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Implementing AI at Your Organization

Empower Your Organization with Responsible AI: Navigate Risks, Maximize Potential.

Implementing AI into an organization offers substantial opportunities, including streamlining operations, enhancing decision-making, and elevating customer interactions. However, it also brings complex operational, ethical, and legal challenges that require careful attention to ensure responsible use. This hands-on workshop is designed to equip participants with critical knowledge about AI adoption, emphasizing key areas such as risk management, data governance, confidentiality, and legal implications. Using real-world examples of AI integration in business, the workshop will illustrate how companies are successfully balancing innovation with responsible AI usage and highlight the importance of aligning AI initiatives with compliance standards.

Through interactive sessions and practical exercises, participants will dive into frameworks for developing effective AI governance strategies, including risk mitigation tactics that address data privacy, algorithmic bias, and transparency. Guided by expert insights, participants will explore the nuanced legal and confidentiality considerations associated with AI tools, ensuring they leave with actionable strategies to manage these complexities. By the end of the workshop, attendees will have built a toolkit of best practices for embedding AI responsibly within their organizations, fostering an environment that supports innovation while upholding ethical standards and regulatory compliance.

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Key Learnings

Real-world examples of AI integration in business, focusing on risk management and compliance.
How to balance innovation with responsible AI usage in your organization.
Frameworks for developing an AI governance strategy.
Risk mitigation strategies for data privacy, bias, and transparency.
Key legal and confidentiality considerations when implementing AI tools.

Meet the Faculty

Shannon McKeen
Shannon McKeen
Professor of the Practice & Executive Director for the Center for Analytics Impact, Wake Forest School of Business
Wake Forest University

Additional Information

Who should attend?

This workshop is designed for decision-makers and business leaders trying to decide how to engage AI into their organizations. It’s ideal for those responsible for navigating the operational, ethical, and legal complexities of AI deployment. Small groups attending from the same company are likely to get the most out of the course.

Schedule

Sample Schedule: 8:30am- 4:00pm

  • 8:00– 8:20 Continental Breakfast
  • 8:20 – 8:30 Introductions and program overview
    • Objectives: Defining where AI fits in various business processes.
    • Discuss experiences with AI so far
  • 8:30 – 10:15 Session 1 – Identifying AI Use Cases and Opportunities
    • Discussion on AI foundations: what AI can (and cannot) do in business contexts.
    • Exercise: Identifying AI-ready tasks using structured prompts
    • Group activity: Identifying potential AI applications in participants’ organizations.
  • 10:15 – 10:30 Break
  • 10:30 – 12:00 Session 2 – Building AI Solutions: Hands-On with Prompts
    • Intro to crafting effective AI prompts
    • Practical exercise: Create and refine prompts for AI tools relevant to organizational needs.
    • Claude/GPT Demo: Example project
  • 12:00 – 12:45 Lunch
  • 12:45 – 2:15 Session 3 – AI Integration: Managing Change
    • Discuss change management frameworks
    • Role-playing: Handling organizational resistance to AI adoption.
    • Exercise: Develop a phased AI integration plan using a practical framework like PQAM
  • 2:15 – 2:30 Break
  • 2:30 – 4:00 Session 4 – Governance, Ethics, and AI Roadmap
    • Explore ethical use cases, privacy, and compliance concerns.
    • Group work: Create an AI governance roadmap.
    • Discussion: How to ensure AI-driven projects stay aligned with business objectives and ethics.
  • 4:00 – 4:15 Review and group discussion
Materials

Course materials are included in the cost of tuition. Materials will be provided in paper format during the class and/or distributed electronically. Participants will also need:

  • A laptop for interactive exercises.
  • Basic familiarity with AI concepts is recommended but not required.
  • Any relevant organizational data on current AI or tech initiatives (optional).
Refund & Cancellation Policies

Program Cancellation

This course is offered contingent upon sufficient enrollment. If a course must be cancelled, all registered participants will be notified at least five (5) calendar days before the course’s start date. All registered participants will receive a 100% tuition refund. No fees will be charged for cancelled courses.

Individual Cancellation – Refund Policy

Prospective participants who withdraw at least 10 days prior to the start of a course will receive a full refund of tuition paid.

Contact Us

For more information, or to speak with a program adviser, please send an email to executivewake@wfu.edu

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