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AI Personal Accelerator

Re-thinking leadership in the age of AI.

A programme for business leaders who want to understand how their own processes can be redesigned to facilitate clearer communications, allow more time for strategic thinking, and lead to faster and better decision-making.

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3 November 2026

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At a glance

What you need to know

The AI Personal Accelerator programme is for senior executives with non-technical expertise whose ability to lead is being challenged by their organisation’s need to adopt AI. Hosted by business leader and coach Barry O’Reilly, the online programme focuses on teaching participants how to use AI to think more clearly and make better, faster, and more confident decisions. After three one-hour sessions over three weeks, business leaders will emerge from the programme with a level of AI fluency that will help them become role models for AI adoption across their organisation.

The programme at a glance

3 weeks

one online session per week

3 hours

total learning time commitment

24 people

maximum group sise

Virtual

Online webinar

€950

3 November

Next start date

Outcomes

What you'll gain

The AI Personal Accelerator programme gives business leaders the tools to lead AI adoption across their organisation in ways that go beyond simply boosting productivity within existing workflows. The three-week course helps executives understand how their personal processes can be redesigned to facilitate clearer communications, allow more time for strategic thinking, and lead to faster and better decision-making. Modelling such leadership behaviours has significant downstream positive effects on organisational culture, encouraging employees to embrace change while helping leaders focus on elements of their role that matter most.

About the programme

Programme Summary

Our AI Personal Accelerator is a three-week online programme, led by Barry O'Reilly, that helps non-technical senior leaders to use AI as a thinking partner - to make better decisions, faster, and to lead AI adoption across their organisations.

This popular programme, for individuals from a wide range of backgrounds, is an ideal environment to develop and implement your personal AI process. With two cohorts running this Autumn, places are filling up fast.

About Barry O'Reilly

Barry O’Reilly is an entrepreneur, executive advisor, and bestselling author who helps senior leaders redesign how their organizations perform, make decisions, and innovate at scale. He is the co-founder of Nobody Studios, a global Top 10 AI venture studio building 100 companies in five years. Barry is the author of Lean Enterprise, Unlearn, and Artificial Organizations, and advises boards and executive teams worldwide on enterprise transformation in the age of AI.

Upcoming Dates

Availability

24 spots

AI Personal Accelerator

Starting

3 November 2026

Online

€950

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24 spots

AI Personal Accelerator

Starting

24 November 2026

Online

€950

Enrol Now

Course content

What you'll cover

Module 1

Rethinking Leadership in the Age of AI

1 hour

This module will help leaders understand why AI is fundamentally changing leadership and why their role is shifting from managing work to improving their critical thinking. Participants will learn the principles of AI-augmented leadership and identify where AI creates the greatest opportunity for better decision-making rather than simply greater productivity.

Module 2

Decision, Strategy and Judgment Systems

1 hour

In this module, leaders learn how to use AI to enable research and analysis and improve decision quality, strategic thinking and executive judgment. They will also learn how AI prompting frameworks can boost strategic thinking, test assumptions and identify blind spots.

Module 3

Building Your AI-Native Operating Model

1 hour

A one-hour session showing business leaders how to move beyond individual AI use to redesign workflows, meetings, communication and operating rhythms. Participants will learn how to build and implement AI-supported operating routines across their teams while remaining compliant with data protection and governance regulations.

Delivery Partners

Led by

Barry O'Reilly

Investment

Cost

Subsidised Fee

€950*

* subsidised fee is available to participants who meet funding eligibility criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Participants must be resident in the Republic of Ireland and be employed by a private company registered in the Republic of Ireland.

The programme is for business leaders who lack technical expertise but face leadership challenges related to their organisation’s need to adopt AI.

Digital Skillnet welcomes applications from C-suite level staff, directors and senior managers at organisations with 100 or more employees. Team leaders, or anyone with responsibility for a business function, budget or major organisational initiative, can also apply. Allowances will be made, too, for individuals involved in smaller scale-ups.

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FAQs

What people ask us

FAQs on this course

General FAQs

Who is the AI Personal Accelerator programme designed for?

The programme is for C-suite level staff, directors and senior managers at organisations with 100 or more employees. It is also suitable for team leaders, anyone with responsibility for a business function, budget or major organisational initiative, and those involved in smaller scale-ups.

Do I need technical or AI experience to take part?

The programme is for business leaders whose lack of technical experience is preventing them from leading with confidence during this period of rapid AI development and change. The course is not about learning to use AI. Rather, it aims to boost participants’ leadership capabilities by shifting the mindset of senior executives from understanding AI to leading with AI, from simply using AI to thinking with AI, and from individual adoption to organisational transformation.

What time commitment is required each week?

The programme consists of three one-hour sessions, one per week for three weeks.

What practical skills will I gain from the programme?

Participants will leave the programme with the confidence and ability to lead AI adoption while recognising the associated data protection, privacy and governance risks. They will learn to implement AI in workflows and utilise the technology as a partner to facilitate better, faster, and more strategic decision-making.

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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