THRIVE with AI: Mastering AI for Leadership Growth & Innovation
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THRIVE with AI: Mastering AI for Leadership Growth & Innovation
Instructor: Dr. Patrick D. Lynch
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What you'll learn
Transform Your Work: Develop a personalized AI adoption plan for your team or organization
Lead with Confidence: Build an AI adoption strategy that energizes your team and gets buy-in from leadership
Maximize ROI: Assess AI adoption challenges and opportunities in your professional role
Future-Proof Your Career: Master the agile processes top performers use to stay ahead of AI changes
Skills you'll gain
- Operational Efficiency
- Decision Intelligence
- AI Integrations
- Organizational Leadership
- AI Personalization
- Productivity
- Accountability Frameworks
- Responsible AI
- Change Management
- Agile Project Management
- Stakeholder Analysis
- Stakeholder Communications
- AI Enablement
- Business Leadership
- Stakeholder Management
- Strategic Planning
- Decision Making
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There are 4 modules in this course
Welcome to THRIVE with AI: Mastering AI for Leadership Growth & Innovation. This practical, hands-on course gives working professionals a proven framework to harness AI's power while maintaining control, creativity, and career growth. Using the THRIVE methodology, you'll learn exactly how top performers are using AI to accelerate their careers - and how you can too.
By the end of this course, you will be able to: - Develop a personalized AI adoption plan for your team or organization - Build an AI adoption strategy that energizes your team and gets buy-in from leadership - Assess AI adoption challenges and opportunities in your professional role - Apply the agile processes top performers use to stay ahead of AI changes - Create an ethical AI implementation plan that balances automation with human creativity - Demonstrate the value of AI adoption using action plan frameworks This course empowers working professionals to strategically adopt AI in their roles using the THRIVE framework for integrating AI effectively while maintaining meaningful work, ethical oversight, and creativity. Through real-world case studies, interactive exercises, and expert insights, you’ll learn how to use AI to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows, and lead AI-driven transformations in your organization. Whether you're an executive, manager, or knowledge worker, this course will give you the skills and confidence to make AI work for you.
Discover how AI can enhance your work, not replace it. This module helps you align AI with your strengths and career goals, ensuring that technology supports meaningful and engaging work while boosting productivity. Learn how to strike the perfect balance between automation and human oversight to maximize efficiency without losing the human touch.
What's included
10 videos5 readings2 assignments
10 videos•Total 57 minutes
- Welcome to THRIVE: How AI Can Work for You (Not Replace You)•5 minutes
- The AI Mindset Shift: Stop Worrying, Start Thriving•5 minutes
- Automate or Optimize? How to Decide What AI Should Do•5 minutes
- From Overwhelmed to Optimized: Using AI to Reclaim Your Time•6 minutes
- When to Trust AI, When to Take Control•6 minutes
- Real-World AI Wins: How Top Professionals Use AI•5 minutes
- Deep Work & AI: Stop Multitasking, Start Maximizing•6 minutes
- The AI Adoption Playbook: Overcoming Resistance in Your Team•7 minutes
- AI at Work: The Top 5 Tools Every Professional Should Try•5 minutes
- Your AI Productivity Plan: Small Steps, Big Results•6 minutes
5 readings•Total 55 minutes
- Course Overview•10 minutes
- McKinsey Report: AI in the Workplace •20 minutes
- Impact of Copilot for Microsoft 365•10 minutes
- Optional: Additional Reading Resources•5 minutes
- THRIVE Worksheets•10 minutes
2 assignments•Total 60 minutes
- Practice Quiz•30 minutes
- Module 1 Graded Quiz•30 minutes
In our rapidly changing AI-driven world, adaptability is a competitive advantage. This module empowers you to develop a growth mindset and experiment with AI as a creativity partner. You’ll explore design thinking methodologies to unlock new ways of brainstorming, problem-solving, and staying ahead in your field.
What's included
10 videos4 readings1 assignment1 peer review
10 videos•Total 51 minutes
- The Future Belongs to the Adaptable: Are You Ready?•5 minutes
- AI for Creativity: A Game-Changer, Not a Replacement•5 minutes
- From Stuck to Inspired: How AI Sparks New Ideas•5 minutes
- AI-Enhanced Innovation: Why Leaders Need Experimentation•5 minutes
- Where AI Ends and Human Imagination Begins•5 minutes
- Breaking the Mold: AI for Strategic Thinking & Storytelling•5 minutes
- Leveraging Imagination and Creativity in Complex Decisions•5 minutes
- When AI Doesn’t Have the Answer—Trust Yourself•5 minutes
- Top AI Creativity Tools You Should Be Using Right Now•7 minutes
- Your AI Adaptability Plan: Stay Ahead in an AI-Driven World•4 minutes
4 readings•Total 60 minutes
- Design x Foresight: How McKinsey Shapes the Future of Business•20 minutes
- Accenture Technology Vision 2025•20 minutes
- Growth Mindset Fuels AI Transformation•10 minutes
- THRIVE Worksheets•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Practice Quiz•30 minutes
1 peer review•Total 60 minutes
- Resilient Adaptability•60 minutes
AI must be used ethically and efficiently to unlock its full potential. This module teaches you how to implement AI in a way that is transparent, fair, and aligned with business goals. Learn how to identify bias risks, apply ethical decision-making frameworks, and ensure AI-driven efficiency without compromising human values.
What's included
10 videos5 readings2 assignments1 discussion prompt
10 videos•Total 52 minutes
- AI’s Biggest Dilemma: Ethics vs. Efficiency•5 minutes
- Avoiding AI Bias: What Every Professional Should Know•6 minutes
- Human + AI = Better Decisions? Oversight in Action•5 minutes
- Black Box AI: Why Transparency Matters More Than Ever•5 minutes
- AI & Privacy: What Ethical Data Use Requires•5 minutes
- The Dark Side of AI: Real-World Failure Case Studies•6 minutes
- Fast vs. Fair: The Trade-Off Every AI Decision Faces•5 minutes
- How to Build Trust in AI: A Framework for Ethical Use•5 minutes
- When AI Acts on Its Own: Why Agentic AI Changes the Stakes and the Rules•6 minutes
- How to Build an AI Ethical Culture•5 minutes
5 readings•Total 55 minutes
- Generative AI Governance: Shaping a Collective Global Future•20 minutes
- AI Agents Outmaneuvering Salespeople•10 minutes
- AI Phobia Is Just Fear That ‘Easier’ Equals ‘Cheating’ •10 minutes
- Optional: Additional Reading Resources•5 minutes
- THRIVE Worksheets•10 minutes
2 assignments•Total 60 minutes
- Practice Quiz•30 minutes
- Module 3 Graded Quiz•30 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 15 minutes
- AI Ethics: Discussion Prompt•15 minutes
This final module brings everything together as you develop your own AI adoption plan using the THRIVE framework. You will apply your learnings to a real-world AI strategy, ensuring that AI adoption in your organization is impactful, ethical, and scalable. By the end of this module, you will have a fully developed roadmap for AI-driven success.
What's included
10 videos8 readings1 assignment1 peer review
10 videos•Total 42 minutes
- THRIVE in Action: Making AI Your Strategic Advantage•4 minutes
- Building Your AI Adoption Roadmap•5 minutes
- How to Persuade Leaders & Teams to Embrace AI•5 minutes
- AI Pitfalls: The 5 Biggest Mistakes & How to Avoid Them•5 minutes
- How to Expand Beyond Just One Team•4 minutes
- Measuring AI Success: What Metrics Actually Matter?•4 minutes
- Creating an AI-Ready Culture: What Leaders Need to Know•4 minutes
- AI Leadership: How to Guide Your Organization Into the Future•3 minutes
- What’s Next? The Future of AI in Business & Careers•5 minutes
- Presenting Your AI Adoption Plan•2 minutes
8 readings•Total 65 minutes
- Culture "AI-Ready"•5 minutes
- Modeling Success•5 minutes
- The great AI skills disconnect - and how to fix it •20 minutes
- AI Transformation•10 minutes
- Bridging Cultures: How Human-AI Collaboration is Redefining Teams•10 minutes
- Optional: Additional Reading Resources•5 minutes
- THRIVE Worksheet•5 minutes
- Congratulations on Completing the Course•5 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Practice Quiz•30 minutes
1 peer review•Total 60 minutes
- THRIVE Assessment•60 minutes
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