CxO Edge: Run Your Business on AI
Online program
Move beyond AI experimentation as you learn executive AI skills. Discover how to solve critical scaling roadblocks and build an AI plan that drives measurable value in your organization — 100% online.
3 weeks, excluding 1 week orientation.
3 hours of cohort-based learning per week, entirely online.
Email: MicrosoftSkilling@getsmarter.com
Call: +1 617 977 6889
About this online program
The CxO Edge: Run Your Business on AI online program is a premium, cohort-based online learning experience developed in collaboration by Microsoft and edX, and delivered on GetSmarter.* The program features optional live sessions and a hands-on approach to learning, equipping you with strategic AI skills. Leveraging expert insights and frameworks, this online program equips you with executive AI skills that help you think about AI more critically and drive real enterprise value.
In just three weeks, you’ll have opportunities to network with other executive leaders, develop board-ready deliverables, and create practical toolkits to embed AI across your organization.
* GetSmarter and edX are owned by 2U.
What this online program covers
This online program teaches you executive level frameworks and skills to transition your organization from AI experimentation to successful implementation. With a focus on application over theory, the online program draws on Microsoft’s expertise, case studies, and executive workshops to help you align people and processes with AI adoption. Using Microsoft’s Frontier Firm model, you will determine your organization’s AI blueprint and develop a range of board-ready deliverables that include a 90-day proof of value to advance your AI agenda with stakeholders, and a map of your organization’s AI operating model.
A powerful collaboration
Microsoft and edX are collaborating to develop an exclusive, premium online learning experience — one that is innovative, engaging, personalized, and designed for professionals like you. This program will be delivered through online learning provider GetSmarter’s sophisticated online platform. GetSmarter and edX are owned by 2U.
About Microsoft
With a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more, Microsoft offers structured, self-paced learning experiences that are designed to support your journey — regardless of where you are in your professional career.
Featuring up-to-date content, industry insights from our latest work and research, and certificates in areas like AI, cloud computing, and more, our online programs deliver accessible, high-impact learning that helps you achieve your goals sooner.
About edX
Founded in 2012 by professors at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), edX is an online learning platform that provides education and professional development from leading institutions to learners worldwide.
Today, as part of digital education company 2U, LLC, edX has connected over 86 million people worldwide with online learning that delivers real progress across nearly every career discipline — from artificial intelligence and robotics to sustainability and public health. Together with universities and organizations at the forefront of their fields, edX offers thousands of job-relevant programs designed to give every ambitious learner a path to achievement.
About GetSmarter
GetSmarter partners with the world’s leading universities and institutions to select, design and deliver premium online short courses with a data-driven focus on learning gain.
Technology meets academic rigour in GetSmarter’s people-mediated model, which enables lifelong learners across the globe to obtain industry-relevant skills that are certified by the world’s most reputable academic institutions.
As a learner, you will also gain unlimited access to edX’s Career Engagement Network at no extra cost. This platform will provide you with valuable career resources and events to support your professional journey. You can look forward to benefits including rich content, career templates, webinars, workshops, career fairs, networking events, panel discussions, and exclusive recruitment opportunities to connect you with potential employers.
What you’ll learn
You’ll be welcomed to the online program and begin connecting with fellow learners, while exploring the navigation and tools of your Online Campus. Be alerted to key milestones in the learning path, and review how your results will be calculated and distributed.
You’ll be required to complete your learner profile, confirm your email address for the delivery of your digital certificate, and submit a digital copy of your passport/identity document.
Please note that module titles and their contents are subject to change during program development.
Understand the strategic impact of AI across your industry and discover where your organization stands on the Frontier Firm curve.
- Identify where AI most directly impacts your organization’s priorities
- Assess where current AI activity aligns or misaligns with strategic priorities
Redefine your AI agenda and determine where the organization can achieve more with AI, what trade-offs need to be made, and what role you’ll play.
- Identify and design one 90-day proof of value
- Refine and pressure-test your ideas with peers
Learn how to turn pilots into systems and explore governance, incentives, and learning loops that sustain the momentum of AI integration.
- Identify your organization’s top scaling dilemmas
- Problem-solve your top dilemmas with peers and Copilot
- Define governance and leadership actions to scale AI
- Commit to one leadership‑level decision that you can implement this month
- Present your deliverables in your capstone project, where you will:
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- Envision your enterprise’s next performance horizon through the lens of Microsoft’s Frontier Firm model
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- Draft a leadership rewiring plan that aligns culture, capabilities, and structures with the next frontier of performance
Who should take this online program
This online program is designed for senior business leaders who want to move beyond AI experimentation to measurable ROI, competitive differentiation, and sustainable growth. Those in the following roles will especially benefit from the content of this program:
- Current and future C-suite executives, senior strategy and product leaders, risk and compliance officers, HR/operations strategists, business owners, founders, and senior partners across all industries and organization sizes
- Leadership teams looking to align AI strategy, operating models, and governance for measurable business outcomes
- Aspiring leaders and AI transformation professionals leading enterprise AI initiatives
This online program is for you if you want to:
Develop actionable, board-ready deliverables
Create assets like a 90-day plan and an AI operating model map to confidently advance your AI agenda with stakeholders.
Engage with other executive leaders
Build your global network as you collaborate with peers from similar functions to share relevant and contextual perspectives that help accelerate real-world AI adoption.
Earn a certificate on Microsoft AI for Business Leaders with edX
Demonstrate your learning and strengthen your professional profile with a certificate from a trusted global leader in AI and technology.
About the certificate
Develop executive AI frameworks and earn an official certificate on Microsoft AI for Business Leaders, in collaboration with edX, two globally recognized leaders in AI and technology.
Assessment is continuous and based on a series of practical assignments completed online and culminates in a final capstone project that showcases board-ready deliverables. In order to be issued with your digital certificate, you’ll need to meet the requirements outlined in the program handbook. You can chat to an enrollment specialist to learn more about the program requirements before you enroll, or view the program handbook once you start. You can also view general assessment information here.
Your digital certificate will be issued in your legal name and sent to you upon successful completion of the online program, as per the stipulated requirements.
Who you’ll learn from
Subject matter experts from Microsoft guided the online program design and have focused on developing content that is industry-relevant and grounded in best practices. Their experience and in-depth knowledge provide the foundation for the learning experience, as you explore real-world proof points, customer case studies, and solution capabilities that equip you to execute safely and at speed.
How you’ll learn
Every online program is broken down into manageable, weekly modules designed to accelerate your learning process through diverse activities:
- Work through your downloadable and online instructional material
- Interact with your peers and learning facilitators through weekly discussions and optional live sessions
- Enjoy a wide range of interactive content, including video lectures, infographics, live polls, and more
- Investigate rich, real-world case studies
- Apply what you learn each week to quizzes and ongoing project submissions, culminating deliverables that you can use to guide AI integration in your organization
Your success team
Created in collaboration with Microsoft and edX and delivered by GetSmarter, this program blends industry insight with applied online learning, providing personalized support throughout your journey.
Head Tutor
A subject expert who’ll guide you through content-related challenges.
Success Adviser
Your one-on-one support, available during Microsoft hours (8am–5pm PST) to resolve technical and administrative challenges.
Global Success Team
Available 24/7 to solve your tech-related and administrative queries and concerns.
Technical requirements
Basic requirements
In order to complete this online program, you’ll need a PDF Reader. You may also need to view Microsoft PowerPoint presentations, as well as read and create documents in Microsoft Word or Excel.
Additional requirements
Some online programs may require certain software and resources, which will be communicated to you upon registration and/or at the start of the program. Please note that Google, Vimeo, and YouTube may be used in our online program delivery.
