Overview
In today’s business environment, leaders are expected to drive growth while navigating ongoing disruption, uncertainty, and the accelerating influence of artificial intelligence (AI). The challenge is no longer whether change is coming, but how to respond with clarity, confidence, and intent.
This course equips leaders with practical frameworks, tools, and mindsets to build growth as a repeatable organisational capability. Through contemporary AI-aware and AI-enabled innovation practices, participants explore how AI is reshaping value creation, decision-making, productivity, and competitive advantage. Rather than treating innovation as a one-off initiative, the course focuses on how improvement and growth actually happen inside organisations. Working alongside industry peers, you will apply concepts directly to challenges from your own organisation - identifying opportunities, designing and testing solutions, managing risk, and building a balanced portfolio that delivers short-term performance while enabling long-term growth.
Whether responding to disruption, unlocking productivity through AI, or pursuing new growth pathways, this course provides the confidence and tools to lead with impact.
Who should attend
This course is designed for professionals who are responsible for driving growth, change, or improvement, including:
- Business owners and founders
- Executives and senior leaders
- Middle managers and emerging leaders
- Innovation, strategy, transformation, digital or capability leads.
Entry requirements
There are no entry requirements or prerequisites for this course.
What you'll learn
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Diagnose disruption, opportunity, and productivity challenges in your operating environment
- Map and critically assess existing business models and identify where AI can enable or accelerate innovation
- Design, test, and refine innovation initiatives using structured, evidence-based approaches
- Translate innovation and AI strategy into actionable plans that mobilise teams and stakeholders.
Time commitment
This is an in-person course that will require roughly 16 hours to complete.
- 2-day workshop (8 hours per day).
Assessment
There are no formal assessments. However, if you complete a learning activity applying course concepts to a real organisational challenge, you will receive a Digital Badge, enabling you to showcase your new capabilities.
Certification and accreditation
Showcase your capabilities with a Digital Badge that verifies your skills and achievements.
Facilitators
Most organisations already have enough ideas. The challenge is not generating more but implementing their existing ideas more effectively.
Cost
| Applicant | Price |
|---|---|
| Early Bird | A$3,291 |
| Individual | A$4,114 |
For alumni and affiliate discounts, or to enquire about group bookings and corporate package options, please contact us at execed@business.uq.edu.au.
For Early Bird closing dates, see the Registration page.
Terms and conditions
Terms and conditions for Executive Education courses.
GST is included in the cost
Discounts can't be used with other discounts, offers or special promotions.
Payment optionsWe accept credit cards (Visa/MasterCard) for payment, including corporate credit cards. We can also invoice corporate and government clients. If you want to discuss payment options, please contact our team at execed@business.uq.edu.au.
Location
UQ Brisbane City
308 Queen St
Brisbane, QLD, 4000