AI Transformation for Business Certificate Program

Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how organizations compete, innovate, and create value. While many leaders recognize AI's potential, successfully leading AI transformation requires more than understanding the technology. Leaders must know how to identify strategic opportunities, evaluate where AI can create the greatest business impact, prepare their organizations for change, and guide implementation responsibly.

The AI Transformation for Business certificate is designed to help business leaders build the strategic perspective and leadership capabilities needed to lead AI-enabled transformation. Through an interactive, cohort-based experience, participants will explore AI's impact on business strategy, examine current AI capabilities and business applications, develop approaches for evaluating and prioritizing AI opportunities, and create an actionable roadmap for leading AI initiatives within their organizations.

What You Will Learn

• How AI is reshaping industries, competition, and business strategy
• Current AI capabilities and where they create business value
• Approaches for identifying, evaluating, and prioritizing AI opportunities
• Strategies for preparing organizations for AI adoption and leading change
• Governance considerations and responsible AI leadership
• How to develop an actionable roadmap for AI-enabled transformation

Key Benefits
Participants will:

• Strengthen their ability to lead AI initiatives with confidence
• Better evaluate where AI can create strategic business value
• Develop practical frameworks for prioritizing AI investments
• Improve their ability to lead organizational change in an AI-enabled environment
• Build an actionable plan for advancing AI within their organization

You will leave with a practical framework for evaluating AI opportunities, greater confidence leading AI-enabled transformation, and an actionable roadmap for creating business value through AI.

Who Should Attend

• Business leaders responsible for driving strategy, innovation, or organizational transformation
• Functional leaders seeking to identify opportunities to create business value through AI
• Managers preparing to lead AI initiatives or enterprise-wide change
• Professionals interested in developing the leadership capabilities needed to guide AI adoption

2027 Program Dates & Topics

• January 21-22, 2027 | Leadership & Strategy in the Age of AI & From Strategy to Opportunity
• February 9-10, 2027 | Leading AI-Enabled Transformation & AI Strategy Leadership Lab

Instructors
Peter Boumgarden
Koch Famiily Professor of Practice in Family Enterprise
WashU Olin Business School

Seth Carnahan
Associate Professor of Strategy
WashU Olin Business School

Amr Farahat
Teaching Professor in Supply Chain, Operations and Technology
WashU Olin Business School

Location & Modality
In-Person, Charles F. Knight Center on WashU's Danforth Campus

For more information, contact:

Email Registrar: execed@wustl.edu

Phone: 314.935.9494

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