project.
＋Can working professionals join?
Yes. Weekday, weekend and selected fast-track schedules are available.
＋NEXT BATCH
Choose your course.
Choose your schedule.
Online or offline. Weekdays or weekends. Regular or fast track. Speak with an AI5 Academy advisor about the right starting level.