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Forget everything you know about traditional artificial intelligence. Generative AI and Agentic AI aren’t just new tools—they’re a new form of cognitive labor. They don’t simply analyze information; they take action, execute multi-step workflows, and deliver outcomes that once required teams of experts. From diagnosing equipment failures with a single photo to autonomously building full-stack software applications in minutes, AI labor is redefining what organizations can achieve.
This course shows leaders how to harness it strategically—before their competitors do.
In Generative AI & AI Agent Organizational Strategy for Leaders, you’ll learn why AI is no longer an IT initiative, a technical experiment, or a siloed innovation project. It is now a strategic workforce capability—a new category of labor that every employee can deploy through conversation, creativity, and problem-solving. You’ll discover how AI agents unlock 100x–1000x productivity gains, why vendor-locked “AI add-ons” can cripple your innovation capacity, and how organizations must rethink procurement, capability development, and labor strategy to stay competitive.
You’ll see firsthand how simple inputs—a photo, a document, a spreadsheet, a menu, a policy—can instantly become powerful AI-driven systems that perform tasks previously impossible or cost-prohibitive. Leaders will explore how employees at every level can use AI to enhance decision-making, compress time, and scale expertise, not replace roles. The real competitive advantage comes from teaching your workforce to think in conversations, design AI workflows, and orchestrate these new digital laborers effectively.
By the end of this course, you won’t just understand what agentic AI is—you’ll know how to operationalize it. You’ll learn how to:
• Build an organizational AI labor strategy that attracts the “best and brightest” models and keeps you vendor-independent.
• Identify high-value starting points using simple but transformational use cases.
• Train your workforce to solve problems through conversational design rather than code.
• Foster innovation by enabling teams to experiment rapidly with documents, images, and real-world workflows.
• Differentiate meaningful strategic AI capability from hype, gimmicks, and tools that limit your future.
Whether you lead a large enterprise, a fast-growing team, or a mission-driven organization, this course will give you a powerful framework for navigating the AI revolution. You’ll learn how to scale AI labor across your workforce, unlock new forms of value, and build an organization that moves faster, thinks smarter, and out-innovates the competition.
The future belongs to leaders who understand AI not as technology—but as labor. This course will teach you how to lead in that future.
What's included
5 videos4 readings1 assignment
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5 videos•Total 42 minutes
Introduction: Rethinking What is Possible•8 minutes
AI @ Work - What My Work with AI Looks Like•5 minutes
AI Agents @ Work - What My Work with AI Looks Like•7 minutes
Conversations: The Foundation of Generative AI & AI Agent Innovation•10 minutes
Exploring what is Possible in AI Conversations with Meeting Transcripts•12 minutes
4 readings•Total 40 minutes
My AI Tools•10 minutes
FROM TALK TO ACTION: Transforming Meeting Transcripts into Strategic Work Products•10 minutes
Learning More & Staying Connected•10 minutes
The AI Discovery Interview: Find Your Game-Changers•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
Meeting to Action•30 minutes
AI Agents are a New Form of Labor
Module 2•2 hours to complete
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10 videos4 readings
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10 videos•Total 70 minutes
Generative AI Externalizes Cognition•6 minutes
AI Labor•7 minutes
AI Labor and Claude Code•11 minutes
What Type of AI Organization Do You Want to Be?•5 minutes
AI Leadership Strategy 1•5 minutes
AI Leadership Strategy 2•5 minutes
AI Leadership Strategy 3•6 minutes
AI Safety Net Strategy•8 minutes
AI Agents & Tools Strategy•9 minutes
Literacy for Your AI Agents: Give Them Tools to Read•9 minutes
4 readings•Total 40 minutes
The MATCH Principle: Finding AI Opportunities in Your Daily Work•10 minutes
AI Tool Discovery Interview•10 minutes
The AI Safety Net Design Interview: Build Your Quality Control Process•10 minutes
The AI Labor Playbook•10 minutes
Generative AI & Agents are Built on Conversation
Module 3•1 hour to complete
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3 videos2 readings
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3 videos•Total 25 minutes
Why Start Simple?•4 minutes
Start Simple: People + Documents•9 minutes
Innovation Builds on Simple Ideas•12 minutes
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
The MIRROR Method: Using AI to Find Blind Spots in Your Own Work•10 minutes
Manual Prototyping in Conversation•10 minutes
Empower Your People with AI Through Training
Module 4•1 hour to complete
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3 videos7 readings
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3 videos•Total 7 minutes
Why Humans are the Limit on AI and Not the Technology Itself•2 minutes
Where to Start with Training?•4 minutes
Why Start with Scout?•2 minutes
7 readings•Total 70 minutes
SCOUT: AI as Aggregated General Wisdom•10 minutes
S: Sanity Check - Validate Claims Against Collective Knowledge•10 minutes
C: Construct Criteria - Build Your Decision Framework•10 minutes
O: Opportunity Scan - What Else Should You Consider? •10 minutes
U: Uncertainty Mapping - Know What You Don't Know•10 minutes
T: Test Assumptions - Challenge Your Own Biases•10 minutes
A Training Roadmap for AI Fluency & Success•10 minutes
Building & AI Organizational Strategy + Playbook
Module 5•1 hour to complete
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4 videos2 readings1 assignment
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4 videos•Total 19 minutes
Playbook Intro•5 minutes
Grass Roots AI Talent Identification•6 minutes
AI Chat Access for Everyone•6 minutes
Thanks & Some Final Advice•3 minutes
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
AI Strategic Plan Template•10 minutes
The Simple Keys for a Successful Strategy•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
Your Organizational Strategy•30 minutes
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Reviewed on Dec 26, 2025
Excellent course, the delivery kept me engaged and clearly laid out how to approach AI from a ground up perspective. Definitely will be continuing the series.
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Reviewed on Dec 29, 2025
Knowing what's possible with the usage of Generative AI is useful whether one is a beginner or an AI Leader. This course channels the participants' attention towards just that.
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