Technology & Enterprise

AI Essentials
for Business

Work smarter. Improve productivity. Turn AI into a practical advantage.

Build practical AI skills to generate ideas, streamline everyday tasks, improve decision-making and create new opportunities in your business or organisation.

Dates 19 & 28 November 2026
Focus Practical AI for Work & Business
About the Course

Make AI useful, practical and relevant to the work you already do.

AI is changing how people research, communicate, plan, create and make decisions. The opportunity is not simply to know what AI is, but to understand how to use it responsibly and effectively in everyday business and organisational work.

AI Essentials for Entrepreneurs & Intrapreneurs is designed to help participants build confidence with practical AI tools and apply them to real tasks, challenges and opportunities.

What You’ll Learn

Practical AI skills you can apply immediately.

Learn by doing, with a strong focus on productivity, innovation and decision-making.

01

Understanding Generative AI

Understand what modern AI tools can do, where they add value and where human judgement still matters.

02

Prompting for Better Results

Learn how to give AI clear instructions and improve the quality of the outputs you receive.

03

AI for Ideas & Research

Use AI to explore ideas, conduct early research, compare options and develop new possibilities.

04

AI for Productivity

Support writing, planning, summaries, administration and everyday business tasks more efficiently.

05

AI for Communication

Create clearer emails, proposals, presentations, customer messages and internal communications.

06

AI for Decision Support

Use AI to structure information, explore scenarios and support better-informed decisions.

07

AI for Innovation

Identify ways AI can improve products, services, internal processes and customer experiences.

08

Responsible AI Use

Explore accuracy, privacy, bias, confidentiality and the importance of reviewing AI-generated content.

09

Your AI Action Plan

Identify practical AI use cases you can take back into your business, team or organisation.

Who Is It For?

For people who want to use AI with purpose.

This programme is suitable for aspiring entrepreneurs, founders, small business owners, social entrepreneurs, freelancers, community entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs who want to understand how AI can support their work.

No advanced technical or coding experience is required.

What You’ll Leave With

Confidence to start using AI more effectively.

By the end of the programme, participants should have a stronger understanding of how to use AI tools for practical work, where AI can save time, and how to identify meaningful opportunities for innovation.

Practical Output Your Personal AI Use-Case & Action Plan
Course Details

AI Essentials for Entrepreneurs & Intrapreneurs

Date 19 & 28 November 2026
Theme Technology & Enterprise
Network Inclusive Diverse Founders
Delivered by Phase Innovate CLG
Ready to Get Started?

Build practical AI skills for the work and opportunities ahead.

Join AI Essentials for Entrepreneurs & Intrapreneurs and learn how to use AI with greater confidence, clarity and purpose.