Strategic AI Leadership

Accelerate your leaders’ ability to drive high-impact AI strategies across your organisation, building the understanding and capability to confidently integrate AI into business culture, ensure ethical, responsible adoption, and drive ROI. 

In partnership with Imperial Executive Education and supported by Microsoft

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Lead AI-powered transformation with confidence

A game-changer for growth

Our fast-paced AI course helps leaders embed human-led AI strategies that lead cultural evolution and develop employee technical skills to accelerate growth opportunities. 

Drives responsible AI adoption

Builds the mindset, acuity and ethical governance to evaluate and lead the launch of pioneering, sustainable AI initiatives that align with business priorities and deliver ROI. 

Accelerates change and innovation

Designed to ensure leaders don’t just adopt AI – they lead AI-driven change with confidence and clarity to critically evaluate, assess and roll out AI solutions that bring measurable and practical value to your business. 

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Commercially funded
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Who it’s for
Senior leaders, department leads and managers ready to seize the AI opportunity. 
Duration
12 weeks (17.5 hrs)
Partnerships
In partnership with Imperial and supported by Microsoft
Credentials awarded
Corndel Strategic AI Leadership Programme 
Skills gained
AI strategy
Decision making
Human/machine teaming
Ethical AI Evaluation
Adaptive Leadership
Cultural AI alignment
AI-enhanced employee development

Curriculum

  • Appreciate how AI works and apply the implications of this to decision-making around use of AI tools Experiment with AI tools already approved for use in your organisation
  • Identify the potential for AI to solve business challenges

Imperial Masterclasses

Offering a powerful lens to the toughest challenges professionals face in their roles. Exclusive Masterclasses from Imperial's world-class academics and industry experts unlock advanced insights and spark new thinking.

Exploring global trends, tools and strategies that sharpen personal development or technical skills, each session is available live and on-demand.

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A high-level look at our masterclasses – blending insight from Imperial faculty with Corndel’s business-relevant, human-led perspective to challenge thinking and inspire action.

How it’s delivered

Immersive workshops
Delivered online or in-person – our immersive workshops create a dedicated space to bring theory to life with business relevant simulations, reflection and discussion.
Interactive learning
Interactive e-learning prompts reflection and application, while AI-augmented application of learning promotes use of AI tools available in your business to carry out tasks and exercises.
Feedback and review
Opportunities for feedback, CPD tasks, and skills assessments reinforcing learning and identify participants’ strengths and areas for development, while impact reviews support achievement of goals.
Imperial Masterclasses
17 transformative live sessions per year with Imperial academics and industry experts.
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Built with the best

Your teams deserve more than just training – and our partnership with Imperial College London provides it.

Ranked #1 in Europe and #2 in the world (QS 2026), Imperial brings future-shaping expertise in AI, data, and leadership that inspires your people to deepen their impact at work.

  • Exclusive Imperial Masterclasses – opportunities for your people to interact with academics and experts at the forefront of research in leadership, AI, data and innovation.
  • Access to a prestigious global network – Imperial Executive Education Associate Alumni status unlocks lifelong connections, events and discounted future learning.
  • Imperial’s academic excellence – programmes underpinned by ​Imperial’s commitment to quality and integrity.
  • Cutting-edge client events – exclusive opportunities for our clients to network with Imperial’s world-class academics and industry peers.
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Top leaders let AI do the multiplying, achieving 10.3x ROI. This is the power of skilled AI leadership: clearer investment decisions, faster scaling and business wins you can measure 

What people say about Corndel

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"Sharing Copilot with my team has massively sped up how they manage customer queries. It’s simple but powerful."
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"I got a huge amount of value from the [Senior AI Leadership] programme. It’s changed how I work with AI, especially in big teams."
SENIOR AI LEADER GRADUATE
"The real benefit of the [Senior AI Leadership] programme is confidence and knowledge. You feel able to articulate opportunities, explain the benefits, and offer potential solutions – which helps get people on board."
SENIOR AI LEADER GRADUATE
"Copilot's been a game changer for me."
SENIOR AI LEADER GRADUATE
"I get over 250 emails a day, and now Copilot flags deadlines, finds what I need in seconds, and shows me what I’ve missed. It’s like having your own PA."
SENIOR AI LEADER GRADUATE 
"Sharing Copilot with my team has massively sped up how they manage customer queries. It’s simple but powerful."
SENIOR AI LEADER GRADUATE
"I got a huge amount of value from the [Senior AI Leadership] programme. It’s changed how I work with AI, especially in big teams."
SENIOR AI LEADER GRADUATE
"The real benefit of the [Senior AI Leadership] programme is confidence and knowledge. You feel able to articulate opportunities, explain the benefits, and offer potential solutions – which helps get people on board."
SENIOR AI LEADER GRADUATE
"Copilot's been a game changer for me."
SENIOR AI LEADER GRADUATE
"I get over 250 emails a day, and now Copilot flags deadlines, finds what I need in seconds, and shows me what I’ve missed. It’s like having your own PA."
SENIOR AI LEADER GRADUATE 
"Sharing Copilot with my team has massively sped up how they manage customer queries. It’s simple but powerful."
SENIOR AI LEADER GRADUATE
"I got a huge amount of value from the [Senior AI Leadership] programme. It’s changed how I work with AI, especially in big teams."
SENIOR AI LEADER GRADUATE
"The real benefit of the [Senior AI Leadership] programme is confidence and knowledge. You feel able to articulate opportunities, explain the benefits, and offer potential solutions – which helps get people on board."
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