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Adopting AI in organizations: strategy and execution

👉 Assess AI readiness and organizational maturity.

👉 Prioritize high-impact, feasible AI use cases.

👉 Implement processes for effective AI adoption.

Svetla Yankova

Data & Analytics Leader,
AI for Business @ Oxford

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What you'll learn

Each of the first two chapters covers one of the learning objectives below. The third chapter is all about diving into the business case.

Plan your AI strategy

Leverage disruptive growth to define your organization's strategic positioning and context.
Select a fitting AI strategy for your business.
Select a fitting AI strategy for your business.
Assess your AI readiness level.
Build a strategic AI capabilities roadmap.
Design and implement organizational processes to drive continuous AI innovation.

Deploy AI tactics

Distinguish which tasks are most suited for AI, automation and humans.
Perform Business Process Analysis to identify improvement opportunities.
Create an AI Use Case template and prioritization scorecard.

Execute an effective AI plan

Understand how to create an AI strategy for an organization.
Learn how to develop an AI tactical plan for your company.

Business case

A hands-on guide on how to create an AI strategy for an organization

Establish the target AI maturity level by analyzing your organization's internal operations and competitive position on the market.
Evaluate the current maturity across constituents, capabilities, culture and compliance.
Build a strategy and roadmap to achieve the desired maturity.

Develop an AI tactical play for an organization

Create a shortlist of AI projects to pursue.
Estimate the returns and risk profile of each project.
Select a project to pursue in alignment with your strategic objectives.

Curriculum

Carefully designed curriculum

Learn to assess AI readiness, prioritize use cases, and implement processes for effective AI adoption and innovation.

01Chapter 1
02Chapter 2
03Chapter 3

AI Strategy

Leverage disruptive growth to define your organization's strategic positioning and context

Calibrate own perception for strategic focus, action, challenge and off-radar intelligence.
Leverage the strategic positioning context framework for your organization.

Select a fitting AI strategy for your business

Analyze your market and product offerings to determine to what extent you compete on AI.
Analyze your internal operations to determine to what extent your efficiency can be enhanced by AI.
Determine your level of exposure to AI and the respective strategy – Distraction, Opportunity, Competitive Edge, Mission Critical, Existential.

Assess your AI readiness level

Assess your company maturity across factors from four areas – Constituents, Capabilities, Culture and Compliance.
Conduct an AI readiness survey and analyze the results.
Determine your overall maturity level – Foundational, Developing, Intermediate, Advanced, Optimized.

Build a strategic AI capabilities roadmap

Identify development areas by comparing your AI strategy to your AI readiness level.
Rate the value and effort for each area to identify potential priorities.
Build a roadmap balancing speed and capacity.

Design and implement organizational processes to drive continuous AI innovation

Discover the critical success factors in leading transformation.
Manage change through navigating trust.
Define the scope of the internal AI task force in accordance with the selected AI strategy.
Design performance KPIs to monitor success.

Assignment

Identify key opportunities for disruptive growth in the areas of Action, Off-radar Intelligence, Strategic Focus and Challenge that relate to AI and can bring competitive advantage on your market.

AI Tactics

Distinguish which tasks are more suited for AI, automation or humans

Develop a foundational concept for AI and its technical core.
Develop a foundational concept for the reasoning cycle and the pre-requisites for each step.
Triage tasks based on their standing in the reasoning cycle, data availability and other factors.

Perform Business Process Analysis to identify improvement opportunities

Break down workflows into stand-alone tasks.
Rate tasks to create an AI index.
Design optimized workflows through appropriate interventions.

Create an AI Use Case template and prioritization score card

Implement a process to source and evaluate use cases.
Define the key properties of an AI use case.
Evaluate use cases using quantitative and qualitative factors.

Business case

Creating an AI strategy

Learn how to develop a clear AI strategy by assessing your organization’s internal operations and competitive market position. Establish your target AI maturity level, evaluate your current capabilities, and build a roadmap to achieve strategic AI adoption.

Developing an AI tactical plan

Turn strategy into action by identifying the right AI projects for your organization. Prioritize opportunities based on potential impact and risk, estimate ROI, and select projects that align with your business goals for successful AI implementation.

Format & Schedule

How you’ll learn

Self-paced training

Learn at your own pace with on-demand video, ready-to-use frameworks and guides.

What you’ll get

3 outcome-focused modules with real-world examples.
6 hours of video content + 2 exercises
Practical projects with solutions for self-evaluation.
Ready-to-use frameworks and guides.
A real-life business case, broken down into actionable steps.
Lifetime access to all course materials.
Telerik Academy certificate.

Who it's perfect for

Project managers

Know your organization needs an AI strategy but unsure where to start? In this Sprint, you'll learn how to introduce AI to leadership, drive adoption, identify high-impact projects, and measure their success.

Founders

Learn how to use AI to grow your business. Focus on high-impact opportunities and avoid wasting time and resources on the wrong problems.

C-suite business and data leaders

AI ROI can be tricky, and knowing where it fits in your strategy isn’t always clear. Learn how to align AI with your goals, assess readiness, and pick the right projects for real impact.

Business analysts

Learn how to analyze workflows, spot the best AI opportunities, and help drive successful AI adoption that delivers real impact and efficiency.

What sets us apart

Learn from industry experts with proven career results.

Gain practical insights not found on YouTube, Udemy or Coursera.

Uncover tribal knowledge that is rarely documented and shared.

Trainers & Guest speakers

Meet your trainer

Svetla Yankova Trainer

Data & Analytics Leader,
AI for Business @ Oxford

Svetla Yankova is a data and AI leader with a strong background in finance, strategy, and analytics. She led global Data & Analytics at Progress Software, driving data standardization and adoption for 2000+ internal customers and supporting $600M+ in revenue. She is currently pursuing a Postgraduate Diploma in AI for Business at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.

Spearheaded initiatives optimizing data strategy, governance, and AI adoption for business impact.
Deep expertise in finance, strategy, and analytics, with experience spanning finance, aviation, FMCG, and tech sectors.
Passionate about leveraging AI to enhance productivity and deliver measurable business results.

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Adopting AI in organizations: strategy and execution

Your path to implementing a successful AI strategy

What you'll learn

Carefully designed curriculum

AI Strategy

Leverage disruptive growth to define your organization's strategic positioning and context

Select a fitting AI strategy for your business

Assess your AI readiness level

Build a strategic AI capabilities roadmap

Design and implement organizational processes to drive continuous AI innovation

Assignment

AI Tactics

Distinguish which tasks are more suited for AI, automation or humans

Perform Business Process Analysis to identify improvement opportunities

Create an AI Use Case template and prioritization score card

Business case

Creating an AI strategy

Developing an AI tactical plan

How you’ll learn

Who it's perfect for

What sets us apart

Meet your trainer

The more you learn, the more you earn

Inspiring passion for learning. Changing lives and businesses.

Still have questions?

How do I enroll for a Sprint?

How can I pay?

Do you offer group discounts?

Can I get an invoice?

How long does it take to complete a Sprint?

What if I miss a live session?

Will I receive a certificate upon completion of a Sprint?

How is a Sprint different from an Upskill?

How can I get in touch?

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