MIT Sloan and MIT Schwarzman College
Implementing Agentic AI: Building Your Organizational Playbook
Demystify AI agents and translate an existing business process into an agentic workflow with a practical, custom playbook. Register now for an exclusive launch price.
Start date
13 April 2026
Cohort-based learning
Group learning, expert guidance
3 weeks
English
Access resources from start date
4–5 hours per week
Self-paced learning online
Course overview
95% of respondents whose organizations have extensively adopted agentic AI said it has improved their job satisfaction.
The Emerging Agentic Enterprise: How Leaders Must Navigate A New Age of AI. (2025). MIT Sloan Management Review. Retrieved December 9, 2025.
Learn step by step how to translate an existing business process from your organization into an agent-driven workflow.
Duration: 3 weeks (excluding orientation)
Could an AI agent become your most reliable colleague? In a 2025 MIT Sloan-Boston Consulting Group survey, 76% of global executives said they viewed agentic AI as more of a coworker than a tool — a powerful testament to the ways agentic AI is reshaping the workplace.1
This highly practical online course demystifies AI agents, providing a deep-dive into what they are, how they work, and how you can use them to reengineer entire business processes by automating complex workflows. In just three weeks, you’ll learn how to deploy agentic AI systems that operate more like autonomous coworkers than passive assistants, partnering with your team to execute multi-step workflows and drive strategic business goals.
Implementing Agentic AI: Building Your Organizational Playbook prepares you to immediately apply your learnings to your workplace. You’ll create a custom playbook that translates a business process from your organization to an agentic workflow, and you’ll explore real-world case studies and proven governance practices to mitigate the risks of agentic AI and build stakeholder trust.
1The Emerging Agentic Enterprise: How Leaders Must Navigate A New Age of AI. (2025). MIT Sloan Management Review. Retrieved December 9, 2025.
Is this MIT agentic AI course for you?
This three-week online course is ideal for both technical and non-technical leaders and business professionals seeking to bridge the gap between curiosity and capability when it comes to agentic AI. Whether you’re working with teams who have been tasked with delivering AI solutions at scale or you’re simply looking to build critical skills in deploying AI agents in your organization, this agentic AI course from MIT is for you.
Course overview
Program overview
Duration: 3 weeks (excluding orientation)
Could an AI agent become your most reliable colleague? In a 2025 MIT Sloan-Boston Consulting Group survey, 76% of global executives said they viewed agentic AI as more of a coworker than a tool — a powerful testament to the ways agentic AI is reshaping the workplace.1
This highly practical online course demystifies AI agents, providing a deep-dive into what they are, how they work, and how you can use them to reengineer entire business processes by automating complex workflows. In just three weeks, you’ll learn how to deploy agentic AI systems that operate more like autonomous coworkers than passive assistants, partnering with your team to execute multi-step workflows and drive strategic business goals.
Implementing Agentic AI: Building Your Organizational Playbook prepares you to immediately apply your learnings to your workplace. You’ll create a custom playbook that translates a business process from your organization to an agentic workflow, and you’ll explore real-world case studies and proven governance practices to mitigate the risks of agentic AI and build stakeholder trust.
1The Emerging Agentic Enterprise: How Leaders Must Navigate A New Age of AI. (2025). MIT Sloan Management Review. Retrieved December 9, 2025.
Is this MIT agentic AI course for you?
This three-week online course is ideal for both technical and non-technical leaders and business professionals seeking to bridge the gap between curiosity and capability when it comes to agentic AI. Whether you’re working with teams who have been tasked with delivering AI solutions at scale or you’re simply looking to build critical skills in deploying AI agents in your organization, this agentic AI course from MIT is for you.
Get this course for your team
Leading organisations recognise the value of this course and invest in it to enhance their employees' skills and expertise.
What will set you apart
The ability to design and implement agentic AI systems that meet a specific business need in your organization.
A practical playbook that outlines, step by step, how to map an existing business process into a workflow driven by autonomous AI agents. 
Real-world case studies and governance frameworks that guide the ethical deployment of agentic AI, as well as effective risk management strategies. 
A certificate of completion from MIT Sloan School of Management and the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, are trusted authorities on AI and its impact on the future of work. 
Unlimited access to edX’s Career Engagement Network, offering you exclusive resources and events to support your professional journey and drive your career forward.Course curriculum
Orientation module
Welcome to your Online Campus
Module 1
Exploring Agentic AI
Module 2
Implementing Agentic AI
Module 3
Scaling Agentic AI
Faculty Director
Paul McDonagh-Smith
Visiting Senior Lecturer, The MIT Sloan School of Management
About the certificate
Learn about agentic AI 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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Payment options
You can pay online via our secure payment gateway, or make payment via electronic transfer or direct deposit. For transfers, banking details can be found on your invoice once you've completed your registration. Please get in touch with an Enrollment Adviser or contact us for more information.
Seek employer assistance
By improving your skills and industry knowledge, you'll have an influence on the success of your organization. Why wouldn't you ask your boss to help you fund your studies if it's going to have an impact on the way you do business?
Of our past students, 37 percent have received financial assistance from their employers. You can ask for help, too. Here is a guide to show you how to request financial assistance from your employer.
If you are a Learning & Development (L&D) manager, or involved in training and upskilling for an organization, you can request information regarding our corporate offering on our GetSmarter for business page.
Manage your time
GetSmarter's learning model is designed to help you, as a working professional, improve your skills without compromising on work and family responsibilities. The course work is broken up into weekly, manageable bite-sized modules, designed to help you pace yourself over the duration of the course and allow you the legroom to work when it suits you best. You'll be presented with the course content at the beginning of each module so that you can plan your time.
You also have access to the Global success team who will support you with any administrative or technical queries you might have.
Discover the Online Campus
The Online Campus will be your virtual classroom for the duration of your course. Through its easy-to-use interface you'll have access to a diverse variety of course content formats including: interactive videos, module notes, practice quizzes, presentations, and additional web resources.
On the Online Campus, you'll also be able to ask questions and interact with your fellow students and teaching team through the discussion forums. If you are looking for your Online Campus login, please see the list of university partner login pages here.
