AI Leadership

Equipping Leaders and Teams for AI at Work

AI is more than just a technology. It’s a transformative tool to elevate the way we deliver services, create efficiencies and enhance customer experiences.

The AI Leadership Masterclasses explore leading-edge developments within AI, using approachable and easily understood language and examples. The format dispels common myths about the evolving technology while exploring the significant opportunities for organisations and industries.

The primary focus of the series is on the leadership skills needed to navigate and guide the successful application of AI across organisations. Advancing beyond AI’s typical definition of Artificial Intelligence, to leverage the power of your own leadership AI – Adaptive Intelligence.

The course can be delivered within organisations as a series progressing across all five levels of AI Leadership. While it’s recommended to advance through all five masterclasses, each masterclass can also be delivered and attended separately.

Masterclasses are fully supported with access to the presentations, interactions with colleagues and suggested workplace activities between sessions.

AI Leadership Formats

The AI Leadership Masterclass content and insights can also be delivered in other formats including Futurist Speaking and Strategy Facilitation

Who this Masterclass is designed for:

AI Leadership Masterclasses are designed for leaders who want to better understand and guide decision-making about the use of AI within their organisation.

It is suitable for leaders without AI or technical knowledge or expertise, as well as technical managers who want to better understand and influence other leaders and teams across the organisation.

Masterclass Series

The AI Leadership Masterclass is a series of five modules delivered for teams within organisations:

#1: AI Foundations

  • Explore the fundamentals of AI and organisational opportunities

#2: AI Innovation

  • Learn how to accelerate progress with practical AI experiments

#3: AI Strategy

  • Understand the strategic limitations and power of AI systems

#4: AI Integration

  • Advance with AI integrated into daily workflows and services

#5: AI Leadership

  • Lead collaborative teams working alongside AI agents

The AI Leadership Masterclass content and insights can also be delivered in other formats including Futurist Speaking and Strategy Facilitation

Masterclasses can be delivered in a flexible structure to best suit your organisation’s culture and development objectives. The total combined session time is one day with an online regroup – as it’s critical AI Leadership involves time in the workplace actively applying the learnings.

AI Leadership Masterclass format options include:

  • Two half days in person or hybrid, or

  • A full day in person, or

  • Five 60–90 minute online sessions, or

  • A flexible combination to suit

Feedback across a range of organisations includes:

  • “So thought provoking and really important for our sector to have leadership at all levels on this”

  • “It was a really helpful session for me – providing the foundational knowledge that I need to better understand AI”

  • “Was provocative, in a good way, around myth, understanding and AI information that is out there and helped put it in perspective”

  • “The class has useful, up-to-date content – the course and its dynamics are very well organised”

  • “It breaks down AI in straightforward steps and it is easy to follow”

  • “It’s important to fully understand what AI is and how it could be beneficial to an organisation before proceeding with a pilot or similar”

  • “The information given was very clear and thought provoking and the breakouts were very useful to collaborate with other attendees”

  • “I found it very engaging and with great thought provocation” 

AI Leadership Curriculum Overview

Masterclass #1

AI Foundations

Explore the fundamentals of AI
and organisational opportunities

Masterclass #1 Objective:

  • Build a foundational understanding of AI, with a focus on practical applications

1. Introduction to AI:

  • Defining AI: Intelligence, AGI, Generative AI, Neural Networks, Large Language Models, Hallucinations, Multimodal, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, etc

2. AI in Organisations:

  • Examples of AI-powered projects from organisations around the world
    e.g. customer service, predictive maintenance, event response

3. Risks and Opportunities:

  • Common misconceptions: Superhuman beings, Job vs task replacement, Exponential acceleration

  • Managing risks: Bias, Lack of transparency, Job displacement

  • Developing opportunities: Workflow efficiencies, Cost savings, Better service delivery

Interactive Segment:

  • Q&A and discussion about industry needs and AI opportunities

Key Learning:

  • Gen AI’s ability to converse has accelerated access to AI tools across organisations

Workplace Activity:

  • Identify potential AI opportunities within your organisation

Masterclass #2

AI Innovation

Learn how to accelerate progress
with practical AI experiments

Masterclass #2 Objective:

  • Equip leaders with practical methods for accelerating AI innovation

1. Rapid AI Prototyping:

  • How to start small with AI, experimenting in controlled environments before scaling

2. AI Innovation in Practice:

  • Case studies across sectors and how these innovations can be adapted
    e.g. AI for customer service, resource management, market predictions

3. AI Pilot Projects:

  • Overview of AI tools and platforms suitable for prototyping and testing

  • Beyond prompt engineering with prompt whispering and conversational AI

  • Best practices for launching and managing AI pilot projects

Interactive Segment:

  • Q&A and brainstorming on potential AI experiments

Key Learning:

  • Managed experimentation is crucial for discovering AI’s role in your organisation

Workplace Activity:

  • Experiment with AI applied to a specific need in your area

Masterclass #3

AI Strategy

Understand the strategic limitations
and power of AI systems

Masterclass #3 Objective:

  • Understand AI from a strategic perspective, with a focus on leading organisations forward

1. AI Strategy Development:

  • Aligning AI with organisational goals and values, while identifying key use cases and priorities

2. AI Governance and Risk Management:

  • Case studies in establishing clear AI governance frameworks
    e.g. data privacy and security, ethical considerations, legal requirements

3. AI and Public Trust:

  • Building customer trust in AI-powered services

  • Communicating AI benefits and addressing concerns

  • Roles and responsibilities in AI projects

Interactive Segment:

  • Q&A and co-creating AI strategy statements

Key Learning:

  • AI is powerful but requires thoughtful strategic application while understanding its limitations

Workplace Activity:

  • Draft an AI strategy statement for your area or organisation

Masterclass #4

AI Integration

Advance with AI integrated
into daily workflows and services

Masterclass #4 Objective:

  • Explore practices for effectively embedding AI into daily workflows and services

1. Integrating AI into Workflows:

  • Identifying processes suitable for AI integration within existing and redesigned workflows

2. People-AI Collaboration:

  • Industry use cases in AI automation and augmentation
    e.g. market planning, service delivery, environmental management

3. Change Management:

  • Guiding teams and customers through AI integration

  • Addressing resistance and enabling a smoother transition

  • Continuous improvement and scaling AI solutions

Interactive Segment:

  • Q&A and workshop integrating AI into a sample workflow

Key Learning:

  • Successful AI integration requires a leadership approach that blends technology adoption with human understanding

Workplace Activity:

  • Redesign a daily workflow with AI integrated

Masterclass #5

AI Leadership

Lead collaborative teams
working alongside AI agents

Masterclass #5 Objective:

  • Prepare leaders for the AI era, guiding teams working alongside AI

1. Leading with AI:

  • Strategically developing your role as a leader through AI transformations

2. Collaborative AI Teams:

  • Examples of People-AI collaborative teams across disciplines
    e.g. service delivery, strategic planning, technology development

3. Future-proofing AI Initiatives:

  • Emerging AI technologies and their potential impact

  • Optimising workflows with people leading alongside AI agents

  • Building a Future Ready workforce in a changing AI environment

Interactive Segment:

  • Q&A and scenario planning for AI futures

Key Learning:

  • AI amplifies leadership, resulting in new skills for guiding teams –  in a world where people and AI collaborate together

Workplace Activity:

  • Practise new AI Leadership skills gained within a current project

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is this Masterclass designed for?

AI Leadership Masterclasses are designed for leaders who want to better understand and guide decision-making about the use of AI within their organisation. It is suitable for leaders without AI or technical knowledge or expertise, as well as technical managers who want to better understand and influence other leaders and teams across the organisation.

When is a Masterclass most suitable?

Masterclasses can be delivered as one-off development sessions or combined as a series suitable for executive retreats, leadership development and talent programmes. Our Masterclasses have also been delivered as plenary sessions following conference keynotes to accelerate delegate learning, individually to target specific organisational challenges and as modules that form part of other learning institutions’ leadership courses.

The AI Leadership Masterclass content and insights can also be delivered in other formats including Futurist Speaking and Strategy Facilitation.

How long is the Masterclass?

Masterclasses can be delivered in a flexible structure to best suit your organisation’s culture and development objectives. The total combined session time is one day with an online regroup – as it’s critical AI Leadership involves time in the workplace actively applying the learnings. AI Leadership Masterclass format options include two half days in person or hybrid / A full day in person / Five 60–90 minute online sessions / A flexible combination to suit.

Other questions?

If you’d like to know anything else please contact us

Your AI Leadership Guide

Futurist Dave Wild

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Internationally renowned Futurist Dave Wild is a world-leading expert in developing Futurework skills.

Living on the edge of the world in Aotearoa New Zealand, he works with leaders and teams across the globe – creating a greater future for their organisations, customers and society at large including:

  • Visioning with the Digital Government Leaders of the United Kingdom, South Korea, Estonia and New Zealand

  • Coaching Digital and Innovation Leadership Labs across sectors including Finance, Environment and Technology

  • Facilitating the NZ Prime Minister’s Business Advisory Council to explore the Future of Work

  • Delivering Futurist keynote presentations on stages and screens across the world from South Auckland to Sydney to San Francisco

Through this work with a diverse range of leaders across all levels, Dave has built deep expertise in the future-focused skills needed to confidently lead into the future.