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AI Agents for Leaders
Role Play
460 students
AI Agents for Leaders
Understand, Lead, and Strategically Apply AI Agents Across Industries — Without Writing Code
Created byProf. Dr. Ana-Maria Olteteanu
Last updated 1/2026
English
What you'll learn
- Distinguish between rule-based bots, RPA systems, and modern AI agents.
- Understand the foundations of Agents and Agentic Architectures
- Identify the main components of Agents and Agent Architectures
- Explore what makes an agent “intelligent,” including features like autonomy, memory, planning, and interactivity.
- Analyze state-of-the-art applications of agents in domains such as healthcare, enterprise, education, and personal productivity.
- Compare leading agent architectures (e.g., Autogen, CrewAI, LangGraph) and learn when to use each.
- Understand how to integrate tools, memory systems, and external APIs to enable agents to perceive, reason, and act in real or simulated environments.
- See how one can implement agents using open-source frameworks like LangChain, CrewAI, or LangGraph.
- Explore concepts such as recursive prompting, self-reflection, planning, negotiation, and agent collaboration.
- Design and simulate multi-agent workflows with communication, goal alignment, and safety considerations.
- Examine the ethical, technical, and societal challenges of autonomous agents—including embodiment, trust, and permission layers.
- Explore cutting-edge research directions and speculate on trends shaping the future of agent technologies.
- Design and prototype their own AI agents using open-source frameworks like LangChain, CrewAI, or LangGraph.
- Integrate agents into productivity, healthcare, or enterprise workflows with an awareness of memory, safety, planning, and tool use.
- Evaluate agent architectures and agent capabilities for internal deployments, product innovation, or research prototyping.
- Contribute to multi-agent systems or lead discussions about how AI agents will reshape industries.
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Course content
5 sections • 19 lectures • 2h 53m total length
Requirements
- None
Description
AI agents are transforming work—and leaders need to understand how to harness them.
This course is designed for professionals, innovators, and decision-makers who want to lead confidently in the age of AI agents. You’ll gain a clear, practical understanding of what agents are, how they work, and how they’re being applied across sectors like healthcare, enterprise, and education—without needing to write code.
In this course we will explore:
What makes AI agents different from bots or automation scripts
Core capabilities: memory, planning, tool use, communication, and learning
Use cases: from care coordination and workflow agents to productivity and coaching companions
How to evaluate frameworks like LangChain, CrewAI, and LangGraph (without needing to build them yourself)
Leadership insights on agent architecture, team readiness, safety, and ethical design
Future trends: multi-agent systems, embodied agents, and strategic AI roadmaps
You’ll leave with the ability to speak the language of AI agents, evaluate tools, identify valuable use cases, and guide technical or business teams in responsible deployment.
Who This Course Is For:
Innovation and digital transformation leaders
Product and strategy professionals exploring AI capabilities
Business professionals who want to lead AI adoption — not just watch it happen
Consultants and team leads who need to bridge business and AI development teams
AI professionals, data scientists and programmers wanting to understand the principles of AI agents
No coding skills required. Just a sharp mind, a curiosity for emerging technologies, and a desire to shape the future of work.
Who this course is for:
- Business Leaders looking to understand what can be achieved with AI an agents
- Industry leaders looking for inspiration and developing thought leadership within their industry
- Software professionals looking to get into AI agents and agentic architectures
- Professionals and technically curious individuals who want to understand, build, and apply AI agents in real-world context
- Data science professionals
- Project managers
- Innovation professionals
- Consultants
- Students
- Business owners looking to add Agentic AI to their business
- Entrepreneurs looking to build their next venture in the AI agentic space
- Beginner Python developers curious about AI Agents
- Digital transformation professionals who want to leverage AI agents to improve workflows, productivity, or decision-making in their organizations.
- Product managers and innovation leads exploring AI-driven product features or planning AI agent integrations in existing tools.
- AI-curious developers or data professionals who want to go beyond prompt engineering to architect and implement real AI agent systems.
- Healthcare, education, or enterprise leaders seeking to understand how autonomous or semi-autonomous agents can be safely and ethically applied in domain-specific contexts.
- Academic or applied researchers looking for a structured, application-driven introduction to the current state of agent technology.