Course Information

  • 8 half days
  • 2 & 15 October, 6 & 20 November, 3 December, 15 & 29 January, 19 February

     

Lead your organisation through AI, don't approve it from a distance.

A four-month cohort programme for senior leaders who own AI direction in their organisation. Eight bi-weekly half-day modules. One full-day capstone. One credential, AI Leadership Program Fellow. 

Your people are learning AI faster than your governance can keep up.

As employees discover what AI can do, they generate demand at an accelerating rate, and senior leaders are asked to direct something at a pace they didn't set. We call it the demand wave, and we built this program to teach you how to lead through every phase of it.

The organisations that come out ahead won't be the ones that deployed the most AI tools. They'll be the ones whose senior leaders actively directed the transformation rather than approved it from a distance. 

The Program

Eight modules. One capstone. One credential.

Every module ends with a tool participants take back to their domain and apply before the next session. Bi-weekly cadence keeps the loop tight enough that the learning doesn't erode.

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  • M1: Orient & Lead -> AI Leadership Compass
  • M2: Govern First -> Governance Design Canvas
  • M3: Lead the Demand Wave -> AI Governance Maturity Tracker
  • M4: Data as Foundation -> Data Readiness Checklist
  • M5: Build, Buy & Secure -> Vendor Evaluation Card + Build/Buy Matrix
  • M6: Upskill & Unlock -> Workforce AI Capability Map
  • M7: Culture, Adoption & Communication -> Culture Communication Playbook
  • M8: Capstone -> Full day Individual Leadership Plan, presented to senior leadership

outcomes

what participants leave with.

Orange M1
AI Leadership Compass

Your personal direction-setting tool for the next six months. 

Date: 2 October 2026

governance design canvas

A working governance design for your domain, not just theory.

Date: 15 October 2026

Governance Maturity Tracker

Quarterly-updated maturity scan with a 30-day action plan.

Date: 6 November 2026

Data Readiness Checklist

What your AI projects will need from your data, and what they won't get.

Date: 20 November 2026

Vendor & Build/Buy Matrix

Decision-grade evaluation of AI vendors and build-vs-buy choices. 

Date: 3 December 2026

Workforce AI Capability Map

Where your people are now, and where they need to be by year-end. 

Date: 15 January 2027

Culture Communication Playbook

How to communicate AI change in a way that builds trust, not anxiety. 

Date: 29 January 2027

AI Leadership Plan

Your individual plan, presented to senior leadership at the capstone.

Date: 19 February 2027

AI Transformation Program

Holland Innovative has delivered transformation programmes to the most demanding industrial organisations in the Netherlands and beyond. Our Triple Lock, Delivery Projects, AI Transformation, and HI Academy, means we don't just teach AI. We deliver it. 

70% of transformation is human. Every module is built around that fact. AI is the subject matter; leadership behaviour is the curriculum. 

Where do you want to go from here?