
Understand how this playbook bridges the gap between technical AI concepts and business value implementation.
Get an overview of the playbook's concise, strategy-focused approach to AI adoption.
Learn who this playbook is for and how they will each individually benefit from watching it: CEOs, business owners and business leaders.
This course is focused on an organisational and leadership perspective.
Discover who this course is NOT for.
Get to know your instructor's extensive background in business systems, operations and technology.
Learn how and why Aaron went from AI sceptic to enthusiast to advocate by implementing AI for business clients.
What Epictetus can teach you about AI.
How to access direct support through Udemy's Q&A system.
How to connect with Aaron on LinkedIn.
Learn how to contribute to course improvement through reviews.
Download all the checklists, diagrams, prompts, lesson summaries and slides for the course here!
Why the best way to watch this course is start-to-finish.
But... if you need a structured day-by-day breakdown, here's what you should do.
Discover the key focus questions to consider while watching each section.
If you're a CEO or business owner, here's what you need to pay attention to.
If you're a business leader or manager, here's what you need to pay attention to.
How we started with typewriters and ended up with AI, and why this matters.
Every evolution in business technology increases productivity and efficiency — but only for those ready for it.
Discover why the productivity gap between AI adopters and non-adopters will grow dramatically.
What the AI terminology you've heard about actually means: LLMs, Generative AI, RAG, AI agents and more.
Which of these AI concepts are actually useful for your business and why.
Understand the who's who of AI: from model companies to "app" companies to traditional software vendors.
Why most "AI apps" won't be around in 6 months.
Who you should pay attention to and implement products from, and who you should absolutely avoid.
The 3 Levels of AI Access explained — and why it's the most important factor in working out how you will use AI.
Some high-level cost calculations based on the 3 Levels of AI Access.
Why Generative AI is amazing... but still not magic.
Learn the real world limitations of AI output quality and what you can do about them.
Discover the actual business risks you need to watch out for with AI.
Find out which AI concerns you don't need to worry about.
The real reason why AI adoption must be leadership-driven in your company.
Learn how AI will change your team dynamics (size, salaries and more) forever.
Understand why the digital transformation gap will grow even wider with AI.
Master the 4Ps of AI Thinking: Perspective, Process, Partner, and Power.
Learn why AI implementation is all about business process reengineering.
See how AI acts as your unlimited hours, $20/month business consultant.
See how AI enhances what you already do daily as a business leader.
Master AI prompts specifically for CEO and business leader tasks.
Learn which aspects of your work AI will dramatically speed up.
BPR101: The super-simple way to map, assess and reengineer your business processes with AI.
Real examples of before/after AI-reengineered business processes.
Your role as CEO/leader in process reengineering (hint: you don't implement these yourself).
Where AI will help your team the most, and how to properly power them up with AI.
The complete guide to hiring, managing and measuring team success in the age of AI.
Special section: How AI gives non-English speaking teams a massive competitive advantage.
How to handle employee fears, resistance and concerns about AI taking their jobs.
Getting buy-in from senior management, middle management and frontline staff.
Best practices that actually work, based on real-world implementations.
Why you need a knowledge base to use AI effectively (and what to do if you don't have one).
How to use AI to extract actionable business intelligence from your existing data.
Look over my shoulder: Using AI to analyse sales data in under 3 minutes.
How to use AI in your business rhythm: meetings, reviews and project management.
How to set up Claude Projects and CustomGPTs specific to your business.
Specific prompts to ask about your operational data and why they work.
The Strategic Decision Making with AI Framework: How to specifically use AI to make better business decisions.
Real-world example: Using AI to decide whether to hire a marketing specialist.
Sneak peek: What it looks like inside 20-person company using AI across all departments.
How AI enhances every level of the business, from management, to marketing, to frontline staff.
How you can do the same with AI for your business.
The PAIR Framework for transforming your business with AI explained.
Common mistakes to avoid when implementing AI company-wide.
The default roadmap for business transformation (which processes to start with).
The AI Tool Assessment Framework: What to look for and what to avoid.
Real ROI calculations that actually make sense for your business.
Why you might already have the AI tools you need.
8 strategic principles for thinking about AI going forward into the future.
How to stay calm and focused as the AI hype continues.
Quick recap: What you've learned on this journey.
Your immediate action items.
Why you need to start now.
Here’s the interview that I did recently with Greg Gibas, the CEO and founder of Gibas Associates. Greg’s company specialises in hiring AI-trained virtual assistants.
We go into:
The nuances of hiring in the age of AI
How he uses AI at his company, and
How he uses AI as a CEO and business owner.
Updates from June 2025:
Dario Amodei's comments on white collar jobs disappearing.
Claude 4.0 and expanded projects.
Claude's prompt generator.
Deep research.
Transform how your business uses AI with a practical, no-hype playbook designed specifically for CEOs, business owners, and business leaders.
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Last Updated in September 2025:
Added FAQs.
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Imagine being able to:
Make confident business decisions about AI adoption in your business.
Know exactly which AI apps and tools are worth investing in (and which to avoid).
Implement AI smoothly and successfully in your business with the buy-in of your entire team.
Use AI to compete effectively against larger, better-equipped competitors.
Turn AI from a buzzword into real business value.
Welcome to The AI Playbook for CEOs, Business Owners and Leaders - your practical, no-nonsense guide to understanding, implementing, and succeeding with AI in your business.
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Why This Course is Different
This isn't yet-another technical course about AI development or programming. It is not a course explaining the latest theoretical AI concepts that have no real business value. You won’t find detailed coding tutorials or how-tos on structuring RAG databases. Nor will you find any “cool AI tech demos” that 99% of businesses will never be able to use.
This is a business-focused course that gets to the point, teaches you what you need to know about AI, then lets you get on with running your business and making money. Seriously, who has time to watch 5, 8, 10 hours (!) of video?
Instead of just showing you AI tools, The AI Playbook will teach you:
How AI applies to the important parts of your business — team, operations and revenue ($).
What AI actually changes in your business right now.
How to assess AI apps and tools and calculate their real ROI.
Where to even start with AI adoption in your company.
Why good business process reengineering is the KEY to implementing AI successfully — and exactly how to do it.
How to manage your team’s expectations and concerns as you adopt AI (i.e., change management).
Different frameworks and mental models for thinking about AI as a business person.
What You'll Learn
1. Understanding AI for Business
Cut through the hype to understand what AI can and cannot actually do.
How to recognise which AI developments really matter for your business.
Identify where AI can provide real competitive advantage… and where it cannot.
Learn from other companies' AI implementation successes and failures.
2. How to Implement AI
How to develop an AI adoption strategy that aligns with your business goals.
How to transform key business processes with AI, with examples.
Collaborative AI: How to successfully integrate AI and human teams.
How to make better data-driven decisions with a bit of help from AI.
How to lead effective change management around AI adoption.
3. How to Future-Proof Your Business and Team as AI “Takes Over”
How to build AI mindsets, skills and capabilities in your organisation.
How to evaluate emerging AI apps, tools and opportunities.
How to think strategically about AI's impact on your industry.
How to stay ahead of competitors in the AI age.
What's Included
3.5 hours of zero-fluff, practical lessons tailored for busy business people.
Real-world examples, prompts, processes and case studies.
Downloadable, individual written summaries for EVERY lesson: Go through The AI Playbook even faster.
All slides, prompts, diagrams and checklists as downloadable PDF resources.
Quick Implementation Checklist for how to action your Playbook learnings over the next 45 days.
Why Learn About AI for Business Now?
When cloud computing was introduced, some companies jumped aboard and dramatically increased their real-time collaboration capabilities. This meant faster operations, happier clients, more clients and more revenue. Other companies are still emailing around 32 different versions of Word documents.
The same thing is happening with AI right now.
Those companies that delay understanding and implementing AI will face:
Competition from companies who can do what they do, only 5 times faster and at 25% of the cost.
Hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars in wasted AI app subscriptions for tools that won’t be around in 6 months’ time.
Growing competition from AI-powered teams and overseas talent using AI tools.
Loss of employees and team members who now view AI as a way of improving their own business skills and career prospects.
A (massive) missed opportunity for increased efficiency, growth and profits.
But it doesn't have to be like that.
By watching The AI Playbook, you can:
Stop the AI hype FOMO by understanding all the terminology, concepts and their actual business value… or lack thereof.
Make confident decisions about which AI tools to adopt — and which not to.
Become that company that moves 5x faster at 25% of the cost.
Future-proof your business for however AI develops.
Start Your AI Playbook Journey Today
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Note: Multiple AI apps and tools are mentioned throughout the course, including Claude Pro, ChatGPT and Gemini. The principles, processes and systems taught however, work with any of these tools.
Disclosure: This course contains a promotion. My free Udemy course, AI for Business and Personal Productivity, is mentioned a couple of times in The AI Playbook. It is a useful supplement but not a prerequisite for The AI Playbook. My other Udemy courses, The AI Agents, Automation and Agentic Workflows Guide Part 1 and Next Level Productivity are also mentioned.