Paul Welty, PhD AI, WORK, AND STAYING HUMAN

Unlocking Enterprise Value with Generative AI

Unlocking Enterprise Value with Generative AI
Elevate your leadership with strategies to harness generative AI, drive enterprise value, and transform core business processes effectively.

The Generative AI: Executive Strategies to Unlock Enterprise Value program offered by Kellogg Executive Education aims to equip executives with the knowledge and skills to implement an AI strategy for their organization, infuse AI into core functions and business processes, and explore issues of competition, governance, and ethics. The program covers topics such as generative AI use cases, building an AI-ready platform and organization, and putting generative AI to work. The program is designed for C-level executives, division presidents, and vice presidents, as well as senior managers and mid-career executives.

Original article: Generative AI: Executive Strategies to Unlock Enterprise Value


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