AI Mastery for Business and Career Advantage
A hands-on, 5-day programme that takes staff, managers and executives from first AI use to a practical 90-day AI transformation roadmap. Beginner to advanced, no coding required: 30% concepts, 70% real workplace exercises.
- Duration
- 5 days
- Curriculum
- 6 modules · 36 lessons
- CPD hours
- 35
- Award
- Verifiable certificate
From "using ChatGPT" to AI as a business capability
By the end of five days, participants understand how to use AI as a personal productivity engine, an analyst and researcher, a report writer and problem solver, a decision-support tool, and a strategic business capability.
- Who it is for: all staff, supervisors, managers, executives, owners, analysts, auditors, finance, HR, sales, operations, risk, IT, strategy and support.
- Level: beginner to advanced. No coding experience required.
- Approach: 30% concepts · 70% practical exercises, demonstrations, case studies and hands-on application.
One progression, six stages
Every session builds along the same path: Understand → Prompt → Analyse → Automate → Decide → Compete.
The five-day journey
- Day 1: Use AI. Understand the technology and become confident. AI foundations and prompting.
- Day 2: Work with AI. Research, write, communicate and report faster. Productivity, research and reports.
- Day 3: Think with AI. Analyse data and extract business intelligence. Data analytics and BI.
- Day 4: Automate with AI. Redesign processes and multiply productivity. Automation, agents and functional use cases.
- Day 5: Compete with AI. Use AI for decisions, strategy and sustainable advantage. For managers, executives and strategic advantage.
The aim is not to turn every employee into a technologist; it is to make every employee better at their job, every manager better at managing and every executive better at making decisions.
A full, hands-on day from 8:30 to 5:00
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 8:30 to 9:00 | Recap, AI challenge and demonstration |
| 9:00 to 10:30 | Masterclass |
| 10:30 to 11:00 | Break |
| 11:00 to 12:30 | Practical workshop |
| 12:30 to 1:00 | Case study and discussion |
| 1:00 to 2:00 | Lunch |
| 2:00 to 3:30 | Advanced application |
| 3:30 to 4:00 | Break |
| 4:00 to 4:45 | Hands-on challenge |
| 4:45 to 5:00 | Lessons, commitments and next-day challenge |
The future belongs to people who know their business, understand their profession, and know how to use AI to perform at a level that was previously impossible.
Delivered using the AI Mastery methodology, in partnership with Summit Consulting Ltd.
What you will achieve
- Use AI confidently: master leading AI tools, write professional prompts and research more effectively
- Analyse and report: use AI for Excel and data analytics, spot trends and anomalies, and generate professional management reports and executive presentations
- Automate and redesign: identify high-value AI opportunities, redesign processes around AI, and understand AI agents and functional use cases across departments
- Decide and lead: use AI to support management decisions, protect confidential information, understand AI governance, and identify strategic AI opportunities
- Build a practical, department-specific 90-day AI implementation roadmap
- Leave with a full AI toolkit: a personal AI assistant prompt, 20 reusable workplace prompts, a research framework, report and meeting-intelligence templates, an AI use-case register, an AI risk checklist, a process automation canvas and an AI opportunity matrix
Who it is for
- All staff, supervisors and managers
- Executives, owners and strategy leads
- Analysts, auditors, finance and risk professionals
- HR, sales, operations, customer service, IT and support teams
- Anyone who wants to move from occasional ChatGPT use to using AI as a genuine business capability
Before you start
- No coding or technical background required
- A laptop or computer with internet access
- Access to at least one AI tool such as ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Gemini or Claude (a free tier is sufficient for most exercises)
- Openness to practising on your own real work tasks and documents during the sessions
Curriculum
6 modules · 36 lessons
01Day 1: Use AI, Foundations and Prompting7 items
- Lesson1.1 The AI Revolution
- Lesson1.2 How AI Actually Works
- Lesson1.3 AI Tools Landscape
- Lesson1.4 Prompt Engineering: Fundamentals and the Anatomy of a Powerful Prompt
- Lesson1.5 Working with Documents and Everyday Productivity
- Lesson1.6 AI Risks and Responsible Use
- Lesson1.7 Day 1 Challenge: Your Personal AI Assistant Prompt
02Day 2: Work with AI, Productivity, Research and Reporting6 items
- Lesson2.1 AI as a Research Assistant
- Lesson2.2 Intelligent Reading: Summarising and Extracting from Long Documents
- Lesson2.3 AI-Powered Report Writing and Executive Writing
- Lesson2.4 Meeting Intelligence and Proposal Writing
- Lesson2.5 Presentation Development and Quality Assurance
- Lesson2.6 Day 2 Challenge: From Numbers to Intelligence
03Day 3: Think with AI, Data Analytics and Business Intelligence6 items
- Lesson3.1 Understanding Data for AI and Asking Business Questions
- Lesson3.2 AI and Excel
- Lesson3.3 Descriptive and Diagnostic Analytics: What Happened and Why
- Lesson3.4 Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics: What's Next and What to Do
- Lesson3.5 Detecting Anomalies and Fraud
- Lesson3.6 Day 3 Case Study: What Is Really Happening in This Company?
04Day 4: Automate with AI, Automation, Agents and Functional Use Cases6 items
- Lesson4.1 From AI Assistant to AI Agent: Redesigning Work
- Lesson4.2 Functional Use Cases: Finance, Audit and Risk
- Lesson4.3 Functional Use Cases: HR, Sales and Marketing
- Lesson4.4 Functional Use Cases: Operations, Customer Service and Governance
- Lesson4.5 AI Agents: Observe, Analyse, Decide, Act, Report
- Lesson4.6 Day 4 Challenge: Redesign One Process in Your Department
05Day 5: Compete with AI, Strategy and Competitive Advantage6 items
- Lesson5.1 Where AI Creates Advantage and the AI Opportunity Matrix
- Lesson5.2 AI for Strategic Analysis and Scenario Planning
- Lesson5.3 AI-Powered Management Reporting
- Lesson5.4 The AI-Powered Organisation and a Simple Governance Principle
- Lesson5.5 Building an AI Strategy: Seven Questions to Answer
- Lesson5.6 Day 5 Outcomes: AI Should Inform Strategy, Not Replace It
06Capstone: Your 90-Day AI Transformation Plan and Toolkit5 items
- LessonC.1 The 10 Questions Every Leader Should Be Asking About AI
- LessonC.2 What You Can Now Do: Learning Outcomes After Five Days
- LessonC.3 Your AI Toolkit: 12 Practical Deliverables
- LessonC.4 The 90-Day AI Transformation Plan
- LessonC.5 Final Capstone: Build Your Organisation's AI Roadmap
Certification
Complete every lesson and pass each assessment (pass mark 80%) to receive a certificate carrying a unique reference and QR code. Verify it online using the QR code printed on it.
Questions
Do I need any coding or technical experience?
No. The programme is designed for beginner to advanced users and requires no coding experience.
Which AI tools will we use?
ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Gemini, Claude and specialist AI tools. You can use whichever tool your organisation already provides.
Is this course only for technical or IT staff?
No. It is designed for all staff, supervisors, managers, executives, owners, analysts, auditors, finance, HR, sales, operations, risk, IT, strategy and support.
What will I leave with?
A personal AI toolkit, including reusable prompts, a research framework, reporting templates, an AI risk checklist, a process automation canvas, an AI opportunity matrix and a 90-day AI implementation roadmap.
Do I get a certificate?
Yes. Participants who complete the programme receive a certificate of completion with CPD hours.
