AI in Action: How Business Education is Evolving

Artificial intelligence is no longer a future concept; it is actively reshaping how organizations compete, allocate resources, manage risk, design products, and serve customers. For today’s business leaders, the question is no longer whether to engage with AI, but how to deploy it strategically, responsibly, and at scale. This high-impact, executive-style masterclass features a fireside conversation with faculty experts in strategy, analytics, and technology, drawing on real organizational examples and research-grounded insights to explore how AI is transforming enterprise decision-making across functions—and what capabilities tomorrow’s leaders must develop to remain competitive. The discussion will examine how AI is redefining core business areas such as strategy, operations, analytics, and leadership; how graduate business education is evolving in response; the hands-on experiences professionals need to build genuine AI capability; the emerging roles shaped by AI-enabled organizations; and the skills employers now expect from business graduates. Rather than focusing on specific tools, the session centers on the broader strategic and leadership implications of AI adoption, including how organizations evaluate investments, build new managerial capabilities, distinguish experimentation from true transformation, and define the competencies required in an AI-enabled economy and modern graduate business education.