A Leader's Guide to Generative AI

86% of IT leaders expect generative AI to soon play a significant role in their organizations (source: SalesForce). The European Union Law Enforcement Agency predicts that 90% of online content could be synthetically created by 2026. Your teams rely on you for steady leadership in the face of rapid change and disruption. If you are not familiar with this bold new technology, you are already falling behind.

This 90-minute course will equip you to be a nimble, confident leader navigating the technological revolution called generative AI. Your instructor is a former technology executive with over 2 decades of experience and who has implemented real-world AI solutions. He has authored several Udemy courses on various technology, finance & retail topics.

Using a layered, methodical approach, your instructor will first walk you through a non-technical understanding of the technology: how it works, how it is used, and industry buzz words. The lectures are geared toward a non-technical audience, using plain language, powerful visuals and requiring no experience.

After building a solid foundation of “What” & “How” using real-life examples, the course shifts its focus into the urgent ethical, legal, and leadership questions surrounding generative AI. The instructor provides you with a simple leadership framework to guide you through your company’s AI journey.

At the end of this course, you will be conversant on generative AI technology, allowing you to partner with cross-functional project teams. You will also possess the confidence to effectively lead your team(s) through generative AI’s disruptive change while keeping a watchful eye on the external customer.

The course is comprised of 16 lectures, each having an average length of 6 minutes, allowing you to learn the content at your own pace during your busy workday. Some lectures include multiple-choice knowledge assessments, where applicable. All the presentation slides are attached to each lecture in PDF format for your convenience.

The course flows as follows:

• Overview of generative AI, its key terms and how it differs from other forms of AI

• Review of how you already use AI every day, which makes the topic more relatable

• How 3 specific industries are using generative AI to better serve customers

• Review the ethical and legal concerns related to generative AI, including European Union regulations, which could become a precedent for other countries

• Study the best practice of an organizational AI mission statement and values-based leadership

• Risk mitigation strategies to prevent negative employee & customer perceptions

• Best practices for technology governance

• A leadership framework that can guide you through the most complex dilemmas by anchoring you to a set of principles and behaviors

If you are intimidated, anxious or just plain curious about generative AI and what it means to you as a leader, why not take the first step by enrolling in this course? Let this be your launching point as you ascend to a higher level of leadership, built upon a solid foundation of empathy and ethics. Display genuine leadership in an age of artificial intelligence.