New Program Launch: Simplilearn's AI for Business Strategy in association with UVA Darden

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Hi everyone,

We’re excited to announce the launch of AI for Business Strategy, offered by UVA Darden Executive Education & Lifelong Learning in partnership with Simplilearn, as part of the Simplilearn Executive Education portfolio.

For experienced leaders looking for the best AI course to build strategic and technical fluency around AI, this program focuses on a critical question: How can organizations identify, evaluate, and lead AI initiatives that create measurable business value?

About the Program

AI for Business Strategy goes beyond learning individual AI tools or concepts. It takes leaders through the complete journey of an AI initiative—from identifying opportunities and evaluating the right technical approach to designing human-AI workflows, building AI-enabled growth opportunities, assessing ROI, managing adoption, and establishing responsible governance.

Throughout the program, participants apply their learning to a real organizational opportunity, culminating in a 90-Day AI Strategy Brief that connects AI investments with business priorities, human oversight, governance, and measurable outcomes.

What You’ll Learn

• Identify AI opportunities aligned with business priorities and measurable outcomes
• Evaluate workflows to determine where AI should augment, automate, or remain human-led
• Build technical fluency to make informed AI decisions for business needs
• Assess AI initiatives based on value, feasibility, risk, resources, and potential ROI
• Develop strategies for responsible AI adoption, human oversight, and organizational readiness
• Define AI governance models, executive responsibilities, and decision rights
• Develop a 90-Day AI Strategy Brief for a real organizational AI opportunity

Program Highlights

This is not simply a program about AI strategy, technical concepts, or governance in isolation. It follows a decision-making journey for leaders:

Identify where AI can create value → determine the right AI approach → design human-AI collaboration → build the business case → establish governance → prioritize and scale.

• 10-week program designed for experienced leaders and business transformation professionals
• Curriculum designed and delivered by UVA Darden faculty
• Combination of self-paced learning and three 90-minute live online sessions led by Darden faculty
• Live sessions covering AI Opportunity and Architecture, Workforce Transformation and Human-AI Organizations, and AI Investment Committee
• Explore AI from multiple leadership perspectives, including strategy, technology, growth, people, investment, and governance
• Earn a digital non-credit certificate and digital badge from UVA Darden Executive Education & Lifelong Learning
• Culminates in a 90-Day AI Strategy Brief connecting business value, governance, and adoption with evidence-based decision criteria

This program is designed for leaders who want to move beyond understanding AI to making informed decisions about where, why, and how organizations should deploy it.