Understanding AI: What Leaders Need to Know
A plain-English introduction to AI for leaders — what it is, what it does, and how to decide.
From £476Corporate AI Training
AI Training for Business Teams
Train your managers and staff in AI together, live online in UK time or on campus in central London. Choose non-technical AI courses on AI literacy, strategy, use cases, hands-on ChatGPT and Copilot skills, governance and risk, delivered as a corporate programme or a group booking for people from one organisation. No coding needed.
Find the right course
| Your goal | Start with |
|---|---|
| Give every manager a shared baseline in AI | Understanding AI: What Leaders Need to Know |
| Agree an AI strategy with your leadership team | AI Strategy Course for Executives |
| Find and prioritise AI use cases | Strategic Application of AI in Business |
| Get teams using ChatGPT and Copilot well | Leading AI Innovation & Organisational Transformation |
| Set rules for data and responsible AI | Data Strategy, Governance & Ethics for AI Professionals |
| Manage AI risk and security | AI Risk Management & Security |
| Plan how roles and skills will change | The Future of Workforce: AI & Talent Transformation |
| Develop your AI leads in more depth | Diploma in AI for Leaders and Executives |
Courses
AI courses you can book for your team
AI Strategy for Executives
Choose the right AI use cases, weigh the ROI and build a practical roadmap — no coding required.
From £492
Strategic Application of AI in Business
Spot high-value AI use cases, prioritise them and turn them into measurable business results.
From £451
Leading AI Innovation & Organisational Transformation
Use everyday AI tools well at work, then lead your team in adopting them. Hands-on, no coding.
From £720
Data Strategy, Governance & Ethics for AI Professionals
Build the data strategy, governance and ethics that make AI trustworthy and compliant.
From £385
AI Risk Management & Security
Identify, assess and control AI risk — bias, security, data and regulation — without a technical background.
From £525
The Future of Workforce: AI & Talent Transformation
Lead reskilling and talent transformation as AI reshapes roles across your organisation.
From £485
Diploma in AI for Leaders and Executives
A comprehensive, non-technical AI diploma: strategy, governance, risk, data and workforce change.
From £3,951How corporate AI training works
- 1. Tell us what should change. Tell admissions what your team needs to do differently with AI, roughly how many people are involved and your preferred format.
- 2. Choose the course. Admissions recommend a course, or a sequence of courses, and confirm the dates and schedule for your group.
- 3. Learn together. Your team studies together, live online in UK time or on campus at Malet Street, and works on shared challenges from your own organisation.
- 4. Measure the result. Agree before the course what should change, such as a process, the time a task takes or a result, take a baseline and review it afterwards.
What to look for in an AI training company
| Check | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Non-technical by default | Most staff need to use AI and judge its output, not build models. Technical training only suits developers and data teams. |
| Live, tutor-led teaching | People practise on their own tasks and get answers to their questions, which a library of recordings cannot give them. |
| More than one tool | Many organisations use more than one AI assistant, and tools change quickly. Skills that work across tools last longer than training on one product. |
| Safe and responsible use | Staff need clear rules on which data they may use, how to check output and when to ask, including under UK GDPR. |
| Published fees and syllabus | You can compare courses like for like before you speak to anyone. |
| A plan to measure impact | Training is worth paying for when you can show what changed afterwards. |
Free AI training or paid AI training for your team?
Every adult in the UK can take free AI foundations courses through the government's AI Skills Boost programme on the AI Skills Hub. The courses are checked against Skills England's AI foundation skills for work benchmark, some take under 20 minutes, and people who complete them receive a virtual AI foundations badge. They are a sensible first step for staff who are new to AI tools. When the government expanded the programme in January 2026, it reported that only 21% of UK workers feel confident using AI at work.
Free foundations courses teach people to use simple AI tools. They do not cover the decisions managers face: which uses are worth funding, which data may be used, how to measure results and how to bring a team with you. The courses on this page cover those decisions, with live teaching applied to your own organisation.
AI literacy and the EU AI Act
If your organisation provides or deploys AI systems in the European Union, Article 4 of the EU AI Act has applied since 2 February 2025. It requires providers and deployers to take measures to ensure, to their best extent, a sufficient level of AI literacy among staff who operate or use AI systems on their behalf. Understanding AI: What Leaders Need to Know gives managers that baseline, and Data Strategy, Governance & Ethics for AI Professionals covers governance in more depth. The courses teach frameworks, not legal advice, so check your obligations with your legal or compliance team.
For organisations
Training a team?
Most executive short courses can be delivered as corporate training for a group from one organisation, live online or on campus in London.
Insights
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FAQ
AI Training for Business: common questions
What is AI training for business?
AI training for business is a course taken by a group of employees from one organisation, so managers and staff learn to use AI, decide where it fits and manage the risks together. Your team works on shared challenges and comes away with a common approach.
Which AI courses can be delivered for a team?
Two run as corporate programmes for a group from one organisation: Leading AI-Driven Transformation, built on Leading AI Innovation & Organisational Transformation, and AI Strategy for Leadership Teams, built on AI Strategy for Executives. For the other AI courses on this page, admissions can arrange a group booking. Ask admissions to confirm the course you want.
Is the AI training online or in person?
Both. Teams can study live online, taught in UK time, or on campus at Malet Street in central London. Teams in other time zones can ask admissions for the timetable converted to their local time.
Do our staff need a technical background?
No. The courses are non-technical, with no coding needed. They suit managers, team leaders and professionals who use AI or decide how it is used.
How long does corporate AI training take?
Most of the AI courses on this page run over 3 to 6 weeks. Admissions confirm the dates and schedule for your group.
How much does AI training for a team cost?
It depends on the course, the format and the size of your group. Each course page lists published per-person fees for Live Online and Campus study, and admissions can explain group booking options.
Does the training cover ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot?
Leading AI Innovation & Organisational Transformation includes hands-on practice with mainstream AI assistants such as ChatGPT and Copilot, applied to your own work. The other courses focus on AI literacy, strategy, use cases, governance and risk.
Is there free AI training for UK businesses?
Yes. The government's AI Skills Boost programme offers free AI foundations courses to every UK adult through the AI Skills Hub. They teach the basics of using AI tools; paid courses add live teaching and work on your own organisation's AI decisions.
How do we measure the impact of AI training?
Agree what should change before the course starts, such as a process, the time a task takes or a result, take a baseline, then review it after the programme.