Bootcamp: Becoming an AI-Powered Professional
From Advanced Prompting to AI Agents - Work Smarter, Make Better Decisions, and Drive Innovation
About the Program
Chatting with ChatGPT, Claude, or Copilot is only the beginning. The next step is learning to turn generative AI into a powerful, personalized system that transforms how you work. This highly practical generative AI bootcamp helps business executives and professionals start leveraging gen AI for business, generating real impact in their day-to-day work: automating repetitive tasks, accelerating data analysis, and generating reliable output for strategic decision-making.
Participants will learn how to integrate AI into their own professional context. The focus will be on practical AI use cases such as writing personalized emails, creating customized presentations that use company-specific branding styles, building a professional digital twin, and developing AI-powered workflows that save time and improve work quality. Led by Professor Dries Faems, the program combines hands-on experimentation with a strategic view of how AI is reshaping individual and team productivity and supporting AI digital transformation in business.
Prior to the program, participants can access video material covering the basics of gen AI, ensuring a strong foundation for an impactful learning experience. In the program, the focus will be on AI tools and functions (e.g., Deep Research, skills, agents, cowork), which are readily available in different infrastructures (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot), allowing participants to immediately start implementing the learnings into their own company environment. Throughout the program, special attention will be paid to data security and privacy when implementing generative AI applications in business.
Program Content
In this practical generative AI course for business, you will learn how to turn AI from a general-purpose tool into a powerful extension of the way you work.
- Build a personalized assistant (“AI twin”) that understands your role, tone of voice, and working style to produce high-quality, tailored outputs for everyday professional tasks.
- Create AI agents and automated workflows that go beyond prompting, enabling them to execute multi-step tasks, coordinate information, and automate repetitive work.
- Transform daily work into practical use cases such as emails, reports, presentations, research, analysis, and communication, significantly reducing time spent on routine tasks.
- Make better decisions with AI-powered insights by analyzing data, identifying patterns, exploring scenarios, and supporting forecasting and strategic decision-making.
- Ensure quality, reliability, and responsible use by improving output accuracy, reducing hallucinations, protecting sensitive data, and knowing when human judgment is essential.
Hands-on Applications Include:
- Email, Writing & Communication: Leverage skills and plugins to create a personalized daily email responder assistant and strengthen AI-powered writing and communication.
- Presentations & Storytelling: Turn ideas, research, and data into structured presentations, which automatically apply the template of your company.
- Data Analysis & Decision Support: Transform complex Excel sheets into user-centric dashboards and actionable business insights.
The objective is not only to start using more AI tools, but to identify where AI creates real value in your work and build practical solutions around those opportunities, strengthening your AI skills and capabilities through hands-on application.
Program Format and Module Dates
The bootcamp runs for three weeks and is divided into three sessions (2 hours each). To ensure a smooth program experience, you will be provided with instructions before the bootcamp start to complete a few technical preparations (e.g., account setups for ChatGPT and AI tools). Additionally, you will gain access to approximately 1 hour of video material covering the fundamentals of generative AI.
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Program Benefits
- Save Time on Everyday Work: Identify repetitive and, time-consuming tasks that can be accelerated or automated with AI, freeing up hours for higher-value work and increasing productivity.
- Move from Prompts to Agents and Workflows: Learn how to build reusable AI systems and agents that can execute tasks and support complete workflows rather than relying on isolated conversations.
- Make Smarter, Faster Decisions: Use AI-powered analysis to evaluate information, explore scenarios, challenge assumptions, identify patterns, and turn data into actionable business insights.
- Create Better Business Outputs: Produce stronger emails, reports, research, presentations, analyses, and other professional materials faster and with greater consistency using generative AI tools for your business.
Joining with colleagues? Register three or more participants from the same company and benefit from a complimentary online follow-up session for your team.
Upon completion, you will be awarded a WHU Executive Education Certificate, a recognized mark of your commitment to growth, leadership, and lifelong learning, issued by one of Europe’s top business schools. Please note that participants must attend at least two days of the program to be eligible to receive the certificate.
Participant Profile
This Gen AI course for business professionals and executives is designed for participants who already recognize the potential of AI and now want to turn that potential into tangible improvements in the way they work.
- Strategic managers and business leaders who are integrating AI into strategic decision-making and business strategy.
- Business and product managers exploring AI-driven innovation and adoption.
- Entrepreneurs and innovators who are leveraging generative AI for growth and business innovation.
- Marketing and sales managers who are applying AI-enhanced customer engagement and practical AI applications.
- Professionals interested in emerging technologies, AI transformation, and digital transformation.
Participants should have a strong understanding of business operations and a desire to learn about novel technologies. They should be open-minded, curious, and willing to experiment with new tools and techniques. No prior knowledge of Generative AI is required, as participants are given access to video material that lays a solid foundation for a successful learning experience. Also, no coding experience is necessary. This Bootcamp is suitable for companies of all sectors and sizes. The minimum number of participants for the program is 12.
FAQ
1Who is this program for, and what qualifications or experience do I need?
This applied generative AI program is designed for business professionals who want to understand and leverage the latest AI technologies to improve decision-making, innovation, and business performance. No technical or programming background is required. The Bootcamp helps participants build practical generative AI skills for business applications.
2Where does the program take place, how long does it last, and what is the format?
The Bootcamp is delivered entirely online over three weeks, allowing participants to join from anywhere. It consists of three live online sessions, each two hours long, complemented by preparatory video content covering the fundamentals of generative AI.
3What are the key takeaways from this program?
You will learn to use advanced AI tools, reasoning models, multimodal applications, and AI agents to enhance business processes, drive innovation, and support strategic decision-making.
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