Innovation and Prototyping with AI
Innovate faster, smarter, and with less risk using AI. Learn to apply powerful AI tools to uncover insights, test ideas, and rapidly prototype solutions across products, services, and internal processes.
Why It Matters
AI is no longer just a technology, it is a new engine of innovation that reshapes markets, processes, and organizational environments. To innovate with AI and realize its values, managers must understand how AI drives innovation at multiple levels:
- How it transforms products and competitive strategy
- How it redefines workflows and the nature of work
- How it requires a culture that supports continuous adaptation by employees.
This program helps leaders move beyond isolated AI projects to building organizations that innovate with AI, from market disruption to process redesign to cultural renewal.
Who Should Attend?
Managers, directors, and innovation leaders who are responsible for shaping organizational strategy, leading digital transformation, or enabling teams to experiment and create with AI. The program is designed for leaders who want to understand how AI can be used not just in their organization, but for innovation, at the levels of strategy, process, and culture.
What You Learn
Across three immersive sessions, participants explore how AI fuels innovation from the outside in and the inside out. They begin by examining how AI disrupts markets and product strategies, then move inward to understand how AI reshapes work processes and roles, and finally, learn how to build environments that empower people to continuously innovate with AI. Through cases, simulations, and guided reflection, they develop a holistic view of leading innovation at the intersection of technology, organization, and culture.
Reimagine Innovation Strategy through AI Disruption
Learn how AI transforms industries and product offerings, and how to position your organization to innovate strategically at the market level.
Redesign Processes for AI Integration
Understand how AI changes workflows and the nature of work, and how to lead the redesign of workflows, roles, and decision-making for creative and productive integration.
Cultivate an Environment for Innovation
Develop mindsets, structures, and cultural conditions that allow people to experiment responsibly and sustain innovation in AI-enabled settings.
Lead the Human–AI Innovation Journey
Strengthen your leadership capacity to balance technological potential with human creativity, turning AI from a tool of efficiency into a partner for ongoing innovation.
How You Learn
Through live, faculty-led sessions, hands-on experimentation, and collaborative exercises, you’ll apply cutting-edge AI tools to real innovation challenges. You'll work through practical use cases, test ideas in real time, and leave with a ready-to-use toolkit to embed AI into your workflows. No coding or technical background is required.
Learn more about the Ivey Experience
Online Learning Activities
Expert Faculty Led Sessions
Ivey Case Method
Program Faculty
Fees
695 CA$
The program fee covers all materials. Program fees are tax-exempt.
Applications must be submitted no later than 14 days before the start of the program.
Ivey Learning Test Lab members are eligible for a preferred rate of $55 CAD.
FAQs
Our program managers will contact all registered participants prior to the program start date with instructions to join our online Learning Management System. Once logged in, you will be able to create a class profile, view other participants' profiles, and access a list of assigned pre-reading, cases, and activities. Plan to review and complete preparation work in advance of each class session.
Unlock the future of leadership through an immersive learning experience that blends the best of live virtual sessions with the flexibility of self-paced modules. Guided by Ivey’s leading faculty, you'll delve into the transformative power of AI with hands-on exercises, thought-provoking case studies, and real-time Q&A. This isn't just about learning AI—it's about mastering the tools to reshape your leadership and drive your organization forward. Every element of this program is crafted to inspire, challenge, and equip you to lead with vision and innovation.
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