Anand Rao, Director of the Center for AI and the Liberal Arts Anand Rao (pictured) will lead a free, online AI strategy session on Jan. 21 tailored to leaders, executives and HR directors.
The University of Mary Washington’s Center for AI and the Liberal Arts in partnership with Continuing and Professional Studies will offer an executive strategy session on Wednesday, Jan. 21, at noon. The virtual seminar, titled “AI ROI: Empowering your Team to Work Smarter with AI,” is tailored to leaders, executives and HR directors with no cost to attend online. It will address how to move from the first steps of exploring AI to generating business value.
The free session will cover:
- The “Intern” Trap: Why treating AI like a search engine leads to workforce complacency and how to fix it.
- The Bubble vs. Reality: A clear-eyed look at the massive infrastructure spending compared to headlines about workforce changes.
- Redefining Success: Moving beyond simple time-savings (“Hard ROI”) to capture cultural innovation (“Squishy ROI”).
- The Transformation Loop: A preview of the framework needed to ensure your workforce adapts rather than stagnates.
“We are living through the largest infrastructure build-out in history, yet many companies are finding that AI adoption is yielding more ‘busy work’ than actual productivity,” said Director of the Center for AI and the Liberal Arts and Professor of Communication Anand Rao, who will lead the session. “The problem isn’t the technology—it’s the management strategy behind it.”
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