Not just techies, companies want C-suite leaders too to have AI skills
Some of them are rolling out certification programmes with top universities like Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford for their top executives, while several others are holding bootcamps and having peer knowledge-sharing initiatives and tailored learning roadmaps to ensure that the leaders understand AI’s implications on strategy and talent, and its uses and regulations across industries.
Professional services firm Genpact is building a core artificial intelligence focus to foster expertise and innovation by training CEOs and other top executives. As much as 85% of its senior leaders are expected to undergo certification from institutions like MIT by the end of 2024 in applied AI leadership, or the use of AI in a business setting, said country manager Piyush Mehta.
“For our leaders, it was a rush as to who would be first to get the training. This includes our CFO, and general counsel who went through the first batch,” he said. “So, when you look at the people who've gone through AI training, it's not only the business people, it's not only the techies, it is the biggest leaders in the company.”
Apart from the leaders, more than 100,000 Genpact employees are actively learning foundational generational AI — 70,000 have completed entry-level training, and 18,000 have finished more advanced work.
ET also spoke with engineering giant Larsen & Toubro, IT services provider Infosys, multinational professional company Accenture and American business software firm Intuit about their initiatives to upskill
