The path from “never used AI” to “AI-ready leader”

Start with fundamentals.
Then practise judgment.

We don't teach AI fundamentals — the labs that build the models do that better than anyone. What we teach is what a Business Analyst, PM, Scrum Master, PO, Release Manager, Product Manager or Engineering Manager does with AI on a Tuesday at 3pm. Seven role coaches, 174 DocLab requirements-practice scenarios, 60 decision sims and 26 stakeholder roleplays. This page is the curated bridge.

Step 0 · if you skipped it

Take the 12-Q AI Readiness diagnostic.

60 seconds. Anonymous. The result tells you whether you should start with fundamentals (Step 1 below) or jump straight to role-specific practice (Step 2).

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Step 1 · Recommended for nascent / emerging readiness

AI fundamentals — free entry points from the labs themselves.

Six curated primers. We're not affiliated, we just think these are the highest signal you'll find. Pick one; do it; come back.

Anthropic
Free90 min

Prompt Engineering Interactive Tutorial

The clearest, most practitioner-honest intro to prompt design from one of the leading AI research labs. Hands-on notebooks with real examples.

PromptingHands-on
Google
Paid600 min

Google AI Essentials

Google’s 10-hour entry course on workflow integration. Covers prompts, productivity, ethics. Coursera credentialed.

WorkflowCredentialed
OpenAI
Free60 min

ChatGPT for Everyone (DeepLearning.AI)

Andrew Ng’s short course on prompt engineering with the OpenAI API. Free audit. Clear, opinionated, model-agnostic principles.

PromptingAndrew Ng
NVIDIA
Free120 min

Generative AI Explained (Free, self-paced)

NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute’s free conceptual primer on how generative AI actually works under the hood. No code required.

ConceptsSelf-paced
Microsoft
Free480 min

AI for Beginners (GitHub curriculum)

12-week structured curriculum from Microsoft Research. The deepest free resource on this list. Skip ahead if you only want LLMs.

StructuredDeep
Microsoft
Free180 min

Microsoft Copilot — Adoption & Productivity (Microsoft Learn)

The official Microsoft Learn path for Copilot inside Microsoft 365 — Word, Excel, Teams, Outlook. Most enterprise leaders will hit AI through Copilot first; this is the cleanest free on-ramp.

CopilotEnterprise
GitHub
Free90 min

Using GitHub Copilot (GitHub Learn)

For functional leaders who pair with engineers — what GitHub Copilot actually does, what it gets wrong, and the questions you should be asking your devs about it.

CopilotCode-adjacent
DeepLearning.AI
Free360 min

AI for Everyone (Andrew Ng)

The original "non-technical leader’s primer" on AI strategy, projects and workflow. Free audit on Coursera.

StrategyLeadership

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Step 2 · Recommended for competent / leading readiness

Now practise judgment in your seat.

Pick the role that matches your reality. Each track has a coach with memory, 10 role modules, role-specific decision sims, stakeholder roleplays, an inbox of weekly inputs and DocLab requirements practice (~25 scenarios per role across 80 document types).

Step 3 · If you want a person, not a platform

Talk to a founding coach. 30 minutes. Free.

We will look at your readiness score, tell you the one thing we’d ship in the next 30 days, and — honestly — tell you when LeadAI is not the right fit. Most of these calls do not turn into a sale. They turn into a clearer plan.