AI in Organizational Development: Leading Change and Shaping Structures
From AI Agents to Cultural Change—Guidance for Leaders
AI in Organizations—What's Really Changing
- AI as a Driver of Transformation: More Than Just a Tool for Efficiency.
- From Tool to Agent: What AI Can Already Do on Its Own Today.
- How far along is your organization? Typical steps in AI integration.
Understanding AI Systems—Opportunities and Risks for Executives
- What AI Systems and AI Agents Are—Establishing a Common Understanding.
- What Questions Leaders Need to Ask When AI Systems Take Over Processes.
- Autonomy, Control, and Transparency: Where Are the Limits?
- When multiple AI systems work together—what that means for control.
Rethinking Structures and Roles
- How AI Is Changing Traditional Organizational Charts and Responsibilities.
- Which roles are coming under pressure—and which new ones are emerging.
- Developing career paths and job profiles for the AI era.
AI and Agile Organizational Development
- AI in Agile Structures: What's Changing for Self-Organized Teams.
- How do agile roles change when AI systems take over parts of the work?
- Does AI accelerate agile cycles—or does it undermine self-organization?
- Automation in Agile Processes: What Are the Benefits, and What Risks Are There?
- Using Agile Principles as a Guide for AI Transformation.
Clarify Responsibilities, Decisions, and Governance
- Who decides what—people or the system?
- Clarifying Responsibility: Who Bears the Consequences When AI Systems Make Decisions?
- Establishing Governance Structures: Responsibilities, Guidelines, Oversight—and the Scope of Accountability.
- A Look at Regulation: What the EU AI Act Means for Your Organization.
Bringing People Along—Promoting Culture and Acceptance
- Why resistance to AI is different from traditional resistance to change.
- Identify skill gaps within the team and actively address them.
- Targeted efforts to strengthen psychological safety—especially when AI creates uncertainty.
- How Leaders Provide Guidance When the Answers Are Still Unclear.
Assessing and Further Developing Your Own Organization
- Assess the current situation: What's going well, and what's holding us back?
- Prioritizing Areas of Action: What Now, What Next?
- Scaling AI: How to Turn Individual Projects into an Organization-Wide Practice.
- Reflect on your own leadership role in the AI transformation.
In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this training course once you have registered.
After training you can:
- Assess how AI and AI systems are specifically changing your organization.
- Identify where action is needed within your organization.
- Decide how much autonomy AI systems should have in your field.
- shape how roles, responsibilities, decision-making processes, and procedures are realigned.
- classify how AI influences agile structures and principles.
- Lead by actively guiding your employees through this transition.
- Ensure that AI is used responsibly and in compliance with regulations in your field.
Practical, subject-specific insights, case studies, group work, reflections, and the sharing of experiences with applications to your organization.
This " training " is aimed at executives at all levels who are responsible for teams, departments, or the ongoing development of their organization. It is particularly geared toward:
- Division and department heads who manage or oversee AI projects.
- Leaders who are realigning structures and roles in their departments—including People Leads.
- OE manager with leadership responsibilities.
Required prior knowledge
Prior experience in leadership, change management, or organizational development is required. Knowledge of agile methodologies and change management is helpful. Technical AI knowledge is not required.
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Start dates and details
Monday, 22.03.2027
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday, 23.03.2027
09:00 am - 4:30 pm
Tuesday, June 1, 2027
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wednesday, June 2, 2027
09:00 am - 4:30 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
Wednesday, September 22, 2027
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday, September 23, 2027
09:00 am - 4:30 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
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