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AI Judgment for Business Executives

Saira A. Kazmi, Ph.D.

Board/C-Suite Advisor, VP of Engineering

Eliminate distractions and waste to drive results that matter for your business.

This executive-first curriculum gives you the foundational knowledge, assessment frameworks, and insights needed to make decisions that deliver real business outcomes from AI investments.

Through this course, you’ll gain practical skills to evaluate high-impact opportunities for feasibility, confidently assess technical claims, prioritize initiatives for maximum ROI, and communicate a compelling vision that inspires action across your organization.

Built for ambitious executives by a practitioner with proven impact.

This course is for executives who:

  • Approve AI budgets and want more certainty in their decisions

  • Are responsible for the delivery of business outcomes

  • Face pilot proliferation and stalling, and want definitive strategies to separate hype from true value

By the end of this course, you will:

  • Knowledge and community to help separate real capability from hype

  • Ability to rank and prioritize work for business outcomes

  • Ability to set up your organization for success

  • Know what to scale, and when to pull the plug

  • CAPSTONE PROJECT: Develop your AI Roadmap with expert feedback you can act on.

No code. No fluff.

Secure your spot: Only 20 leaders per cohort.

What you’ll learn

Develop the skills to lead cross-functionally and drive AI-powered business impact.

  • Understand key technical terms

  • Know the right questions to ask to bring clarity

  • Understand the business impact of technical approaches

  • Focus on the initiatives that deliver the highest impact and align with strategy

  • Identify and address risks early in planning and scoping

  • Evaluate whether to build or buy solutions based on your organization's maturity

  • Set up the team, tools, and processes for building.

  • Understand and prepare for operational, security, and compliance requirements

  • Define success and track business value over time

  • Identify top business opportunities

  • Identify and prioritize high-value, feasible use cases.

  • Build a roadmap for success for the business results

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Saira A. Kazmi, Ph.D.

Saira A. Kazmi, Ph.D.

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Who this course is for

  • Business leaders accountable for technology outcomes

    C-Suite/VP Operations, Strategy, Business, P&L, GM

  • Product leaders who need to understand the business impact of technical decisions

    C-Suite/VP Product, Program

  • Technology Leaders who want to communicate clearly with their stakeholders

    C-Suite/VP Engineering, Data, Software, Governance, Architecture

Prerequisites

  • Technical

    None. Business and Technical Leaders are Welcome.

What's included

Saira A. Kazmi, Ph.D.

Live sessions

Learn directly from Saira A. Kazmi, Ph.D. in a real-time, interactive format.

Recorded sessions

Recorded sessions to review concepts at your own pace and prepare for class activities.

Templates and scorecards

Artifacts for class include AI Jargon Translator, Questions to Ask, Score Use Cases, and AI Operating Model Blueprint.

Peer community

Exciting opportunity to connect and collaborate with accomplished leaders who will challenge your thinking.

Maven Guarantee

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Course syllabus

6 live sessions • 6 lessons

Week 1

Jun 6—Jun 7

    BUILD FLUENCY: Cut Through the Jargon

    • Jun

      6

      Session 1

      Sat 6/64:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)
    1 more item

Week 2

Jun 8—Jun 14

    EVALUATE: Read Proposals Like an Expert

    • Jun

      13

      Session 2

      Sat 6/134:00 PM—5:15 PM (UTC)
    1 more item

    PRIORITIZE: Score Use Cases for Impact

    • Jun

      13

      Session 3

      Sat 6/135:30 PM—6:45 PM (UTC)
    1 more item

Free resource

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5 Questions to Ask Before You Approve Any AI Project

Understand Key Factors Driving Business Impact with AI

Understand key drivers for business impact (cost reduction, performance improvement, innovation, market position)

Ask the Right Questions to Ensure Success

Ensure key data, governance, and operational foundations are in place before making the investment

Schedule

Live sessions

1-2 hrs / week

Hands-on learning experience with the instructor.

    • Sat, Jun 6

      4:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)

    • Sat, Jun 13

      4:00 PM—5:15 PM (UTC)

    • Sat, Jun 13

      5:30 PM—6:45 PM (UTC)

Weekly reading and capstone project work

2 hrs / week

Pre-reading or prep for class

Frequently asked questions

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Reimbursement

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A dedicated cohort with a custom schedule and curriculum, tailored to your team.

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