Artificial Intelligence will without any doubt change the way we will do business in the future. It is already changing many businesses that we are involved in today. But what is needed to make Artificial Intelligence a valuable part of the way we do business ourselves? Many experts believe that successful Artificial Intelligence applications hinge on the so-called b-smart technologies (Blockchain, Social media, Mobile use, Analytics, Cloud, and Things-on-the-internet better known as IoT). The fueling component of those technologies is Big Data. This insight will require a whole new set of business skills. Understanding and working with new technologies for big data collection, analysis, and prediction will not create only huge business opportunities, but also ethical, legal, privacy, and technical issues concerning every part of the organization. It will influence customer relationships, redefine how firms develop new products and services, change how operations are organized and managed, improve demand and supply networks, and provide the basis for new business models. It will demand a data-driven focus of everyone involved

This training program combines the science of business, data, and societal perspectives. Participants – who usually join a company team of 3 to 5 persons – acquire a broad knowledge and diverse skills related to data analytics which may lead to new insights that drive new value creation opportunities. Such learning by doing manifests itself along two dimensions: across multiple levels (individual, group, and corporate) and multiple functions.