Artificial Intelligence, Without the Hype

AI Literacy Training for Business Teams and Leaders

Cut Through the Noise. Build Real Understanding.

AI literacy is the ability to understand what artificial intelligence can and can't do and to make sound decisions about when and how to use it. If your AI conversations sound like this:

"We need an AI strategy." 
"We should be using AI."
"What are our competitors doing with AI?"

Then it's time to skill up! 
What does AI Literacy even mean?

Before Strategy Comes Understanding

Teams that can't distinguish among AI approaches will greenlight projects that don't fit the problem, miss simpler, more effective solutions, and struggle to ask the right questions when teams and vendors propose AI initiatives.

Building a shared context is the first step.
Module 1

AI Fundamentals

LLMs like ChatGPT aren't the only types of AI systems. Learn about how to weigh deterministic vs. probabilistic approaches, the data required, and how to separate reality from marketing hype.
MODULE 2

Ethics & Bias

Your team is responsible for its AI output. Learn how bias enters AI systems, learn from real-world failures, and start asking the right questions to evaluate vendor claims and your internal readiness.
MODULE 3

Governance & Compliance

Regulators are slow to move, but they're catching up! Learn about key principles from the GDPR and EU AI Act. High-risk activities, accountability, and liability, explained without requiring a law degree.
MODULE 4

Risk & Security

AI has introduced a whole new class of business risks and cybersecurity threats. You don't need to be a technician to ask the right questions, and you don't want to explain to your board why all your confidential data was leaked.
MODULE 5

Evaluating Vendors & Tools

Should you build or buy? How do you measure ROI, what about ongoing costs, hosting, and maintenance? Should we self-host open source models or use SaaS? Learn how to see through extraordinary claims in sales pitches.
MODULE 6

Working with LLMs

"You're just not prompting it correctly."

Says every LinkedIn post from AI boosters. But, they're not always wrong. Learn how LLMs work, effective prompting techniques, and testing output quality.

ONE STRATEGY, EVERY LEVEL

Two Tracks with One Goal: Informed Action

One track builds leadership confidence. The other builds team capability. Used together, they create the conditions for change.

CHANGE STARTS AT THE TOP

AI Literacy for Leaders

Interactive Workshop | 6 hours

For C-suite, VPs, and directors who are involved in evaluating, approving, or overseeing AI initiatives.
Designed to give non-technical decision-makers the foundational knowledge to be effective partners in AI strategy. 
  • In-person or virtual delivery is available.
  • Each module pairs fundamental concepts with facilitated discussion.
  • Give your team a shared framework and space to build understanding together.
  • Best delivered as a full-day or two half-day workshops.
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Real change starts with understanding. This e-learning course prepares teams to examine their own workflows and identify where AI can genuinely help, where it can't, and how to tell the difference.
  • Async / online delivery.
  • Facilitation and mentorship available.
  • Give your team the confidence to plan and implement AI experiments in their workflows.
WHERE STRATEGY BECOMES PRACTICE

AI Literacy for Business Units

Online Course | 20 hours

For managers and individual contributors who are evaluating and implementing AI into their workflows.
THE OUTCOMEs

From Buzzwords to Business Capability

It starts at the top with leaders who confidently lead conversations.
For executive teams, AI literacy means asking better questions: about risks, data, governance, ethics, and what "implementation" actually requires.
Moving individual contributors from anxiety to curiosity.
AI is changing how work gets done. But for your employees to buy in, they need to move past the hype and fear. Our program gives them practical frameworks for evaluating AI in their day-to-day.
Create a shared vocabulary between the business and technology teams.
Managers gain a shared vocabulary with their technical counterparts. Conversations that used to stall at "we should use AI for that" started producing actual evaluation criteria.

Frequently asked questions

What is AI literacy and why does it matter for my organization?

AI literacy is a practical understanding of how AI systems work, where they fail, and how to evaluate them responsibly.

By building a shared foundation, your team's decisions will be driven by sound judgment and realistic expectations instead of vendor hype.

What's the difference between the leadership workshop and the business unit course?

The leadership workshop is a 6-hour interactive session for C-suite, VPs, and directors. It's designed to give decision-makers a shared framework for evaluating AI strategy, risk, and governance, and to facilitate open discussions about where AI might best fit into your workflows.

The business unit course is a 20-hour asynchronous e-learning program for managers and individual contributors looking to implement AI in their day-to-day workflows. This course can be self-paced or proctored by Skill Foundry.

Do we need technical backgrounds to participate?

No! Both programs are specifically designed for non-technical audiences. The goal isn't to produce AI engineers (we have other offerings for that), but to produce informed decision makers and confident experimenters.

Do we need any specific software for the training?

No. The hands-on LLM modules can be delivered using any open-source, paid, or internal models. ChatGPT, Claude, Qwen, Deepseek, and others. We tailor the hands-on components to the tools your team already uses.

Can you customize these programs for our specific company or industry?

Yes! Both the executive workshop and the e-learning course can be tailored to your industry, use cases, and existing AI initiatives.

Note that customization incurs additional costs.
LET'S TALK

Ready to move your team from AI-curious to AI-confident?

Whether you're starting with the leadership team or rolling out across the org, let's figure out the right entry point.

Both the executive workshop and the e-learning course can be customized and delivered to your team.