The Role of the CEO in Navigating GenAI

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The Role of the CEO in Navigating GenAI

This course is part of Navigating Generative AI for Leaders Specialization

Instructor: Jeff Maggioncalda, Coursera CEO

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

141 reviews

Beginner level

No prior experience required

4 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Why GenAI is critically important for CEOs to understand
How to start your AI journey
What AI is and what it can do
How to go hands on with Generative AI to enhance your performance as a CEO

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This course is designed to guide CEOs and senior leaders on their journey to understanding and leveraging Generative AI. It focuses on the critical role of the CEO in navigating the transformative potential of GenAI. Guest speakers, Andrew Ng (Co-founder and Chairman of Coursera) and Hayden Brown (CEO of Upwork) provide their perspectives on the importance of this journey and how leaders can maximize their impact.

In this course, learners will get hands-on experiences with GenAI within our live “playground” environment with private access to powerful large language models. You'll explore how GenAI can serve as a 'thought partner', enhancing critical areas of their role such as information synthesis, decision-making, and effective communication. Imagine having a partner who can help you sift through vast amounts of data, identify key insights, and aid in making strategic decisions. That's the promise of GenAI. Finally, guest lecturers Jules White (Vanderbilt) and Andrew Ng (Stanford and DeepLearning.AI) will provide an executive summary of how Generative AI works as well as what it is capable and not capable of.

This short course introduces the transformative impact of Generative AI on businesses and the motivations for its implementation. It highlights the groundbreaking potential of Generative AI and the importance of swift adaptation. A key focus of this course is the exploration of how CEOs can use GenAI as a strategic thought partner, emphasizing critical thinking and providing practical exercises. The course concludes by explaining how Generative AI works, including the training of large language models and their capabilities and limitations.

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20 videos9 readings2 assignments3 discussion prompts1 ungraded lab

20 videos Total 141 minutes

Welcome to the Specialization 9 minutes
The role of CEO 4 minutes
Why GenAI matters to CEOs (Andrew Ng, Coursera) 5 minutes
Adapting to GenAI as a business 7 minutes
GenAI is a "now game" (Hayden Brown, Upwork) 7 minutes
The risk of adopting GenAI too slowly 6 minutes
Adapting to GenAI as CEO 8 minutes
Why CEOs who don't use GenAI will fall behind 5 minutes
Setting up your GenAI playground 9 minutes
Using GenAI for basic queries 12 minutes
Using GenAI as your "Thought Partner" (part 1) 7 minutes
Using GenAI as your "Thought Partner" (part 2) 12 minutes
Your role as a critical thinker with GenAI 5 minutes
Welcome our guest experts 2 minutes
How Generative AI works 8 minutes
DeepLearning.AI
AI is a general purpose technology 7 minutes
DeepLearning.AI
What LLMs can and cannot do 11 minutes
DeepLearning.AI
Generative AI is Not a Source of Facts 7 minutes
Vanderbilt University
Should you train your own GenAI models? (Steve Jarrett , Orange) 10 minutes
Course wrap-up 2 minutes

9 readings Total 72 minutes

Course syllabus 5 minutes
How to be successful in this course 3 minutes
A CEO Guide to the AI Revolution (from BCG) 10 minutes
CEO toolkit: Sample outline to kick off your GenAI team 5 minutes
"How People Can Create—and Destroy—Value with GenAI" 10 minutes
Writing effective prompts 10 minutes
A visual guide to how LLMs work 9 minutes
Intel's look into the future of Generative AI 10 minutes
Navigating Generative AI for Leaders 10 minutes

2 assignments Total 20 minutes

The new frontier of Generative AI 10 minutes
Use GenAI as your Thought Partner 10 minutes

3 discussion prompts Total 20 minutes

Meet and greet 5 minutes
Your initial thoughts on GenAI 7 minutes
How do you use generative AI today? 8 minutes

1 ungraded lab Total 15 minutes

CEO toolkit: Use GenAI as a "Thought Partner" 15 minutes

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Reviewed on Apr 23, 2024

Excellent explanation with a lot of practices cases

Reviewed on Jan 26, 2025

Ideal for grasping the basics of Gen AI, this content is straightforward and easy to follow. It includes excellent real-life examples and offers a hands-on approach.

Reviewed on Feb 28, 2025

i like the formula to address the most important points, very inspiring to learn more ;) thanks!

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