AI for Leaders · Opens Monday 1 February 2027
Where do you want to be?
AI is a wave, and it's reaching every leader. Some are already riding it. Some are still on the sand, waiting for it to settle. AI for Leaders gets you on the board: hours back every week, AI used safely in your real leadership work, and the confidence to bring your team with you.
No technical background needed39 short lessonsWorks with Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini
The leader's week
You're expected to "use AI". Nobody's shown you how.
Your inbox doesn't stop. Your calendar's full. Your boss is asking what your team is doing with AI, and your team is asking you. There's no time to work it out from scattered videos, and there's a nagging question about what's actually safe to paste in.
more responsibilities than the average manager can effectively handle.
Gartner, 2022is how often the average worker is interrupted by meetings, email or chat.
Microsoft Work Trend Index, 2025of employees feel properly trained to use AI at work.
BCG, AI at Work 2025What the research found
AI makes people better. Except when it doesn't.
When Harvard and Boston Consulting Group gave hundreds of consultants AI for real work, the results split along a jagged line.
Harvard Business School and BCG, Navigating the Jagged Technological Frontier, 2023
So the leaders who pull ahead won't be the ones who simply have AI. Everyone will have it. They'll be the ones who know when to lean in, and when to trust their own judgement.
That's a skill. This course teaches it.
The course
From the sand to champion, in three stages
Everyone starts on the sand. Nobody's born on a surfboard. Every lesson starts from something you already do in your week, and each new idea arrives when a task needs it.
- On the sand
- Paddling out
- Riding
- Champion
Paddle out: the augmented you
Start from the basics and win back time on your own work. Your first win comes in the first ten minutes.
- 0 · Start here
- 1 · Communicate
- 2 · Stay on top of information
- 3 · Meetings
Ride the wave: the augmented leader
AI in the work only you can do: decisions, numbers, people and planning. Where it shines, where it trips up, and how to check its work.
- 4 · Think and decide
- 5 · Numbers and resources
- 6 · Lead your people
- 7 · Organise the work
Champion your team
Bring your people with you: find where AI helps most, run a two-week pilot, and set clear guardrails with a one-page team AI policy.
- 8 · Lead your team's AI adoption
- 9 · Guardrails and what's next
Why this course
Built on your week, not on the latest tool
YouTube gives you a thousand answers. This gives you the path: in order, built on your week, safe at work, with the tools in your hand on Monday.
Starts from what you already do
A tricky email, a board update, a one-to-one, a budget variance. You learn AI by getting real work done.
Basics first
New ideas arrive only when a task needs them. No theory dump, no jargon.
Safe for work
What you can paste where, how to check AI's work, and how to stay inside your organisation's policy.
Any tool
The skills work in Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini: whichever your workplace allows.
A coffee break at a time
Short lessons of three or four minutes, each with a ten-minute exercise. About two and a half hours in all.
What you get
Everything you need to ride it, from day one
The full course
10 modules and 39 short video lessons, all available the day you join.
The Leader's AI Playbook
Prompt cards and templates for every lesson, ready to use on Monday.
Team tools
The AI use-case scorer, a two-week pilot plan and a one-page team AI policy.
The Wave Check
A two-minute check you take as you go, to see yourself move from the sand to champion.
A certificate
AI-Augmented Leader, when you finish.
Kept up to date
Lessons refreshed as the tools change.
Free, while you wait
Start this week with the Leader's AI Starter Kit
- 1The traffic-light card: what's safe to paste into AI, and where.
- 2The AI use-case scorer: eight questions to find where AI will actually help your team.
- 320 prompts for leaders: built on a real leader's week, ready to copy.
Who it's for
Built for people who lead people
It's for you if...
- You lead people: a team lead, manager, director or executive
- You're curious about AI but short on time to work it out
- You want to use AI safely and get it right
- You'd like your team to come along too
It's probably not for you if...
- You're a developer or data scientist looking for technical depth
- You enjoy piecing things together from YouTube in your spare time (we share plenty there too)
Who's behind it
Kadu Anastacio
Kadu builds the data and AI platforms that organisations run on, and leads teams of data and AI specialists across Australia, Brazil and Asia. He's taught MBA programs as a professor and coordinator, and speaks to large audiences on data and AI, including 350 people at the Microsoft Fabric roadshow in Brisbane and Melbourne.
AI for Leaders is from The Augmented Leader, helping leaders use AI to work smarter, lead better and live more.
Questions
Good questions, straight answers
Can't I learn this on YouTube?
You can learn a lot on YouTube, and we share plenty there too. What you won't find is a path built for leaders: in the right order, built on your real week, safe for work, with the templates ready to use and a way to bring your team with you. Most leaders don't have time to put that together themselves. That's what this course is for.
I'm not technical. Will I keep up?
Yes. That's who it's built for. If you can write an email, you can do this course.
How much time does it take?
Each lesson takes a coffee break: about three or four minutes to watch and ten to try. Most people do a few a week. The whole course is about two and a half hours of video.
When do I get access?
The course opens on Monday 1 February 2027, fully recorded, so every lesson is available the day you join. Join the waitlist to hear first and get the launch-week price.
Which AI tool do I need?
Whichever your workplace allows: Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini. Lesson 0.2 helps you set it up safely. If your workplace hasn't approved one yet, you can still practise with non-sensitive tasks.
Can my employer pay for it?
Often, yes. There'll be a ready-to-send request email for your manager on launch day, a tax invoice, and a certificate when you finish.
Do you offer team pricing?
Yes. Team licences start at 10 places. Message Kadu on LinkedIn.
What if it's not for me?
Full refund within 30 days of joining, no questions asked.
Opens Monday 1 February 2027
The wave is coming either way. Where do you want to be?
Join the waitlist for the free Starter Kit, first access and the launch-week price.