Learning path
CEO / MD
The decisions you make about AI in the next 12 months will define your business for the next decade.
Practical · Fully funded until August 2026 · 7 courses available for this role
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Courses suited to your role
Ranked by how relevant each course is to the CEO / MD function. Start with the highest-relevance courses for the fastest impact.
AI Leadership & Governance
Designed for senior leaders making decisions about AI adoption. Covers build vs. buy, data governance, risk, regulatory direction, and how to evaluate AI vendors critically. No technical background assumed.
AI for Business Transformation
A two-day senior course for executives and heads of function who want to build an AI-enabled transformation programme covering both cost reduction and performance improvement simultaneously. Covers strategy, prioritisation, team capability, supplier evaluation, and programme governance.
AI for Operational Performance
A full-day course for operations and general management teams focused on using AI to improve throughput, reduce processing times, and drive measurable performance gains — without increasing headcount. Covers workflow automation, capacity planning, and output quality improvement.
AI for Cost Reduction
A practical full-day course for operations, finance, and procurement teams. Covers how to use AI to identify cost overruns, benchmark supplier pricing, automate cost-reporting workflows, and build a repeatable cost-reduction programme. No prior AI experience required.
AI for Finance & Operations
AI applications in financial reporting, procurement analysis, workflow automation, and supplier management. Practical case studies drawn from real cost reduction engagements.
AI for Sales & Business Development
Prospecting, proposal writing, CRM enrichment, and pipeline reporting using AI tools. Focused on reducing the admin burden in a sales function without changing how clients are managed.
AI for Marketing Teams
How AI is changing paid media, content production, campaign reporting, and client strategy. Hands-on exercises using tools your team can start using immediately.
Progression
Your suggested learning path
Work through the three levels in order to build your AI knowledge systematically. There are no Foundation-level courses matched to this role — start at Step 2.
Step 1 — Foundation
Build foundational AI literacy — understand what AI is, what it can do, and how to use it safely.
No foundation-level courses matched for this role.
Step 2 — Practitioner
Apply AI tools to your specific function and build repeatable workflows that create measurable value.
Step 3 — Senior
Lead AI adoption strategically — governance, vendor evaluation, and organisation-wide transformation.
Outcomes
What you'll be able to do
Learning goals
- ✓Articulate a realistic AI strategy for your business to your board
- ✓Evaluate AI vendors and proposals without being misled
- ✓Understand the key governance obligations and business risk AI creates
- ✓Identify where AI creates genuine value versus where it creates risk
- ✓Lead your leadership team through AI adoption with confidence
How AI helps in this role
- →Evaluate AI vendor proposals and implementation plans critically
- →Build a credible, board-ready AI adoption strategy
- →Understand the risks AI creates for your business and how to manage them
- →Use AI tools to improve decision-making quality with better data
- →Lead AI transformation while managing change management risk
Curriculum
Topics worth exploring
Key AI subject areas that appear in the courses recommended for this role.
Subject areas
Typical responsibilities
- Setting business strategy and overseeing execution
- Managing board relationships and reporting to shareholders or investors
- Making investment and build/buy/partner decisions
- Leading senior leadership teams and driving organisational culture
- Managing risk across the business and representing it externally
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All courses are fully funded by Coaley Peak until 31 August 2026 — there's no cost to you or your organisation.
Standard rate £650 + VAT per person per day after August 2026.
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Last modified: 24 March 2026
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