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AI Fundamentals for Managers and Leaders

Explore AI fundamentals, business opportunities and the human side of AI adoption for managers and leaders.

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Course topics

AI for leaders

  • AI fundamentals
  • Business use cases
  • People and adoption

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For managers and executives who want to understand AI adoption without coding.

Starting point
Beginner
Course length
3 total hours
Lessons
44 lectures

Course by Axel Rittershaus

Course last updated: 02/2026

Requirements
  • No AI or technical knowledge required
What is included
  • Role Play
  • 2.5 hours on-demand video
  • 6 articles
  • 13 downloadable resources
  • Access on mobile
  • Assignments
  • Certificate of completion
  • Audio description in existing audio

DoJo membership: A$250 per month per seat, excluding GST. Includes fortnightly group support and a private member community.

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Course curriculum.

6 sections • 44 lectures • 2h 49m total length

AI Fundamentals for Managers12 lectures • 57min
  1. Why Executives & Managers Need to Engage with AI NOW (ChatGPT is NOT the Reason)07:41
  2. AI Fundamentals for Executives - Free Ebook/Workbook00:12
  3. When Do We Speak of AI? Simple Definition of AI for Managers02:09
  4. Relevant Business Areas for AI Managers Need to Pay Attention to04:34
  5. Test Your AI Readiness 4 questions
  6. Innovation, Digitization, and AI Belong Together03:35
  7. What Makes State-of-the-Art Generative AI Special? (ChatGPT,etc. for Managers)06:09
  8. Practical Examples of AI in Business & Life Beyond ChatGPT, Dall-E, Midjourney04:17
  9. (Generative) AI Tools Every Manager, Executive, and Business Leader Should Know02:28
  10. AI Terms Managers Need to Know (Non-Tech Explanation)08:43
  11. The Power and Limits of Training Data - And My Approach to Avoid Biased Results04:34
  12. Moderna and Open AI - Example for Gen AI Roll Out and AI Champions03:32
  13. AI Agents (vs. Workflows) - What Are These & Why Does It Matter?09:02
  14. Test Your AI Knowledge 3 questions
Generative AI Examples for Managers (Mind-Blowing for Newcomers in GenAI)11 lectures • 38min
  1. GenAI Examples for Managers and Warning When Testing Generative AI Systems01:35
  2. Analyze and Visualise Data With Generative AI Using Julius.ai03:08
  3. ChatGPT Creates Ideas, Workshop, and Agenda for Your Team on How to Use GenAI02:42
  4. Create a Beautiful Presentation Based on One Document With GenAI and Gamma.app02:34
  5. GenAI as Your Executive Coach - Get Advice to Handle a Difficult Situation02:13
  6. Turn Documents and Youtube Videos into an Entertaining Podcast in 3 Minutes07:38
  7. DeepSeek – The Challenger from China06:47
  8. How Perplexity AI Transforms Research & Business Analysis06:49
  9. Check Your OKRs With a CustomGPT (Based on ChatGPT)00:41
  10. Exercise 1: Using Generative AI for Your Team and Run a Workshop02:03
  11. Exercise 2: Handle a Difficult (Management) Situation with GenAI Like ChatGPT01:39
Advancing AI Within Companies - And the Human Factor8 lectures • 30min
  1. The Human Handicap: Exponential Growth and AI (and Why ChatGPT Learned So Fast))04:42
  2. AI as a Colleague - How Managers Should Introduce AI to Their Teams03:42
  3. 7 Areas AI Will Transform in the Workplace and What it Means to Executives07:03
  4. AI and Fears: Actively Addressing the Fears of Employees Regarding AI02:54
  5. Example: How the Fear of an Executive and Its Team Hinders Innovation (and AI)03:20
  6. Actively Promoting AI Initiatives in the Company as an Executive/Manager02:55
  7. Why AI Projects Fail and How You, as a Manager, Can Avoid It03:32
  8. Reframing Employee Fear in a Team Meeting
  9. Why Hallucinating AI (ChatGPT, Bart, etc.) Can Be a Risk for a Business02:00
  10. Quiz on How Managers Leverage AI at the Workplace 4 questions
How Executives and Managers Approach AI with an Open Mindset4 lectures • 14min
  1. Fear of Innovation: What AI and Horse-Drawn Carriages Have in Common03:29
  2. AI Is Not a Technology Topic, But a Leadership Topic05:01
  3. Staying Up to Date on AI - Your AI Task Force02:42
  4. Real-World Examples of AI: AI Is Almost Everywhere Already02:49
  5. Convincing an Executive to Sponsor an AI Task Force
  6. Quiz: Approaching AI With an Open Mindset as a Leader/Manager 2 questions
The Leadership Crisis Nobody Sees Coming: AI and It's Impact on Succession Plans5 lectures • 14min
  1. AI and the Impact on Succession Plans & Development Programs01:27
  2. The "Empty Bench" Problem: When AI Elmininates Your Talent Pipeline03:11
  3. The AI-"Reviewer's Dilemma": How to Build Intuition Without Doing the Grunt Work03:14
  4. The End of "Empire Building" with AI: Redefining Status and Career Progression03:04
  5. Action Plan: 3 Steps to AI-Proof Your Development Programs02:48
Your Next Steps as a Manager and Business Regarding AI4 lectures • 17min
  1. How to Define AI Use Cases09:15
  2. Template: Identify AI Uses Cases Worth Implementing03:57
  3. Pro Tip: How to Test ANY Generative AI System for Free Without Registration00:13
  4. Next Steps for Managers/Executives to Leverage AI03:41

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