Strategic Leadership in the Era of AI and Advanced Machine Learning Course
Overview
AI-enabled change does not succeed simply because the technology works. Managers and functional leaders need to determine where change is warranted, how the work should change, what evidence supports the decision, and what people and organizational conditions are needed for the change to take hold.
In this four-week, 100% online course, you’ll build practical managerial judgment for leading AI-enabled change across teams, functions, and the broader organization. You’ll examine how to interpret pressure for change, evaluate organizational and strategic conditions, diagnose business problems and workflows, structure implementation, and work through bias, resistance, readiness, and capability.
The course also looks beyond adoption. You’ll consider where human and AI strengths can create greater value together, how future expertise can be protected as routine work changes, when a workflow should be optimized, redesigned, or reinvented, and what organizational readiness and trust are needed to sustain transformation. No technical AI background is required.
What You’ll Learn
Understanding Transformational Change in the Era of AI
- How to interpret AI-related signals and determine the scale and significance of organizational change
- How organizational alignment, readiness, and stakeholder concerns affect an AI-enabled initiative
- How to connect priorities, expected value, feasibility, risk, and evidence in a defensible recommendation
Planning and Implementing AI-Driven Change
- How to diagnose the type, scope, drivers, and organizational context of change
- How to analyze a business problem and workflow before deciding whether AI is the right response
- How to evaluate strategic conditions that may support, reshape, delay, or limit an initiative
- How to structure implementation around ownership, readiness, capacity, governance, risk, and evidence
Overcoming Bias and Resistance in AI Adoption
- How bias or limitations can enter AI-supported decisions through data, design, measurement, context, or interpretation
- How managerial assumptions and cognitive bias can shape judgment
- How to diagnose what resistance may be revealing and match the response to the evidence
- How to strengthen capability, preserve expertise, and clarify decision responsibility
Innovation, Transformation, and the Human Advantage
- How AI-enabled workflow changes can affect future expertise and talent development
- How to match human, team, and AI strengths to the work where each creates the greatest value
- How to decide when work should be optimized, redesigned, or reinvented
- How to strengthen organizational readiness, shared learning, coordination, and trust as transformation continues
Who Should Register?
This course is designed for managers and functional leaders who help evaluate or lead AI-enabled change across teams, functions, or the broader organization. It is especially useful for professionals who need to translate strategic direction into practical action, coordinate across stakeholders, evaluate business and workflow implications, or help their organizations adapt as AI becomes more deeply integrated into the work. No technical background is required.
Curriculum
4 Week Course
AI Transformation, Strategy, and Organizational Barriers
- How AI and Advanced Machine Learning Are Reshaping Organizational Strategy
- The Strategic Implications of AI Across Industries and Business Functions
- Using Structured Frameworks to Assess and Communicate AI Strategy
- Identifying Key Organizational Barriers to AI Adoption
- Evaluating AI Opportunities Using Business and Strategic Criteria
- Aligning People, Processes, and Technology with AI-Driven Goals
- Understanding the Competitive Impact of AI on Business Performance
Planning and Implementing AI-Driven Change
- Identifying Business Problems Suited for AI Solutions
- Evaluating Implementation Approaches and Their Constraints
- Pilot Thinking: How to Design and Scope an AI Initiative
- Structured Change Management Frameworks for AI Adoption
- Step-by-Step Process Transformation: A Logical Progression
- Building the Business Case for an AI Initiative
- Managing Stakeholder Expectations During Implementation
- Measuring Progress and Adjusting Plans in Real Time
Overcoming Bias and Resistance in AI Adoption
- Management and Organizational Biases That Influence AI Decisions
- Cognitive Biases and How They Shape Technology Adoption
- Sources of Resistance: Perception, Risk Aversion, and Prior Experience
- Analyzing Resistance Patterns Across Different Stakeholder Groups
- Building Stronger Cases for Change at Every Level of the Organization
- Strategies for Creating Alignment and Overcoming Hesitation
- Leading Through Uncertainty: Maintaining Momentum When Progress Stalls
- From Resistance to Advocacy: Turning Skeptics Into Champions
Scaling and Sustaining AI Initiatives
- Approaches for Scaling AI Beyond Initial Implementation
- Expanding AI Across Teams, Functions, and the Broader Organization
- Governance Structures for Responsible and Accountable AI Adoption
- Risk Management and Performance Frameworks for Sustained AI Use
- Continuous Improvement and Organizational Learning in AI Environments
- Supporting Ongoing Adaptation as AI Capabilities and Tools Evolve
- Building a Culture of Innovation and Experimentation Around AI
- Looking Ahead: Leading Organizations Through Continuous Technological Change
If you’re going to pay by credit card, you can either get started with installment payments or pay in full. Just let your enrollment representative know the option that work best for you.
Corporate and Military Tuition Assistance
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Corporate and Military TA
Corporate tuition assistance is paid by your employer. You will need to provide appropriate forms for processing, prior to enrollment. Air Force tuition assistance is available for active-duty service members. You will need to provide a valid military tuition assistance voucher. Both TA options are subject to employer benefit policies.
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Deferred Corporate TA
Pay tuition now and have your employer reimburse you. Additional documentation will be needed to process this payment. Subject to employer benefit policies.
Military Benefits
Active Duty
Michigan State offers a 15% savings, per certificate course, to active-duty servicemembers, Guardsmen and Reservists (upon verification of military status).
Veterans
Michigan State offers a 15% savings, per certificate course to veterans (upon verification of military status).
Spouses and Family
Michigan State offers a 15% savings, per certificate course, to active-duty servicemembers, veterans, Guardsmen, Reservists and their spouses and dependents (upon verification of military status).
If you are interested in learning more about the steps you need to complete payment, please contact a Student Success Representative. This reduction is valid off the standard tuition fee rate of the listed courses offered by Michigan State University with online administration by Bisk. This reduction is not stackable with other reductions, and you may not use this reduction in conjunction with other reductions.
