Program Overview

Building an AI-Powered Organization Program

Overview

This program is designed for leaders seeking to transform their organizations by integrating analytics and AI into their operations. It offers a unique combination of real-world case studies and practical frameworks, helping participants understand both the strategic and tactical aspects of AI integration.

Program Details

• The program focuses on improving the success rate of AI projects and applying learned concepts to actual business use-cases.
• It provides a deep understanding of the principles of responsible and ethical AI, applied through real-world case studies and practical tools.
• The program empowers leaders to design and implement ethical AI decision-making systems.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand both the strategic and tactical aspects of implementing AI initiatives
• Iteratively improve analytics and AI initiatives
• Apply a framework to increase the success rate of AI and analytics projects
• Develop principles for ideating, evaluating, and deploying analytics and AI opportunities
• Apply learned concepts to real-world use-cases from your own organization
• Gain a comprehensive understanding of responsible and ethical AI principles
• Utilize specific tools for thinking through the design of ethical AI systems
• Apply ethical principles to real-world case studies based on actual data
• Develop strategies for implementing and maintaining ethical AI practices in your organization

Program Structure

The program is available via live, in-person delivery at SmithToronto, located in the heart of Toronto's downtown financial district.

Target Audience

• Managers
• Executives
• Business leaders of any kind, within any functional area, sector, or industry

Discounts and Grants

• Canada-Ontario Job Grant: Offset your training fees with the Canada-Ontario Job Grant.
• Volume Discounts: 15% discount for organizations that pre-pay for five or more seats on any program within a 12-month period.
• Registered Charities: Limited number of discounted seats in every program to employees of Canadian registered charities.

Personal Benefits

• Learn how to effectively integrate analytics and AI into your organization
• Ensure higher success rates for AI projects
• Identify and evaluate AI opportunities relevant to your specific business context
• Learn how to launch AI-based ventures through practical frameworks and real-world examples
• Learn how to manage risks and foster a culture of data-driven decision-making
• Gain a comprehensive understanding of responsible and ethical AI principles
• Learn practical tools for designing ethical AI systems

Organizational Benefits

• Equip leaders with strategies and frameworks to successfully integrate analytics and AI into their operations
• Reduce the risk of project failures
• Identify valuable AI opportunities and implement them strategically
• Effectively launch new AI-based ventures, driving innovation and competitive advantage
• Equip leaders with the knowledge and tools to develop fair, responsible, and ethical AI systems
• Ensure AI initiatives comply with ethical standards and regulations, fostering trust and sustainability in AI-driven decision-making processes

Program Content

Over the course of two days, participants will learn how to embed analytics and AI into their organization.

Day 1:

• Explore a case study of a legacy firm that transformed itself into a data and AI-driven organization
• Learn how leaders can improve the success of their investments in analytics and AI
• Discuss principles for ideating and evaluating analytics and AI opportunities
• Examine a framework to creatively identify opportunities and how to thoughtfully evaluate and plan analytics and AI initiatives
• Apply the main concepts to use-cases from your organization
• Discover a pragmatic approach to initiating and launching new AI-based business ventures
• Review how to foster a culture of data-driven-decision-making at the executive level

Day 2:

• Learn the principles of responsible and ethical AI
• Apply those principles to several detailed case studies based on real data
• Discover tools that will help you think through the design of ethical AI initiatives
• Practice using those tools within the context of detailed case studies
• Reflect on how to utilize the tools within your own organization

Session Leaders

• Ceren Kolsarici: Associate Professor, Ian R. Friendly Fellow, Scotiabank Scholar, and Director of the Scotiabank Centre for Analytics and AI at Smith School of Business, Queen's University.
• Murray Lei: Associate Professor of Management Analytics and a Distinguished Research Fellow at Smith School of Business, Queen's University.
• Anton Ovchinnikov: Distinguished Professor of Management Analytics at Smith School of Business in Kingston, Canada.
• Stephen Thomas: Professor at Queen's University's Smith School of Business, leading both introductory and expert-level courses on multiple aspects of AI.

Program Fees

$3,700 CAD (plus applicable taxes)

What's Included:

• Continental breakfast, lunch, and snacks each day
• All programming materials
• Post-program support

Location

SmithToronto, 30th Floor, 200 Front Street West, Toronto, ON, Canada

Duration

2 days, from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM ET each day