NEW! Create Your AI Strategy, Project Portfolio and Capability Roadmap for Senior Managers with Peter Ivanov
What You Will Learn
Upon completion of this training, learners will be able to:
- Understand the business potential of AI
- Define and prioritize an AI project portfolio
- Develop high-level AI roadmap including people, data and processes
Description
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing businesses, but how can you make it work for your organization? It is more than just technology; it is about blending AI with your core organizational competencies and crafting the right AI Project Portfolio to achieve your strategic business goals.
In this training Peter Ivanov, an award-winning manager with AI Certificate from MIT and best-selling author with a proven track record in leading disruptive organizational transformations, will guide you through the strategic process of fitting AI to your organization’s goals.
Key areas of focus:
- Align AI with your company strategy and goals: Ensure that AI initiatives resonate with your organization’s unique strengths and values.
- Define Your AI Portfolio (KPI-Driven): Understand the business potential of AI and map the AI integration journey with a focus on benefits, execution speed, and synergies with existing business priorities.
- Building an AI Roadmap: Define high level people, process/workflow and data capability plan
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- Understanding the AI Potential
- Align the benefits of AI integration with your strategic goals.
- Conduct a SWOT Analysis: Identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats related to AI transformation.
- Evaluate AI Maturity: Assess your organization’s current level of AI maturity to understand the starting point and areas that need development.
- AI Roadmap Planning
- Stakeholder Map - Fears and Hopes
- Match strategic goals to SWOT
- Develop Strategic AI Projects/Initiatives: Create AI projects that complement your organizational strengths and strategic goals.
- Prioritize these projects based on their risk, effort, and potential reward to ensure a balanced and effective AI portfolio.
- Build an AI Roadmap: Define a high-level plan that includes people, process/workflow, and data capabilities to support the AI initiatives. This roadmap should include:
- A People Capability Roadmap, including role evolution, up-skilling, and re-skilling plans
- High-level AI guiding principles, focusing on bias and ethical AI.
- Data capabilities to close AI maturity gaps and define data governance.
- Prioritization of the AI project portfolio based on risk, effort, reward, and capability readiness.
- Aggregation of high-level AI projects and capability roadmap.
By following these steps, senior managers can effectively align AI with their company's strategy and goals, ensuring a comprehensive approach to AI integration.
PDU Allocation Table
| Ways of Working | Power Skills | Business Acumen | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAPM® / PMI-CP™ / PMP® / PgMP® | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.00 |
| PMI-ACP® / Agile* | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.00 |
| PMI-SP® | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.00 |
| PMI-RMP® | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.00 |
| PfMP® | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.00 |
| PMI-PBA® | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.00 |
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Instructor(s)
Peter Ivanov
Peter Ivanov is a manager, bestselling author, and expert in AI and leadership with over 30 years of international experience. His book Virtual Power Teams is translated in 6 languages and is Amazon Top 3 in the category-international management.
Born in Bulgaria he graduated Mathematics and joined a multinational company as Data Analyst. He quickly became IT manager for Bulgaria and gradually worked his way up to IT Services Manager for Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa. Peter recognized the growing importance of the teams in multiple locations and developed an innovative method for leading virtual teams.
In 2007 the team led by Peter won the “Best of the Best” award for outstanding project management in establishing global shared services. In 2012 his team won the “Global IT Connect Award” for excellent engagement in a global cross-functional environment.
In 2013 Peter founded “Virtual Power Teams” and started new career as keynote speaker and executive coach on New Leadership. In 2023, Peter completed the MIT program “AI for Business Strategy” and has since worked with various organizations to upskill their people and identify AI opportunities.
Peter is a passionate athlete and World Senior Champion in discus. He actively supports young talent in the fields of mathematics and sports. In his dynamic keynote speeches and master classes, held in English, German, Bulgarian and Russian. Peter uses the experience he has gained as manager, athlete, entrepreneur and, yes, the father of five little girls, to show you how to build up and lead your own successful virtual teams. As an expert in new leadership, Peter supports managers to retain the gravity of their team despite the geographical distance, age, and cultural differences, and deliver top business performance.