AI Transformation Training for Business Leaders

This AI leadership training is designed for business leaders — directors, VPs, and executives — across marketing, sales, operations, HR, finance, and strategy. It's also well suited to aspiring leaders who want to understand how to adopt and scale AI responsibly. Whether you're evaluating generative AI for business leaders or building an enterprise-wide AI strategy, you'll leave with practical knowledge and tools for planning, strategizing, and implementing AI initiatives using Microsoft technologies.

Ideal for:

• Directors, VPs, and C-suite executives exploring AI adoption
• Marketing, sales, operations, HR, and finance leaders
• Aspiring leaders preparing to champion AI initiatives
• Organizations planning enterprise-wide AI transformation

By the end of this AI transformation training, participants will be able to:

• Explain the fundamentals of generative AI and its potential business value
• Identify high-impact opportunities to apply generative AI within their organization
• Understand the cost drivers, challenges, and opportunities associated with generative AI adoption
• Apply prompt engineering basics and understand how to ground AI in trusted data
• Evaluate Microsoft Copilot solutions and map them to relevant business processes
• Assess Microsoft Foundry tools and select the right fit for organizational goals
• Align AI strategy with broader business strategy, technology, culture, and governance
• Apply responsible AI principles and governance frameworks
• Develop an approach for scaling AI in an organization across teams and departments

Module 1: Foundations of Generative AI for Business Leaders

• What generative AI is and how it works at a high level
• The business value generative AI can unlock
• Common generative AI models
• Cost drivers to plan for
• Key challenges and opportunities

Module 2: Building Effective Generative AI Solutions

• Prompt engineering basics
• Grounding AI outputs in trusted data
• Data and security considerations for trustworthy AI
• The business case for machine learning

Module 3: Driving Business Value with Microsoft Copilot

• Overview of Copilot solutions and experiences
• Mapping business processes to Copilot use cases
• Extending and customizing Copilot
• Responsible AI in Copilot
• Copilot licensing considerations

Module 4: Driving Business Value with Microsoft Foundry Tools

• Why Microsoft Foundry matters to the business
• Connecting business scenarios to Foundry solutions
• Selecting the right Foundry model for your goals
• Foundry subscription models

Module 5: Leveraging AI Tools and Resources

• Core AI technology concepts
• The Microsoft approach to AI
• Copilot and agents in the workplace
• Driving transformation with Azure cloud and AI platforms
• Securing AI as a foundation for trust

Module 6: Creating Business Value with AI

• Business strategy alignment
• Technology and data strategy
• AI strategy and experience
• Organization and culture shifts
• AI governance
• Summarizing the drivers of AI business value

Module 7: Responsible AI Principles and Practices

• Preparing for responsible AI adoption
• Guiding principles for responsible AI
• Designing and applying an AI governance system
• How Microsoft approaches responsible AI
• Putting responsible AI frameworks into practice

Module 8: Scaling AI in Your Organization

• Unlocking organization-wide AI value
• Structuring teams for AI success
• Empowering business users with AI
• Empowering subject matter experts with AI

There are no prerequisites for this course. It's built for business leaders at any stage of their AI transformation journey — no coding experience or technical AI background needed.