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Overview and impact
As expectations increase for companies and their team members to use and deliver transformative business outcomes, artificial intelligence including Co-Pilots and chatbots are becoming tools on every desktop. However, many organizations struggle to convert AI interest into measurable results. Leaders and teams often face uncertainty about where AI can create real value, which workflows are ready for automation or augmentation, and how to move beyond experimentation without introducing risk.
Applied AI for Department Leaders is a practical, hands-on program designed to help participants move from AI awareness to confident execution. The program provides a clear understanding of how generative AI, reasoning models, and simple AI agents operate in real organizational contexts. Through applied examples and guided exercises, participants learn how to integrate AI into daily workflows to improve efficiency, decision-making, and execution quality.
Through hands-on tools, impactful prompt engineering, and building AI agents, the program emphasizes workflow redesign through human - AI collaboration. Participants leave with practical skills, working assets, and a clear action plan for responsible AI adoption that delivers immediate and sustainable business impact.
At the conclusion of the program, participants receive a Certificate of Completion from the I.H. Asper School of Business’ James W. Burns Executive Education Centre.
Learning outcomes
Through this program, you will:
- Understand how AI systems support business workflows and decision-making.
- Identify high-value AI use cases within their functional role or department.
- Craft effective prompts, build simple AI Agents, and map AI enabled workflows.
- Apply human-centered and ethical frameworks to AI adoption.
- Develop an actionable plan to implement AI with measurable outcomes.
Participant profile
This program is ideal for department leaders, managers, analysts, and functional specialists across marketing, HR, finance, operations, and customer success. It is ideal for professionals responsible for improving productivity, redesigning workflows, or supporting AI adoption within their teams.
Return on investment
For you
- Increase productivity by reducing repetitive and low-value work.
- Build confidence in applying AI tools to daily responsibilities.
- Strengthen strategic thinking using AI as a decision-support tool.
- Gain immediately applicable, job-relevant AI skills.
- Enhance career readiness in an AI enabled business environment.
For your organization
- Faster, lower-risk AI adoption driven by trained teams.
- Improved operational efficiency through targeted workflow redesign.
- More consistent and higher-quality execution across functions.
- Responsible AI use that is aligned with organizational values.
- A scalable foundation for ongoing AI-driven improvement.
Instructor
James Levy
Instructor, Applied AI for Department Leaders: from Awareness to Execution
Biography
James Levy is a strategic advisor, entrepreneur, and AI practitioner known for helping business leaders adopt and scale artificial intelligence in ways that drive measurable competitive advantage. With deep expertise across generative, agentic, and workflow-based AI systems, James brings a uniquely practical lens—showing leaders not just what AI can do, but how to implement it in their operations without adding headcount, cost, or burnout. His work spans product strategy, automation, sales enablement, and organizational performance, making him a go-to voice for executives seeking clarity in an accelerated AI landscape.
A former corporate leader with experience at TELUS and multiple ventures, he blends lived experience with research-based practices to help organizations mobilize their teams and unlock meaningful adoption. His approach equips leaders with the literacy, confidence, and actionable playbooks needed to navigate disruption and build future-ready organizations.
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Contact us
James W. Burns Executive Education Centre
2nd floor
177 Lombard Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 0W5
204-946-0232
204-946-0262