When an AI system harms a customer or embarrasses an institution, the questions land on the executive team and the board, not on the data scientists who built it. Senior leaders need to direct AI with clear accountability, resource it properly and know whether their governance is actually working. Across ten days you learn to set AI policy and objectives under ISO/IEC 42001, apply the evaluate, direct and monitor model of ISO/IEC 38500 and its AI counterpart ISO/IEC 38507, design an operating model with committees, roles and decision rights, and build AI literacy and a speak-up culture.
The second week concentrates on performance: governance scorecards and KPIs, board reporting, management review, reskilling and job redesign, and steering the organisation through the days after an AI system fails in public. Simulations include a board meeting on a high-risk deployment and a public incident. It is aimed at chief executives, board members, chief risk, data, information and AI officers, strategy directors and heads of public agencies in banking, telecoms, health, NGOs and government. You leave with a leadership charter, a scorecard and a 100-day plan. Delivery is classroom, online or in-house, with a CPD-accredited certificate.
Responsibility for artificial intelligence now sits with leaders. Boards are asked how AI decisions are overseen, regulators expect named accountability, and staff look to executives for clear rules on which tools they may use and how. ISO/IEC 42001 makes this explicit: top management must demonstrate leadership and commitment, establish an AI policy, assign roles and authorities, and review the management system at planned intervals. Leaders who treat AI governance as a technical side project tend to end up with either uncontrolled experimentation or paralysis.
The Leadership and Performance in AI Governance, Responsible AI & ISO 42001 Training Course equips senior leaders to direct AI responsibly and to know whether their governance is delivering. The first week covers accountability under ISO/IEC 38507, AI strategy, policy and objectives, operating model design, capability and culture, and the measurement of governance performance. The second week moves to advanced practice: board oversight and executive reporting, leading workforce change, stakeholder trust and crisis leadership, governing value and continual improvement across an AI portfolio, and a capstone in which each participant prepares a leadership plan for their own organisation.
Sessions are discussion-led and built around executive simulations, case studies of AI successes and failures, and peer exchange between leaders from different sectors. Technical content is kept to what a leader needs in order to ask the right questions and judge the answers.
Participants will leave able to:
Executives complete the programme with practical leadership tools:
Sessions are designed for experienced leaders and favour discussion and decision-making over lectures. The mix includes:
Day 1: AI Accountability at the Top
Day 2: Setting Direction Through Strategy, Policy and Objectives
Day 3: Designing the Governance Operating Model
Day 4: Capability, Culture and AI Literacy
Day 5: Measuring Governance Performance
Day 6: Board Oversight and Executive Reporting
Day 7: Leading Change and Workforce Transition
Day 8: Trust, Ethical Dilemmas and Crisis Leadership
Day 9: Governing Value, Portfolio and Continual Improvement
Day 10: Leadership Capstone and 100-Day Plan
The programme is for senior people who answer for how their organisation uses AI:
Leaders who take part in all ten days and present their 100-day plan at the capstone receive a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion issued by Vision Reach Global Consultancy.
The certificate states the programme, dates and mode of delivery, and the policy statement, scorecard and leadership plan developed during the course remain the participant's to use and build on.
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By the end of the Leadership and Performance in AI Governance, Responsible AI & ISO 42001 programme, you'll be able to articulate the accountabilities of boards and executives for ai under iso/iec 38507 and iso/iec 42001, set an ai policy, objectives and risk appetite that align ai ambition with organisational strategy, design a governance operating model with clear committees, roles and decision rights, and build ai literacy, ethical judgement and a speak-up culture across management and staff. The full breakdown of topics is covered session by session in the Course Outline tab above.
The programme is for senior people who answer for how their organisation uses AI: Chief executives, managing directors and their deputies, Board directors and members of board risk, audit and technology committees, Chief risk, compliance, data, information and technology officers, Chief AI officers and heads of AI or digital transformation, Directors of strategy, operations and human resources, Principal secretaries, agency heads and senior civil servants overseeing digital services, Country directors and senior managers in NGOs and development organisations, and General counsel and company secretaries.
Leadership and Performance in AI Governance, Responsible AI & ISO 42001 Training Course typically runs as 10 Days. It's available as in-person classroom, live virtual, and in-house corporate training — every course can also be delivered on-site for your team on dates that suit you.
Leadership and Performance in AI Governance, Responsible AI & ISO 42001 Training Course is scheduled in-classroom in Nairobi, Kenya, Mombasa, Kenya, Naivasha, Kenya, and Kisumu, Kenya, and 14 other locations, plus a live interactive virtual classroom you can join from anywhere. Check the schedule panel above for exact upcoming dates and fees in each location.
The next live virtual cohort of Leadership and Performance in AI Governance, Responsible AI & ISO 42001 starts October 26, 2026, with new classroom cohorts also running on a rolling basis. Pick a date and location in the schedule panel above, then click "Register for the Course" — it takes a few minutes and your seat is confirmed once payment or a signed purchase order is received.
Yes — delegates who meet the attendance requirement receive a Certificate of Completion for Leadership and Performance in AI Governance, Responsible AI & ISO 42001 Training Course from Vision Reach Global Consultancy, issued in the name you register with, so double-check the spelling at checkout.
Leadership and Performance in AI Governance, Responsible AI & ISO 42001 Training Course is pitched at advanced professionals. If you're unsure whether it's the right fit for your current role or background, message our training advisors before you register and they'll help you confirm.
Fees for Leadership and Performance in AI Governance, Responsible AI & ISO 42001 Training Course vary by delivery location and format and are shown in real time in the schedule panel above once you pick a date. Register 3 or more delegates on the same course together and a 5% team discount is applied automatically — larger cohorts can request a custom corporate quote.
Yes — Leadership and Performance in AI Governance, Responsible AI & ISO 42001 Training Course can be delivered on-site at your offices (or virtually for distributed teams), with case studies and examples tailored to your industry and the specific challenges your team is working through. Switch to the "In-House" tab in the schedule panel above to request a proposal.
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