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Four to twelve weeks. Online, live sessions plus self-paced work. No entry requirements on any course in this list.

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Showing 18 of 175 courses in AI for Business and Public Sector Leaders.

Executives, directors, public servants: Strategy, governance, risk and procurement. What to buy, what to refuse, and who is accountable when it goes wrong.

FA-701Advanced

AI Strategy, Governance and Risk

Where AI belongs in an organisation, who signs off, what gets logged, and how risk is carried rather than hidden.

Length
8 weeks
Commitment
6 hours

You build: An AI governance memo and adoption plan for your own organisation.

You earn: Verified micro-credential: AI Governance

Enrol on FA-701
FA-705Intermediate

Procuring AI Without Getting Sold

Requirements, evaluation criteria, pilots, exit clauses and the questions vendors hope you will not ask.

Length
4 weeks
Commitment
4 hours

You build: A procurement pack for one real requirement, ready to issue.

You earn: Verified micro-credential: AI Procurement

Enrol on FA-705
FA-1006FreeIntroductory

Recognizing Hallucinations, Inaccuracies, and Bias in AI

Demystify AI-generated content challenges, hallucinations, inaccuracies, biases. Develop detection skills and bias correction methods. Explore ethical AI use for transparency.

Length
2 weeks
Commitment
2 hours

You build: A decision memo for your own organisation, with a named owner for each action.

You earn: Verified micro, credential: AI Leadership and Governance

Enrol on FA-1006
FA-1010PathIntermediate

Agentic AI Mastery

Design and build autonomous AI systems using leading agentic frameworks. Learn architectures, tool use, multi-agent collaboration, and governance.

Length
4 weeks
Commitment
2 hours

You build: A decision memo for your own organisation, with a named owner for each action.

You earn: Verified micro, credential: AI Leadership and Governance

Enrol on FA-1010
FA-1018PathIntermediate

IT Automation with Generative AI

Learn IT Automation with Generative AI covering AI fundamentals, SRE practices, ethical considerations, server monitoring and automation system integration.

Length
4 weeks
Commitment
2 hours

You build: A decision memo for your own organisation, with a named owner for each action.

You earn: Verified micro, credential: AI Leadership and Governance

Enrol on FA-1018
FA-1036FreeIntroductory

Write a Sales Outreach Email with Generative AI Case Study

Use generative AI to create an effective sales outreach email.

Length
2 weeks
Commitment
2 hours

You build: A decision memo for your own organisation, with a named owner for each action.

You earn: Verified micro, credential: AI Leadership and Governance

Enrol on FA-1036
FA-1049FreeIntroductory

Intro to AI Agents with Flowise

Learn to build AI chatbots and agents with Flowise's no-code platform, no programming required. Perfect for business professionals.

Length
2 weeks
Commitment
2 hours

You build: A decision memo for your own organisation, with a named owner for each action.

You earn: Verified micro, credential: AI Leadership and Governance

Enrol on FA-1049
FA-1052FreeIntroductory

Leading in the Age of Generative AI

Navigate generative AI's impact. Gain insights, develop mindset for implementation, explore strategies for business transformation through AI.

Length
2 weeks
Commitment
2 hours

You build: A decision memo for your own organisation, with a named owner for each action.

You earn: Verified micro, credential: AI Leadership and Governance

Enrol on FA-1052
FA-1053PathIntermediate

AI/ML GenAI for Decision-Makers and Leaders

As a senior leader, learn to navigate AI strategy, governance, ethics, and enterprise adoption, without focusing on coding or algorithms.

Length
4 weeks
Commitment
2 hours

You build: A decision memo for your own organisation, with a named owner for each action.

You earn: Verified micro, credential: AI Leadership and Governance

Enrol on FA-1053
FA-1056PathIntermediate

LLM Metrics and Trade-Offs

Evaluate LLM skill through metrics like BLEU, ROUGE, F1, HELM, navigating accuracy, latency, cost, scalability trade-offs, addressing bias and ethical concerns.

Length
4 weeks
Commitment
2 hours

You build: A decision memo for your own organisation, with a named owner for each action.

You earn: Verified micro, credential: AI Leadership and Governance

Enrol on FA-1056
FA-1071FreeIntroductory

Intro to AI Strategy

Learn the basics of responsible AI use and how to navigate some of the most common AI risks and drawbacks.

Length
2 weeks
Commitment
2 hours

You build: A decision memo for your own organisation, with a named owner for each action.

You earn: Verified micro, credential: AI Leadership and Governance

Enrol on FA-1071
FA-1088FreeIntroductory

First Look: 2025 OWASP Top 10

Explore the 2025 OWASP Top 10 updates, including supply chain risks, security misconfigurations and practical controls to strengthen your application security.

Length
2 weeks
Commitment
2 hours

You build: A decision memo for your own organisation, with a named owner for each action.

You earn: Verified micro, credential: AI Leadership and Governance

Enrol on FA-1088
FA-1121FreeIntroductory

Introduction to Generative AI on Azure

Explore generative AI on Azure. Learn Azure OpenAI, Bot, and Machine Learning services. Master chatbot creation, personalized marketing, and model tuning.

Length
2 weeks
Commitment
2 hours

You build: A decision memo for your own organisation, with a named owner for each action.

You earn: Verified micro, credential: AI Leadership and Governance

Enrol on FA-1121
FA-1125FreeIntermediate

Generative AI on AWS: Getting Started

Unlock AWS AI/GenAI services for businesses. Explore AWS GenAI services, foundational models, and infrastructure for developing and deploying GenAI solutions seamlessly.

Length
2 weeks
Commitment
2 hours

You build: A decision memo for your own organisation, with a named owner for each action.

You earn: Verified micro, credential: AI Leadership and Governance

Enrol on FA-1125
FA-1132FreeIntermediate

Generative AI on AWS: Building GenAI Models with Amazon Bedrock

Unlock Amazon Bedrock's potential for GenAI. Learn core concepts, model design, project evaluation, and innovative GenAI business application development.

Length
2 weeks
Commitment
2 hours

You build: A decision memo for your own organisation, with a named owner for each action.

You earn: Verified micro, credential: AI Leadership and Governance

Enrol on FA-1132
FA-1149FreeIntroductory

Embracing Risk and Learning from Setbacks with AI Projects

Learn to balance innovation and risk in AI technology implementation. Foster a culture of resilience, continuous learning, and agility for effective AI leverage.

Length
2 weeks
Commitment
2 hours

You build: A decision memo for your own organisation, with a named owner for each action.

You earn: Verified micro, credential: AI Leadership and Governance

Enrol on FA-1149
FA-1150FreeIntroductory

Leading through the AI Disruption with Empathy (Global)

Explore AI's impact on businesses and the importance of empathy in leadership. Learn how emotional intelligence fosters a supportive work culture amid AI disruption.

Length
2 weeks
Commitment
2 hours

You build: A decision memo for your own organisation, with a named owner for each action.

You earn: Verified micro, credential: AI Leadership and Governance

Enrol on FA-1150
FA-1151FreeIntermediate

Generative AI on GCP: Harnessing Generative AI with Vertex AI

Leverage Vertex AI on GCP for generative AI projects. Explore genAI models, AI Studio, Vertex API, model garden, custom model creation, and ethical AI development.

Length
2 weeks
Commitment
2 hours

You build: A decision memo for your own organisation, with a named owner for each action.

You earn: Verified micro, credential: AI Leadership and Governance

Enrol on FA-1151