Introduction to AI for Business
Grow Your AI Skills
A Practical Course for Working Professionals.
The Leadership Institute at PNW’s Introduction to AI for Business course teaches professionals how to leverage AI to enhance productivity, refine decision-making and spark innovation. You’ll cut through the misconceptions to understand what AI really is and how to apply it effectively and responsibly in your work.
Each session combines a brief overview with a hands-on build, ensuring you walk away with practical tools you can apply immediately.
The Introduction to AI for Business program is well-regarded as a great place for you to build your AI knowledge and create practical applications that function in your real-world situations.
Our sessions are led by leadership experts from both the academic and business world, giving you the latest research-based content and the most current skills to add to your tool kit.
The benefits of the Introduction to AI for Business Program are cross-sectional. They can be applied across many different industries and sectors, business models, positions and career stages.
This program is design for:
- Mid-level managers, developing management professionals, star contributors and high potential employees, executives and managers seeking to become savvy AI users.
- Anyone who wants to learn how to make AI tools work for you to help increase efficiency and productivity, enhance decision making and create new opportunities for innovation.
AI for Business Program Details
Location
Virtual
Dates
The Introduction to AI for Business cohort will meet every Friday at noon from February 20 to April 17, 2026 (excluding March 20, 2026).
Investment
$2,550
Explore the Curriculum
The Introduction to AI for Business program features eight virtual sessions, each lasting 90 minutes. Participants also benefit from 30 minutes of weekly office hours for additional support.
This program is tool-agnostic and includes a short framework/glossary sent one week before each class.
Eliminating Confusion and Establishing Control
1. The AI Foundation: Learn, Create and Command
You’ll gain the ability to accurately define what AI is and what it is not (simple, fixed software) and an introduction to LLM.
2. Prompting Mastery
Intro to prompting and the formula for achieving reliable, executive-grade output every time using multiple frameworks.
3. The AI Leader’s Risk Management and Governance
Lesson on AI Governance, gain the strategic frameworks to protect your company from major risks (IP, bias, privacy).
Building Automated Workflows and Strategic Deliverables
4. Private AI: Build Your Knowledge Agent
You learn to leverage your proprietary knowledge safely, reducing Q&A time and ensuring consistent, on-brand communication.
5. Data Insights Without Code
You gain the ability to interrogate data instantly using natural language, accelerating strategic decision-making.
6. Workflow Automation: Your Personal Chief of Staff
You build a functional automation that takes over repetitive tasks, delivering quantifiable time savings.
7. Executive Pitch Deck Acceleration
Accelerate your ability to deliver strategy by condensing the time spent on presentation drafting from days to hours.
8. Cashing In: Help Your Team Use AI Tomorrow
One-page quickstart, three prompts with examples, five simple do/don’t rules, a step-by-step for your automation, a 3-minute demo video and a short fix/rollback guide.
Instructors
Program Instructor
Kajal Jain teaches practical, responsible AI for business, hands-on skills to write better prompts, speed decisions, build agents and automate routine work.
Program Schedule
To accommodate everyone’s busy schedules, the entire eight-week course will be offered virtually. The virtual classes will allow you to easily transition to your next task!
After the final session, you will receive your Certificate of Completion via US Mail.
| Session | Date |
|---|---|
| 1 | February 20, 2026 |
| 2 | February 27, 2026 |
| 3 | March 6, 2026 |
| 4 | March 13, 2026 |
| 5 | March 27, 2026 |
| 6 | April 3, 2026 |
| 7 | April 10, 2026 |
| 8 | April 17, 2026 |