Massachusetts Institute of Technology
AI Adoption: Driving Business Value and Impact
Go from proof-of-concept to AI-in-practice. Architect strategically coherent, AI-enabled systems that solve critical business problems and establish long-term organizational advantages.
Start date
25 March 2026
Cohort-based learning
Group learning, expert guidance
6 weeks
Excluding orientation
English
Access resources from start date
4–6 hours per week
Self-paced learning online
Course overview
Workshop ideas, gain insights, and foster connections during live sessions with a member of MIT Sloan Faculty.
Move beyond the hype with a structured “Now, Near, and Next” strategy to identify transformative AI opportunities for your organization.
Duration: 6 weeks (excluding orientation)
Many organizations adopt AI, but few can translate it into demonstrable business outcomes. This MIT AI adoption course — brought to you by the co-creators of the acclaimed Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy course, taken by 40,000+ business leaders — equips you with the practical frameworks to move beyond pilot projects and drive systemic AI adoption with measurable, long-term ROI in your organization. Over six weeks, you will systematically architect your adoption strategy, moving from identifying high-potential business challenges to aligning stakeholders and establishing the governance required to scale ethically and responsibly. Through a guided, practical approach, you’ll learn how to design systems that embrace human–machine co-productivity and enhance core human capabilities.
Each module includes an exclusive podcast episode hosted by an MIT Sloan Faculty member sharing their authoritative insights into decades of MIT research, theories, and practical AI strategies that are reshaping the world of work as we know it. Through playbook exercises and live sessions, you’ll build a custom playbook for navigating AI adoption challenges and opportunities — translating AI potential into lasting business impact.
By exploring the unique risk profile of systemic AI adoption, you’ll be able to diagnose why AI governance fails at an institutional level. Not only will you be able to use the knowledge you gain from the course to identify short- and long-term AI opportunities in your business context, but you’ll also be able to translate them from abstract possibilities into clear, strategic choices for your organization.
Is this MIT AI adoption program for you?
AI Adoption: Driving Business Value and Impact is ideal for mid-to-senior leaders and decision-makers who need to build, lead, or scale AI adoption across the organization.
Course overview
Course overview:
Duration: 6 weeks (excluding orientation)
Many organizations adopt AI, but few can translate it into demonstrable business outcomes. This MIT AI adoption course — brought to you by the co-creators of the acclaimed Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy course, taken by 40,000+ business leaders — equips you with the practical frameworks to move beyond pilot projects and drive systemic AI adoption with measurable, long-term ROI in your organization. Over six weeks, you will systematically architect your adoption strategy, moving from identifying high-potential business challenges to aligning stakeholders and establishing the governance required to scale ethically and responsibly. Through a guided, practical approach, you’ll learn how to design systems that embrace human–machine co-productivity and enhance core human capabilities.
Each module includes an exclusive podcast episode hosted by an MIT Sloan Faculty member sharing their authoritative insights into decades of MIT research, theories, and practical AI strategies that are reshaping the world of work as we know it. Through playbook exercises and live sessions, you’ll build a custom playbook for navigating AI adoption challenges and opportunities — translating AI potential into lasting business impact.
By exploring the unique risk profile of systemic AI adoption, you’ll be able to diagnose why AI governance fails at an institutional level. Not only will you be able to use the knowledge you gain from the course to identify short- and long-term AI opportunities in your business context, but you’ll also be able to translate them from abstract possibilities into clear, strategic choices for your organization.
Is this MIT AI adoption program for you?
AI Adoption: Driving Business Value and Impact is ideal for mid-to-senior leaders and decision-makers who need to build, lead, or scale AI adoption across the organization.
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What will set you apart
A tailored playbook and proven frameworks that show you how to lead sustainable systemic AI adoption in your organization.
The ability to recalibrate your human–machine partnerships according to the 4R model — Roles, Relationships, Responsibilities, and Realities.
The skills to frame and solve high-value AI challenges and opportunities using Algorithmic Business Thinking.
Portfolio-based frameworks that align technology, operations, people, culture and change management to optimize AI.
An understanding of how to manage an AI-enabled organization responsibly, using governance strategies that translate AI ethics from abstract principles into management choices. Course curriculum
Orientation module
Welcome to your Online Campus
Module 1
Understanding AI Today
Module 2
Framing and Fixing Problems With AI
Module 3
Multiplying AI Impact
Module 4
Adapting Your Workforce With AI
Module 5
Managing an AI-Driven Organization
Module 6
Activating Your AI Advantage
Faculty Director
Paul McDonagh-Smith
Visiting Senior Lecturer
About the certificate
Learn how to successfully orchestrate organizational AI adoption and earn an official certificate of completion from MIT.
Assessment is continuous and based on a series of practical assignments completed online. In order to be issued with your digital certificate, you’ll need to meet the requirements outlined in the course handbook. The handbook will be made available to you as soon as you begin the program.
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