Duration : 6 weeks (excluding orientation)

Artificial intelligence (AI) offers a significant source of value for a diverse range of industries. But where should executives start when it comes to implementation? Trusting that AI can live up to its hype requires an understanding of its advancements. In addition, leaders must learn to separate myth from reality to avoid common pitfalls and devise future AI strategies — or enhance existing ones — that deliver business value.

The Building and Scaling Intelligent Enterprises With Artificial Intelligence online short course from the MIT Sloan School of Management bridges these knowledge and expertise gaps by debunking popular myths surrounding AI technologies. Gain a unique perspective on how AI is applied in practice and learn to strategically improve your organization’s decision processes to be more data-driven, rapid, and targeted. Explore the core elements of an enterprise AI strategy and the considerations required to design intelligent systems that impact work processes. These considerations include investments in technology and data infrastructure, developing human-related expertise and capabilities, and implementing structured playbooks to select and manage AI-enabled projects. Over six weeks, you’ll learn to identify and recommend strategies to address the various workforce challenges that may arise in the implementation of AI-enabled processes.

This course is designed for senior leaders, including C-suite executives, overseeing the integration of AI into their organizations’ business strategies. It applies to senior managers and executives involved in AI-driven projects and experienced business leaders in middle-management positions, or higher, who have an influence on strategy and decision making. As the course is nontechnical in nature, functional business leaders interested in exploring AI opportunities across business functions and mid-career professionals looking to bolster their career opportunities through new technologies will find relevance in the course’s strategic approach.