AI for Business Leaders and Teams

A hundred and twenty-eight lessons covering AI strategy, policy, the EU AI Act, security, vendor selection and rollout — plus a hands-on employee track so the whole organisation can use approved tools safely.

Lessons128 video lessons (60 Essentials + 50 Leadership + 18 Employee)
DurationApproximately 27.3 hours
LevelBeginner — no prior experience needed
Access4 months from enrolment
FormatOn-demand video, learn at your own pace
Price€159

What the course covers

  • Finding high-value use cases and building an AI roadmap that survives contact with reality
  • Writing, rolling out and enforcing an AI policy people actually follow
  • The EU AI Act: risk categories, obligations, documentation and staying compliant
  • Security: protecting company data, access control, shadow AI and incident response
  • Comparing enterprise options — Copilot for 365, ChatGPT Enterprise, Gemini for Workspace
  • Internal assistants, RAG and knowledge bases, then agents and process automation
  • Measuring it: success metrics, productivity gains, ROI and reporting to stakeholders
  • A hands-on employee track with role-based guidance for ops, HR, finance, sales and support

Full curriculum — 128 lessons

The Essentials track builds shared understanding. The leadership path covers strategy, governance and risk. The employee path gives every team member practical, role-specific guidance.

Part 1: AI Essentials (60 lessons)

1What an LLM actually is
2Tokens and context in plain English
3Why AI guesses: probability, not lookup
4Strengths: what AI is genuinely great at
5Limits and failure modes to expect
6Meet the major AI assistants
7ChatGPT in depth
8Claude in depth
9Gemini and Copilot in depth
10NotebookLM and specialist tools
11Which tool for which job; free vs paid
12Anatomy of a great prompt
13Giving context the model needs
14Examples and few-shot prompting
15Controlling role, format, and tone
16Step-by-step and structured thinking
17Iterating and refining results
18Building reusable prompt templates
19What hallucinations are and why they happen
20Spotting hallucinations in the wild
21Verification habits that scale
22Giving the model your files and data
23Context limits and how to work within them
24When not to trust it
25What you should never paste
26Consumer vs business data handling
27Bias, fairness, and disclosure
28Basic legal and copyright awareness
29Email that gets replies
30Rewriting and tone shifting
31Summarizing long messages and threads
32Difficult and sensitive messages
33Documents, reports, and structure
34Proofreading and polishing
35Asking better research questions
36Summarizing and extracting key points
37Learning any topic faster
38NotebookLM for source-grounded research
39Fact-checking and source habits
40Planning projects and breaking down tasks
41Prioritizing and making decisions
42Meetings, notes, and follow-ups
43Managing your time and to-do list
44How AI image generation works
45Writing prompts for images
46Editing and iterating on images
47Design help for non-designers
48Creative projects and brainstorming
49Talking to AI: voice mode
50Working with images and screenshots
51AI on your phone
52Multimodal workflows combined
53What automation means with AI
54Your first simple automation
55Connecting apps and AI
56Custom GPTs and assistants
57Auditing your daily tasks for AI
58Building your personal AI toolkit
59Habits that make AI stick
60Keeping your workflow current

Part 2: Leadership path (50 lessons)

61Why AI strategy matters now
62Finding high-value use cases
63Build vs buy vs adopt
64Aligning AI with business goals
65Your AI roadmap
66Why you need an AI policy
67Acceptable use and guardrails
68Data handling rules
69Roles and accountability
70Writing the policy document
71Rolling out and enforcing policy
72The regulatory landscape
73The EU AI Act explained
74Risk categories and obligations
75Documentation and transparency
76Staying compliant over time
77AI security threats overview
78Protecting company data
79Access control and identity
80Shadow AI and its risks
81Incident response for AI
82The enterprise AI options
83Microsoft Copilot for 365
84ChatGPT Enterprise
85Gemini for Workspace
86Comparing cost and capability
87Running a vendor pilot
88What internal assistants do
89How RAG and knowledge bases work
90Preparing your knowledge sources
91Building a first assistant
92Accuracy, citations, and trust
93Maintaining the knowledge base
94From assistants to agents
95Identifying processes to automate
96Designing agent workflows
97Human oversight and guardrails
98Scaling automation safely
99The human side of AI adoption
100Training your workforce
101Champions and communities of practice
102Sustaining momentum
103Defining AI success metrics
104Measuring productivity gains
105Calculating ROI
106Reporting to stakeholders
107Building an AI risk register
108Ongoing monitoring and review
109Governance committees and cadence
110Auditing and continuous improvement

Part 3: Employee path (18 lessons)

111Knowing your company's AI rules
112Using approved tools the right way
113Protecting data at work
114When to ask before you act
115AI for operations roles
116AI for HR and people teams
117AI for finance roles
118AI for sales teams
119AI for customer support
120AI for executive assistants
121Why share prompts as a team
122Building a team prompt library
123Standards and quality control
124Collaborating on AI workflows
125Streamlining your daily work
126AI in your office suite
127Managing email and meetings
128Personal productivity systems

Who this course is for

  • Directors and managers responsible for how AI gets adopted
  • IT, security and compliance leads who have to sign it off
  • HR and operations teams writing the policy and training people
  • Organisations that need everyone using approved tools the same way

Frequently asked questions

Do I need any technical background?

No. The course starts from what an AI model is and builds up. No code, no maths, no assumed knowledge.

How is this different from the AI Essentials course?

It contains all of AI Essentials, then adds 50 leadership lessons on strategy, governance, the EU AI Act and security, plus 18 practical lessons for employees.

How long do I have access?

Four months from the date of enrolment.

Does it cover the EU AI Act?

Yes. Five lessons cover the regulatory landscape, risk categories and obligations, documentation and transparency, and staying compliant as the rules develop.

Can I use this to train a whole team?

The employee track is written for exactly that. Contact us about team and volume arrangements.

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