Artificial Intelligence

AI for Business Impact and Innovation

Turn AI understanding into measurable business results.

A cutomised, in-company programme designed for enterprise team leads with responsibility for opportunity spotting and scaled adoption.

At a glance

What you need to know

4 one-day classroom modules, delivered across 4 weeks

Centred on an applied AI business case

Practitioner-led and hands-on throughout

No technical or coding background required

The programme at a glance

4 weeks

1 day per week

12 hours

total time commitment

Outcomes

What you'll gain

Understand AI and machine learning in a business context, not an engineering one
Sharpen decision-making using data and predictive insight
Spot and design real-world AI opportunities within your own role
Recognise agentic AI and how autonomous, multi-step workflows can extend what a single prompt can do
Scale AI solutions confidently across functions and teams
Measure the ROI and strategic impact of AI initiatives
Apply AI ethically and responsibly, recognising when to escalate concerns
Ready your team, culture and infrastructure for wider AI adoption

About the programme

Key facts

This in-company programme is designed for a business audience, focussing squarely on applying AI to real operational and strategic problems.

Delivered over four weeks, each 1-day module builds on the last through hands-on exercises, group work and using AI tools to tackle real business challenges.

Customised for your business, the four-module classroom programme takes your team from core AI concepts to applied, in-role opportunity spotting and scaled adoption, with a live business innovation challenge running throughout.

About our Delivery Partner

Neueda is the training delivery partner for the AI for Business Impact and Innovation course. Neueda work with many of the largest global organisations across the financial services and technology sectors to turn AI strategy into practical, applied capability, pairing structured learning design with instructors who bring real hands-on delivery experience. Every programme is built to be hands-on and outcome-focused, grounded in the tools and challenges participants face in their own roles.

Course content

What you'll cover

Module 1

AI Fundamentals

1 day

Core AI and machine learning concepts explained for business, not engineering, audiences

Hands-on prompt engineering using real business document types

An introduction to agentic AI: what it is, how it differs from a single prompt or chatbot, and where it fits into everyday work

Module 2

Business Innovation

1 day

Data-driven decision-making and predictive insight

Spotting high-value AI opportunities in your own role

Mapping AI use cases to real operational problems

Identifying where agentic AI can automate multi-step tasks within your own workflow

Module 3

Scaling AI Solutions

1 day

Why most AI pilots stall before reaching production

Phased rollout: pilot, controlled rollout, full deployment

Build vs buy vs integrate decision-making

Moving from single-use prompts to agentic workflows at scale, safely and with the right oversight

Module 4

Measuring Impact

1 day

KPI and ROI frameworks for AI initiatives

Responsible AI: recognising and escalating issues

Culture, change management and business case rehearsal

Delivery Partners

Led by

Neueda

Frank Callaly

Programme Director

Pricing

Find out more

To find out how Digital Skillnet can support your AI development needs, contact us today.

FAQs

What people ask us

FAQs on this course

General FAQs

Who is this course designed for?

Business professionals, functional leads and decision-makers who want to apply AI to real business problems. No technical or coding background is required.

Do I need technical experience?

No. The programme is designed for a business audience and focuses on applying AI, not building it.

How do I apply the classroom concepts to real business challenges?

Throughout the programme, you work in groups on a live business innovation challenge, applying each module's concepts directly to a real operational or strategic problem from your own organisation. It culminates in a group presentation to a stakeholder panel, backed by an individual business report and a short reflective learning log, so you leave with a concrete output you can act on, not just theory.

Do I need technical experience?

No. The programme is designed for a business audience and focuses on applying AI, not building it.

General FAQs

Who can join the Digital Skillnet Network?

Network membership is free for private sector and commercial semi-state companies based in the Republic of Ireland.

Once registered, eligible member companies can access Digital Skillnet part-funded programmes, helping reduce the cost of training and making upskilling more accessible across your organisation.

What are the aims of the Digital Skillnet Network?

The aim of the network is:

To support software and digital technology companies to remain at the cutting edge of skills and knowledge.
To enable companies to gain access to staff training and development programmes which are aligned to their current needs.
To work with educational bodies in strategic partnerships to develop new educational solutions to meet new software sector needs.
To provide funding support for staff training thereby lowering training costs for companies.
To extend up-skilling opportunities to more employees and companies across the sector.

How can a training provider join Digital Skillnet's roster?

As training requirements arise, the network invites suitable trainers to quote or tender for the delivery of each programme.

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Where does Technology Ireland Digital Skillnet funding come from?

Technology Ireland DIGITAL Skillnet receives funding on an annual basis under the Training Networks Programme from Skillnet Ireland, the enterprise-led training agency. This allows the network to provide courses at a lower cost than commercial training courses – while still being delivered by the highest quality experts and trainers.

Over the last 3 years the Digital Skillnet has been awarded subsidies in excess of €2 million to support companies by significantly lowering the cost, and increasing the effectiveness of, organisational development strategies. The specific levels of subsidy for companies are allocated on a course-by-course basis.

What is Technology Ireland Digital Skillnet?

Established in 2010, Technology Ireland Digital Skillnet (“Digital Skillnet”) is the national training network for Ireland's Digital Technology sector. Our mission is to enable workforce development, performance and competitiveness for companies and their workforce through innovative upskilling solutions, backed by government funding. We support companies in all sectors to accelerate digital capacity, transformation and strategic innovation.

Member companies include a combination of indigenous organisations and multinational foreign direct investment (FDI) firms.

The Network Sponsor is Technology Ireland, a federation within Ibec, the Irish Business and Employers Confederation (www.ibec.ie). Our upskilling initiatives are co-funded by the Government of Ireland, the European Union through the European Social Fund ESF+ and Network Companies.

How can Digital Skillnet help companies to fund their training needs?

Technology Ireland Digital Skillnet receives government funding. This allow us to provide support on course fees so that companies incur lower costs than commercial training courses.

Through the network, we also use our combined buying power to achieve the best training rates from providers.

Subsidised fees for network members are shown on our training schedule. These are the costs after funding support from the network.
Typical savings of 40-60% for companies through DIGITAL Skillnet

To access subsisidised course fees companies can join the network. Network membership is free and is open to all enterprises in the Republic of Ireland.

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