Agentic AI: Business Strategy & Adoption
Build a 90-Day AI Transformation Roadmap
- Discover high-value AI opportunities across business functions
- Shape the future of work through responsible Human-AI collaboration
- Decide on AI investments through ROI, business value & strategic impact
- Master AI in interactive sessions with experts from IBM, Amazon, PwC & more
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+1-844-532-7688- Admission closesNov 13, 2026
- Program Duration8 weeks(4-6hrs / Week)
- Program Fee$ 2,690(incl. of taxes)
- Learning FormatLive, Online, Interactive
Key Features
Columbia Engineering Advantage
Earn a certificate from Columbia Engineering Executive Education and Simplilearn.
Curriculum reviewed & approved by Columbia Engineering faculty
Applied Learning Experience
Learn through 20+ demos, 10+ guided practices & a capstone
Access Simplilearn's AI Impact Studios for expert-led workshops on Gen AI & Agentic AI
Real-World Business Intelligence
Gain hands-on experience with 12 AI tools, including AutoGen Studio, Klarna AI & more
Sharpen your AI judgment to assess ROI and make the case for adoption
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Learn by Doing
Global Industry Case Studies
Guided Practices
Industry-Leading Tools
Case Studies from Top Global MNCs
Career Opportunities
- AI Transformation Manager
- AI Product Manager
- AI consultant
AI Transformation Manager
Own AI adoption and change across business functions, turning strategy into working, scaled processes. The role that carries a transformation roadmap from plan to reality, mapping directly to the program's capstone.
Essential Skills You Will Develop
- AI Business Case and ROI
- AI Delegation and Decision Rights
- Workflow Redesign for AI
- Cross Functional Collaboration
- No Code Agentic Workflow Design
- Strategic Decision Making
- Stakeholder Communication
- Build vs Buy Evaluation
- AI Opportunity Prioritization
- AI Transformation Roadmapping
- Agentic AI Strategy
- AI Adoption Strategy
- AI Evaluation Frameworks
- Responsible and Ethical AI Adoption
- AI Governance and Risk Management
Earn a certificate
Upon successful completion of the program, you'll receive a program completion certificate from Columbia Engineering Executive Education, in partnership with Simplilearn, demonstrating your ability to drive AI adoption, align AI initiatives with business strategy, and unlock new opportunities for business transformation.
- Columbia Engineering Executive Education & Simplilearn Certificate
- Curriculum reviewed & approved by Columbia Engineering faculty
Program Curriculum
Across this 8-week program, you’ll build expertise in AI strategy, workflow redesign, ROI, and governance. The program culminates in a real-world capstone project.
- Agentic AI: Business Strategy & Adoption InductionBegin with an introduction to the program structure, curriculum, learning outcomes, and support system. This induction outlines the key concepts and skills learners will develop throughout the program.
- The Agentic AI Shift: Business Value and Leadership ImperativesUnderstand Agentic AI as the next step beyond GenAI, its real value levers, and how to evaluate opportunities on fit, feasibility, value, and risk.
- AI Opportunity Discovery and Workflow RedesignSpot high-value AI task patterns, gate each idea on quality, and redesign workflows on a human-AI model using impact-vs-feasibility and ROI logic
- Prompting, AI Delegation, and No-Code Agentic WorkflowsMaster business prompting, delegate what AI can draft or decide, and design no-code agentic workflows, knowing when agentic beats automation
- Agentic AI Use Cases and Decision FrameworksApply the Agentic AI decision framework to prioritize use cases across customer, employee, marketing, finance, operations, security, and medical.
- Leading AI Adoption and Organizational ChangeDiagnose why adoption fails, then lead it with the AI Change Adoption Framework: align, design, enable, govern, measure, and scale.
- AI Investment Strategy: Vendors, ROI, and ValueApply build-buy-partner logic, evaluate vendors, calculate ROI and total cost of ownership, and structure a leadership-ready business case.
- AI for BusinessDeepen your business-first AI foundation, connecting AI capability to strategy, value, and advantage, curated by Columbia Engineering faculty.
- AI Governance, Risk, and Responsible AdoptionMap AI risks, control hallucination, apply responsible-AI principles, and build a governance model with approval workflows and controls.
- Capstone: 90-Day Agentic AI Transformation RoadmapPrioritize a use case, design the agentic workflow, build the ROI case, define governance, plan change, and present a 30-60-90-day roadmap.
ELECTIVES
- Academic Masterclass Led by Columbia Engineering FacultyAttend a quarterly live masterclass led by Columbia Engineering faculty to explore emerging AI research, technologies, and industry developments, while gaining expert perspectives on evolving trends and real-world applications.
- AI Impact StudioAI Impact Studio by Simplilearn is an exclusive live AI workshop series that helps learners stay ahead in Generative AI, Agentic AI, automation, and emerging AI technologies. Access one or both learning tracks: AI Builder Studio focuses on AI development, automation, and deployment, while AI Business Impact Studio explores AI-powered productivity, decision-making, workflow transformation, and business innovation.
Capstone Project Roadmap
Select an AI Business Opportunity
Identify a business problem suited for Agentic AI by assessing pain points, stakeholders, performance gaps, and opportunities for intelligent intervention.
Skills learned
- Opportunity Analysis
- Problem Framing
Map the Current Workflow
Map the existing workflow, including people, systems, decisions, handoffs, bottlenecks, risks, data gaps, and opportunities for improvement.
Skills learned
- Workflow Mapping
- Process Analysis
Prioritize the AI Use Case
Evaluate potential AI interventions using impact and feasibility criteria, select a pilot use case and define a measurable success hypothesis.
Skills learned
- Feasibility Analysis
- Impact Assessment
Design the Agentic AI Workflow
Design an agentic workflow defining AI and human roles, triggers, data sources, actions, approvals, outputs, escalation paths, and success criteria.
Skills learned
- Workflow Design
- Requirements Analysis
Build the Value and AI Investment Case
Build an investment case by estimating business value, costs, ROI, payback, and comparing build, buy, partner, and low-code solution options.
Skills learned
- ROI Analysis
- Cost Analysis
Define AI Governance Risk and Responsible AI Controls
Identify AI risks and design governance controls covering privacy, security, bias, hallucinations, human oversight, monitoring, access, and escalation.
Skills learned
- Risk Management
- AI Governance
Plan AI Adoption and Change Management
Develop an adoption strategy covering stakeholders, communication, training, support, feedback, leadership actions, adoption risks, and success metrics.
Skills learned
- Adoption Strategy
- Stakeholder Management
Create the 90 Day AI Transformation Roadmap
Create a 90-day execution plan covering validation, workflow design, data readiness, solution selection, pilot launch, adoption, monitoring, and scaling.
Skills learned
- Roadmap Planning
- Execution Planning
Present the Executive Roadmap
Develop and present a boardroom-ready roadmap that demonstrates strategic fit, AI suitability, value, governance, adoption readiness, and execution feasibility.
Skills learned
- Executive Communication
- Strategic Thinking
Program Advisor
Sean Wiggins
Executive Director, CVN, Columbia EngineeringAs the Executive Director of CVN, Sean guides the team to serve the Columbia Engineering community by curating and ensuring the quality of remote curricular offerings and driving innovative pedagogical practice to transform teaching and learning from in-person to hybrid and remote modalities.
Kaoutar El Maghraoui, Ph.D.
Principal Research ScientistKaoutar El Maghraoui is a Principal Research Scientist at IBM Research AI and an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University. She specializes in AI engineering, high-performance machine learning, distributed computing, and hardware-software co-design to advance next-generation AI systems.
Program Trainers
Anand Rao
35+ Years of ExperienceService Professor | Applied Data Science & AI
Fred Drake
28+ Years of ExperienceFounder
Nikunj Nirmal
25+ Years of ExperienceGlobal Head of Engineering
Warren Wiens
17+ Years of ExperienceStrategy Leader, AI Transformation
Lisa Stuart
25+ Years of ExperienceStaff Data Scientist
Lubina Zaidi PhD
16+ Years of ExperienceSenior Data Scientist
Donald High
24+ Years of ExperienceChief Data and Agentic AI Architect
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Marissa Muthulingam
Founder at M.J. Squared Training & Development.I loved the flexibility and live interactive sessions. The trainers were knowledgeable, updated with current industry trends, & provided immediate feedback. Simplilearn’s account managers & support system were exceptional, ensuring I had real-time assistance whenever needed.(Review for Simplilearn's Agentic AI curriculum)
- LinkedIn profile of Mike Parker
Mike Parker
Vice President Sales and Marketing at Georgian CommunitiesThe flexibility of the program was a standout feature, it combined weekend sessions with self-paced learning during the week. This structure allowed me to look further into the material at my own pace while still benefiting from engaging, instructor-led sessions on the weekends.(Review for Simplilearn's Agentic AI curriculum)
Total Program Fee
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Program Cohorts
- Limited seats Left
Columbia EEE Agentic AI: Business Strategy and Adoption Dec 2026 Cohort
05 Dec, 2026 - 20 Mar, 2027
WeekendSa
09:00 - 11:00 CST
Induction on 19 Nov, 2026
Who Is This Program For?
- Functional Leaders
- Founders / VPs / CXOs
- Business Managers
- Tech Managers
- Consultants
Eligibility Criteria
- 10+ years of professional experience preferred
- Focused on translating AI strategy into business value
- Senior Professionals Driving Business Transformation and AI
How To Apply
- 1Submit Application
Complete the application by providing the essential details about yourself
- 2Reserve Your Seat
Secure your seat by completing the program fee payment
- 3Start Learning
Begin your learning journey on the designated cohort start date
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Demand For Program
Through 2025, teams raced to build AI agents that could reason, use tools, and act with limited human oversight. Demos multiplied, and the momentum was real. But much of that innovation remained in controlled settings.
Then the bar moved.
Today, enterprises are asking a bigger question: not whether they can build an AI agent, but whether they can trust it to operate inside the business. Single agent experiments are evolving into multi-agent systems that can plan, coordinate, act, and learn from feedback.
That brings bigger opportunities and harder questions. Where can agents create the most value? How do you prove ROI and scale innovation without losing control?
This program prepares you to answer those questions and lead what comes next, turning Agentic AI from promising pilots into measurable business impact and scalable transformation, without writing a line of code.
Program FAQs
To ensure that money is not a barrier to learning, we offer various financing options to help make this program financially manageable. Please refer to our Admissions Fee and Financing section for more details.
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