Generative AI for CEOs: Strategy, Investment and Governance

This course contains the use of artificial intelligence

Generative AI belongs on the executive agenda.

A clear portfolio, explicit accountability and credible evidence give that agenda substance.

Separate functions can bring forward attractive AI proposals without a shared view of priorities, dependencies or review capacity. Investment requests may describe potential benefits while leaving data preparation, human checking and ongoing costs unclear. An executive meeting then has plenty of enthusiasm but too little information about what deserves attention, what needs more evidence and who carries responsibility.

An executive playbook puts those questions into a consistent structure. Proposed value remains a hypothesis until supported by observations, resource commitments stay visible, and approvals belong to named people. Innovation, efficiency and growth become directions for examining opportunities rather than promises attached to every initiative.

Mike is the #1 HR instructor on Udemy, with 20 years of HR experience. His credentials include PHRi, SHRM-CP and HCI sHRBP. That people and leadership background informs the course's attention to executive responsibility, capability needs and the relationship between business leadership and HR.

The course has two connected layers. The new Generative AI CEO playbook comes first, starting with a portfolio of proposals from different business functions. The investment review then brings value assumptions, full costs and funding conditions into the same conversation. A separate assurance step examines AI-assisted analysis before it enters an executive decision, keeping unsupported claims and missing evidence visible.

The next part addresses enterprise governance: business ownership, review responsibilities, approval boundaries, risk acceptance, incident escalation and authority to stop use. The executive and board review connects that structure with capability gaps, requests to HR and matters requiring a decision. Board oversight and executive execution remain distinct, subject to the company's own rules.

The retained HR foundations follow the new playbook. These original lessons cover HR infrastructure, recruitment, onboarding, performance, rewards, hiring an HR leader, the CEO–HR partnership and HR scaling. They provide the people-function context for a company introducing AI. They retain their original HR subject matter; the new AI tools belong to the opening playbook.

Each new lesson includes one interactive HTML tool with a fictional case, editable fields and a clear review structure. The tools open in a web browser and support copying or printing the completed document. The course stays independent of particular AI services, and company practice can use authorized information or the supplied fictional material.

What's included

• Lifetime access to all course materials
• Active instructor support in Q&A
• Udemy Certificate of Completion
• Five interactive HTML tools for the new executive playbook
• Practical assignments and clearly labeled fictional business cases
• Retained HR foundations for CEOs and founders

A proposal can reach the next executive agenda before its assumptions are clear. Preparing the review structure now gives the discussion a defined starting point.

Enroll now and start your first lesson today.