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AI courses for executives and senior leaders

Leaders are asked to set AI strategy, govern risk and lead change, not to build models. 2 courses are written for executives and senior leaders; the general AI courses further down fit any role.

Find your AI level

Four questions about what you already do. It takes under a minute and shows the courses that fit.

  1. 1. Do you use an AI assistant (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Copilot) at least weekly for real work?

  2. 2. Do you write your own detailed prompts and rework them when the answer is off?

  3. 3. Have you built a repeatable AI workflow, such as a saved prompt library, an automation or an AI agent?

  4. 4. Have you set AI rules, evaluated AI output for a team, or led an AI project?

Written for executives and senior leaders

General AI courses that fit any role

Start here if no course above matches your level yet.

Levels and functions are NextChapter's guidance, read from each course's own description; the provider may label them differently or not at all. Cost, dates and content are set by the provider, so check its page before you enroll. Providers marked "Partner" have a relationship with NextChapter; the others are included because the course is good.

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Questions people ask

Which AI course should executives and senior leaders take first?
Start at your own level, then choose a course written for executives and senior leaders if there is one at that level. This page lists 2 written for the work, then the general AI courses that fit any role.
Are these AI courses free?
Many are free, and each course is marked free or "check cost". Prices and free trials are set by the provider and change, so confirm on the provider's page before you enroll.
How do you decide a course's level and function?
We read each course's own description and place it on our three-level ladder and in the functions it is written for. Providers often use their own labels or none, so treat ours as guidance. Beginner needs no earlier AI experience, intermediate assumes you already use an AI assistant at work, and advanced assumes you work with AI tools in depth.

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