Short Course
AI Strategy-to-Results Executive Bootcamp
Learn how to set AI direction, manage investment and risk, and translate AI into measurable results across business units and functions.
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What to expect from the Executive AI short course
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Certification |
Henley Business School Certificate of Completion |
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Faculty |
Francois van der Merwe |
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Next intake |
10 June – 22 July 2026 |
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Delivery method |
Blended (Virtual and face-to-face) |
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Duration |
6 weeks, structured as follows:
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Price |
R 24 999 - including VAT |
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Location |
Henley Africa Campus, 1 Witkoppen Rd, Paulshof, Johannesburg, 2191 |
Designed for senior leaders and decision makers
- This AI course is ideal for senior leaders and decision-makers who want a practical roadmap, along with clear governance and an operating model.
- It is also suited to executives who are accountable for AI direction, investment, or risk, as well as business unit heads and functional leaders.
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What you will gain from the programme
A clear AI ambition and value creation plan |
| Define a focused, business-linked AI vision and identify where AI can move the needle. |
A prioritised AI initiative portfolio |
| Identify, evaluate and prioritise opportunities using structured approaches that balance value, risk, feasibility and time to impact. |
An 18-month AI roadmap with measurable objectives |
| Build a sequenced roadmap and define AI-linked OKRs across governance and risk, people and culture, data and platforms, and operations. |
A practical governance and risk framework for responsible AI |
| Define risk appetite, decision rights, policies and guardrails that enable innovation while meeting board and regulatory expectations. |
Informed platform and operating model choices |
| Make confident build, buy or partner decisions and design an operating model that fits your organisation’s maturity and constraints. |
A grounded build experience and a 90-day execution plan |
| Co-build a simple prototype that demonstrates how AI can automate a specific task or solve a defined problem using low/no-code tools, then translate the learning into a 90-day action plan with owners, milestones, and success measures. |
Learning modules
and course structure
Pre-work and strategic ambition
A short diagnostic to individualise your experience, sharpen your AI ambition and define your value thesis.
Governance and responsibilities
Clarify decision rights, accountability, oversight and the foundations of responsible AI.
People and change
Build the capability and adoption plan to move from pilots to sustained impact.
Data and
platform foundations
Immersion:
AI in practice
Strategy-to-Results Lab (capstone)
Consolidate your portfolio and roadmap and co-build a simple prototype to ground the plan in execution.
The power is
yours with a
Henley certificate
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