AI Integration for Non-Technical Managers Course

Turn business problems, readiness, sourcing choices, decision boundaries, cross-functional roles, governance, adoption, and value into a manager's AI plan.
AI Integration for Non-Technical Managers Course

At a glance

Duration
5 days
Format
Classroom
Cities
Chicago, Abu Dhabi, Rome, Manama, Istanbul, London and more
Next session
11 – 15 October 2026, Chicago
Average fee
5,800 €

Overview

AI Integration for Non-Technical Managers Course is a five-day foundation course for non-technical managers, business executives, functional leaders, transformation sponsors, and AI initiative owners, who leave with a Manager's AI Integration and Adoption Plan. Participants translate business problems into initiatives, assess readiness, choose sourcing and operating approaches, define decision boundaries, coordinate business and technical teams, set governance controls, plan adoption, and measure value. Agile Leaders Training Center provides training in AI integration for non-technical managers.

Who Should Attend

  • Functional managers responsible for business processes and outcomes
  • Executives responsible for sponsorship and investment decisions
  • Transformation teams responsible for coordinating cross-functional change
  • Initiative owners responsible for delivery, adoption, and value
  • Risk and governance teams responsible for oversight and controls
  • Business partners responsible for working with data and technology teams

The course assumes participants make or support business, transformation, investment, or governance decisions and leaves out coding, model development, technical architecture design, and vendor-product administration.

Departments and Industries

The course supports manager-led AI integration across business and public-service settings.

  • Strategy, transformation, and business-unit leadership
  • Operations, finance, marketing, people, and customer functions
  • Technology, data, risk, and internal-control teams
  • Financial services, retail, and professional-services organizations
  • Healthcare, education, and public-service organizations
  • Manufacturing, logistics, utilities, and infrastructure operators

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Analyze business problems for suitable AI integration
  • Evaluate process, data, people, and technology readiness
  • Compare sourcing and operating approaches
  • Design decision boundaries and cross-functional ownership
  • Apply governance, adoption, and value controls
  • Build a manager's AI integration and adoption plan

Course Agenda

Day 1: Business Problems and AI Fit

  • Business Problem and Outcome Framing Canvas
  • Process, Decision, and Evidence Flow Map
  • AI Capability and Limitation Discussion Guide
  • Human Judgment and Automation Boundary Matrix
  • Manager AI Initiative Brief Template

Day 2: Readiness and Integration Choices

  • Data, Process, People, and Technology Readiness Assessment
  • Integration Dependency and Constraint Register
  • Build, Buy, Partner, and Defer Decision Matrix
  • Current and Target Operating Workflow Map
  • AI Initiative Feasibility and Risk Scorecard

Day 3: Roles and Delivery Coordination

  • Business, Data, Technology, and Risk Role Map
  • Decision Rights and Accountability Charter
  • Requirement, Assumption, and Acceptance Criteria Sheet
  • Business-to-Technical Handoff Checklist
  • AI Initiative Stage and Review Gate Board

Day 4: Governance and Adoption

  • NIST AI RMF Manager Governance Canvas
  • ISO/IEC 42001 Management Alignment Checklist
  • Responsible AI Risk and Control Register
  • Stakeholder Adoption and Capability Action Plan
  • AI Benefit, Risk, and Performance Dashboard

Day 5: Manager Integration Practice

  • Suggested Exercise: Frame a Business Problem and AI Fit
  • Suggested Exercise: Assess Readiness and Integration Choices
  • Suggested Exercise: Define Roles and Delivery Handoffs
  • Suggested Exercise: Set Governance and Adoption Controls
  • Capstone Exercise: Manager's AI Integration and Adoption Plan

Practical Exercises

The course uses suggested activities that turn business evidence into managed AI integration decisions.

  • Suggested activity: frame problems, outcomes, processes, decisions, evidence, capabilities, and human boundaries
  • Suggested activity: assess readiness, record dependencies, compare sourcing choices, and map target workflows
  • Suggested activity: assign roles and decision rights, document assumptions, define acceptance, and plan handoffs
  • Suggested activity: set governance controls, adoption actions, benefit measures, review gates, and the integration plan

FAQs

Who suits AI integration for non-technical managers training?

AI integration training suits managers, executives, functional leaders, transformation sponsors, initiative owners, and business partners who coordinate AI work. It assumes business decision experience and requires no AI programming.

How does manager AI integration differ from technical AI development training?

Manager AI integration focuses on business problems, readiness, sourcing, operating workflows, ownership, handoffs, governance, adoption, and value. Technical AI development focuses on data engineering, algorithms, coding, model testing, infrastructure, and deployment.

How should managers decide whether a business problem suits AI?

Managers should examine the decision, desired outcome, evidence, repetition, variability, uncertainty, data availability, human judgment, process constraints, risks, alternatives, and measurable value before proposing AI.

How can non-technical managers coordinate AI delivery?

Managers can define outcomes, owners, decision rights, assumptions, acceptance criteria, data responsibilities, human boundaries, review gates, risks, adoption actions, measures, and escalation while technical teams handle engineering choices.

What belongs in a Manager's AI Integration and Adoption Plan?

The plan includes problems, outcomes, use cases, readiness, dependencies, sourcing choices, target workflows, roles, decision rights, handoffs, controls, adoption actions, benefits, measures, gates, and review decisions.

Conclusion

Participants take back a Manager's AI Integration and Adoption Plan connecting business problems, readiness, integration choices, roles, governance, adoption, and value. The plan makes assumptions, dependencies, decision boundaries, handoffs, controls, ownership, and measures visible across teams. It supports coordinated AI initiatives while retaining accountable management judgment.

credits: 5 credit per day

Course Mode: full-time

Provider: Agile Leaders Training Center

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London London Week 30, 2027
26 – 30 July 2027
5 Days Onsite €5,700
Istanbul Istanbul Week 31, 2027
2 – 6 August 2027
5 Days Onsite €4,500
Casablanca Casablanca Week 32, 2027
9 – 13 August 2027
5 Days Onsite €4,100
Madrid Madrid Week 33, 2027
16 – 20 August 2027
5 Days Onsite €5,700
Muscat Muscat Week 33, 2027
22 – 26 August 2027
5 Days Onsite €5,700
San Diego San Diego Week 35, 2027
30 August – 3 September 2027
5 Days Onsite €14,000
Manama Manama Week 35, 2027
5 – 9 September 2027
5 Days Onsite €4,700
Amsterdam Amsterdam Week 37, 2027
13 – 17 September 2027
5 Days Onsite €5,700
Singapore Singapore Week 37, 2027
13 – 17 September 2027
5 Days Onsite €5,700
Bangkok Bangkok Week 37, 2027
19 – 23 September 2027
5 Days Onsite €6,000
Al Jubail Al Jubail Week 38, 2027
26 – 30 September 2027
5 Days Onsite €5,700
Zoom Zoom Week 39, 2027
27 September – 1 October 2027
5 Days Online €1,500
Phuket Phuket Week 39, 2027
3 – 7 October 2027
5 Days Onsite €6,000
New York New York Week 40, 2027
4 – 8 October 2027
5 Days Onsite €12,000
Langkawi Langkawi Week 40, 2027
10 – 14 October 2027
5 Days Onsite €6,000
Dubai Dubai Week 41, 2027
11 – 15 October 2027
5 Days Onsite €4,500

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OverviewAI Integration for Non-Technical Managers Course is a five-day foundation course for non-technical managers, business executives, functional leaders, transformation sponsors, and AI initiative owners, who leave with a Manager's AI Integration and Adoption Plan. Participants translate business problems into initiatives, assess readiness, choose sou…

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