Module 11: The Future of AI in Business - What's Coming and What Executives Should Do Now

What is actually coming in AI over the next three years, and which moves should an executive make now?

Forecasting AI more than three years out is a fool's exercise. Forecasting one to three years is a discipline. This module separates the two. It walks through the developments that are already in motion, the strategic responses that are still available, and the moves that will be too late if delayed past 2026.

What you'll learn in this module

• AI agents versus chatbots versus copilots: the architectural distinction, the readiness gap, and where each genuinely deploys
• Model capability trajectory: where capability is compounding fast, where it is plateauing, and what each means for vendor selection
• Compute economics: how the unit cost of inference is changing and what that means for which AI use cases become viable
• Workforce and operating model implications: which roles change, which disappear, and which expand
• The 2026-2029 strategic moves: which capabilities to build now, which partnerships to lock in, and which assumptions to revisit annually

The complete module is the strategic capstone of the AI course: a synthesis of where the technology is going and what executives can do about it before the window closes.