Strategic AI Integration: A Leader's Playbook for Business Transformation

This course is only for organizations interested in customized group trainings! Courses for individuals are here, as well as through our partner Ed2Go (Fundamentals courses and Advanced Career Training). Custom courses can be tailored to organizations needs in content, modality, duration, location and price.

Strategic AI Integration: A Leader's Playbook for Business Transformation

The Strategic AI Intergration: Leader's Playbook for Business Transformation program equips senior leaders and decision-makers with a strategic playbook for navigating the complexities of Artificial Intelligence adoption and leveraging it for fundamental business transformation. Moving beyond the hype, this course provides actionable frameworks for assessing organizational readiness, developing tailored AI integration strategies, and leading the necessary change management processes effectively.

Drawing upon deep expertise in both leadership development and current AI best practices, the program focuses on aligning AI initiatives with core business objectives, fostering an AI-ready culture, and ensuring responsible implementation to drive sustainable growth and competitive advantage.

Some of the topics covered through the Strategic AI Integration: A Leader's Guide for Business Transformation workshops include:

• Develop a comprehensive framework for assessing their organization's AI readiness across technology, talent, culture, and processes.
• Formulate a strategic roadmap for AI integration aligned with specific business goals and priorities.
• Apply change management principles tailored to AI adoption, fostering buy-in and minimizing disruption.
• Identify key metrics, OKRs, and methodologies for measuring the ROI and business impact of AI initiatives.
• Champion Responsible AI and Ethical AI practices and establish governance structures within organizations.
• Cultivate leadership competencies required to guide teams and the wider organization through AI-driven transformation.

Course Instructor: John Gartin, NAU Director of Learning & Organizational Development

John Gartin, Director of Learning & Organizational Development at Northern Arizona University, is a coach and educator with a rich background of over three decades in leadership, team building, program development, and cultivating career readiness.  His diverse background includes 8 years in the U.S. Navy Reserve, a faculty member at 5 different colleges and universities, and an NCAA Division 1 and Division 2 women’s rowing coach, earning 6 Conference Championships and 1 NCAA Championship.  He holds a Master’s in Geography researching trans-border environmental systems modeling and a Master's in Organizational Leadership, where his research in the application of LLMs and Generative AI in leadership, career readiness, and team development resulted in the creation and ongoing development of the INSPIRE Methodology of AI Prompt & Context Engineering.

Links to an externaCredentials Offered:lCredentials Offered: An NAU Certificate, Badge, or Continuing Education Units (CEUs) may be offered depending on the duration of the course developed for your organization.

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