Equip Your Teams with Practical Generative AI Skills

Training Designed for Senior Leaders

In today’s fast-paced business landscape, staying competitive means empowering your team with the skills to leverage cutting-edge technologies like generative AI. AI CONNECT provides a hands-on, practical training experience designed specifically for senior leaders who want to ensure their teams are ready for the future of work.

Why Choose AI CONNECT?

Practical, Hands-On Learning

Our training focuses on real-world applications of generative AI, enabling your team to gain practical skills they can use immediately. No academic theories—just actionable knowledge that drives results.

Low-Cost, High-Value Training

AI CONNECT offers an affordable training solution that doesn’t compromise on quality. We deliver top-tier education that’s accessible, providing significant value to your organization.

Accessible and Engaging

Our platform is designed to be user-friendly and engaging, ensuring that your team remains motivated and learns effectively throughout the program.

Meet the AI CONNECT Faculty

Business Leaders Turned AI Experts

Delivering concentrated, high-value learning with the pragmatic, practical focus Chief Executive Group is known for, in an easy-to-access platform that understands the constraints and challenges of busy working executives.  

Glenn Hopper

A chief financial officer with two decades of experience leading finance operations

Ashley Couto

An award-winning marketer & designer with 20 years of experience

Stephen Lytle

A seasoned HR strategist with a successful 20 year track record of leadership

Session Calendar

Core Senior Leader Session Offering

Introduction To Agentic Workflows

You will learn how to develop and deploy AI agents to perform tasks, make decisions and interact with users in ways that expand beyond single-prompt, single-output processes.

  • Introduction to agentic workflows: The key to unleashing AI productivity
  • Leveraging AI agent reflection to improve outcomes
  • Fundamentals of multi-agent collaboration to accelerate productivity
  • Getting AI to leverage external tools
  • Demo using Make.com
  • Extended Q&A

Creating Incredible Imagery With AI

You will learn how to better use some of the most popular and impactful image generation platforms to create high-quality tailored imagery for your marketing campaigns and more.

  • Image generation: rules of the road
  • Image generation tools & platform review
  • Generating effective, high quality imagery for marketing
  • Advanced image generation prompt techniques
  • Extended Q&A

October

AI-Enhanced HR Strategies for Modern Workplaces

AI can transform HR functions, from talent acquisition to employee engagement. This session is crucial for senior leaders looking to modernize their HR strategies, attract top talent, and build a more dynamic, data-driven workplace.

Key Takeaways:

  • Learn how to use AI to enhance HR communications and streamline policy development, creating a more efficient and effective HR department.
  • Understand the role of AI in crafting compelling Employer Value Propositions (EVPs) to attract and retain top talent.
  • Explore how AI can automate and optimize talent management processes, from assessment to onboarding.

Who Should Attend: This session is designed for HR leaders and senior executives interested in leveraging AI to enhance HR operations and strategic decision-making within their organizations.

January 2025

Creating Engaging Workplaces with AI

This session focuses on using AI to create a more engaging and efficient workplace. Senior leaders will learn how AI can be leveraged to boost employee satisfaction and productivity, driving better business outcomes.

Key Takeaways:

  • Understand how AI can be used to develop personalized development programs, enhancing employee engagement and retention.
  • Learn data-driven approaches to improving managerial effectiveness and creating a more responsive workplace culture.
  • Explore strategies for implementing AI across various organizational functions to drive holistic improvements in performance and satisfaction.

Who Should Attend: Ideal for HR Executives and Managers, this session explores how AI can revolutionize HR practices by developing advanced frameworks for employee engagement, personalized development programs, and managerial effectiveness, making it essential for leaders aiming to create a dynamic and data-driven workplace.

February 2025

Supercharge Financial Forecasts with AI and Data Science

Integrating data science with AI offers powerful insights for strategic decision-making. This session is essential for leaders who want to leverage data to enhance forecasting and financial planning.

Key Takeaways:

  • Gain foundational knowledge of data science applications within generative AI to improve financial analysis and planning.
  • Learn techniques to enhance forecasting accuracy and data-driven decision-making, crucial for strategic planning and risk management.
  • Understand how to use AI to analyze data more effectively, leading to stronger business outcomes.

Who Should Attend: This session is tailored for Financial Analysts, CFOs, and Finance Managers who are seeking to enhance their financial planning and analysis capabilities through the integration of AI and data science, offering techniques for more accurate predictions and robust forecasting.

April 2025

Transforming HR Strategy and Leadership with AI

This session offers strategic insights into using AI to transform HR from a support function into a key driver of business strategy. Leaders will learn how to future-proof their organizations with cutting-edge AI tools and strategies.

Key Takeaways:

  • Understand how to pivot HR’s role from operational to strategic, using AI to align with business outcomes.
  • Learn about the latest advancements in generative AI and how they can be applied to drive strategic decision-making.
  • Equip yourself with the knowledge to lead your organization through technological transformation, ensuring long-term success and resilience.

Who Should Attend: This session is designed for HR Executives and Senior HR Managers who are looking to transform their HR functions into strategic powerhouses through the use of AI, focusing on aligning HR strategies with business outcomes and enhancing decision-making with advanced AI tools.

Additional Programming

Members benefit from one session per month on a continuous basis

September

Creating Incredible Imagery With AI

This session will help you understand the power of AI in enhancing your company’s marketing strategies. By learning how to leverage image generation tools, leaders can elevate their brand’s visual identity, creating more engaging and effective marketing campaigns that resonate with their audience.

Led by Ashley Couto

November

Automate Finance Tasks with AI Bots

Understanding how to deploy AI-driven bots in everyday operations can significantly reduce manual work and increase productivity. Senior leaders can learn how to automate repetitive tasks, allowing teams to focus on higher-value activities.

Led by Glenn Hopper

December

Accelerate Creativity in Marketing with Generative AI

Generative AI can be a powerful tool for fostering creativity within teams. This session will help leaders understand how to use AI to drive innovation in creative projects and marketing initiatives.

Led by Ashley Couto

March 2025

Transforming Marketing Operations with AI

This session helps leaders understand how to build a robust, AI-driven marketing function that can deliver more personalized and effective campaigns, regardless of team size.

Led by Ashley Couto

Resources and Tools

You’ll gain immediate, ongoing access to a growing library of videos, templates and tools, including:

Prepare your team for the future with AI CONNECT

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Individual Membership

Access to a year of continuous learning
$ 995 Per Year
  • Monthly AI Masterclass Sessions
  • Peer Collaboration Channels
  • Video, Tools & Prompts Library

Corporate Membership

Unlock continuous learning for your team
$ 795 Per Member for Teams of 3+
  • Monthly AI Masterclass Sessions
  • Peer Collaboration Channels
  • Video, Tools & Prompts Library

Who Should Join

Are you eager to embrace the potential of generative AI?

This online community is tailored for leaders and their teams in HR, finance, marketing and sales, as well as other key areas of business who are eager to embrace the potential of generative AI to strengthen their companies—and their own career potential. 

This is about both high-level strategy and hands-on, roll-up your sleeves workshopping with other do-ers looking to become proficient and get their teams up to speed—fast—with this game-changing technology. 

Whether you’re a seasoned professional looking to enhance your skills or an aspiring leader seeking to own a piece of the future, the AI Academy series is your gateway to unlocking the power of generative AI. 

Glenn Hopper

A chief financial officer with two decades of experience leading finance operations

Glenn is a nationally-recognized expert on finance automation, operational efficiency and margin improvements. Having spent his professional career coupling financial leadership and technical expertise to optimize operations and promote innovation and modernization within companies, he’s now become a pioneer in the uses of AI to safely increase productivity in the finance function and beyond, and he’ll share what he’s learning from his work. 

Ashley Couto

An award-winning marketer & designer with 20 years of experience

Ashley Couto gets first-look access and exclusive conversations with the most dynamic and forward-thinking voices in the AI space. She is behind the scenes helping some of the world’s largest companies leverage AI effectively. Bringing two decades of award-winning marketing to the table, Ashley’s data-driven approach to leveraging AI and prompt engineering mastery have quickly made her one of the foremost global experts on the use and implementation of AI to revolutionize your marketing and creative efforts. She’ll show you some of the most innovative use cases of ChatGPT, Midjourney, and lesser-known but high-impact AI tools that will transform your company’s creative efforts. 

Stephen Lytle

A seasoned HR strategist with a successful 20 year track record of leadership

Stephen has been a leader at respected organizations like Target, Walmart, ChenMed and now Evara Health. As the AVP of People & Culture at Evara he pilots the teams that ensure HR, Benefits, Compensation, Employee Relations, Talent Acquisition, Workforce Development, and Training champion strategies that catalyze both personal and professional growth, and ultimately elevate patient care and outcomes. Distinguished in the field, Stephen delivers AI and ChatGPT training to organizations, sharing insights from his firsthand experiences. His approach is unique — he’s not just a consultant but an actual HR practitioner who applies AI technology within his role. This practical perspective informs his training sessions, making them both relevant and actionable for his audience.