AI & Agents for Leaders: Cutting Through the Hype to Build Real Judgment
Sinan Ozdemir
AI & LLM Expert and Author
The leaders winning with AI aren't the most technical ones.
Most leaders getting pitched AI agents right now are asking the wrong questions. They're focused on what the tool can do, not whether it should be built, what it'll cost when it breaks, or whether their org is actually ready for it.
This workshop gives leaders the judgment to close that gap. In 4 hours, attendees leave knowing how to evaluate any AI agent initiative, identify the highest-leverage automation opportunities in their org, and push back on vendor claims with specific, grounded questions. No engineering background required.
Workshop agenda
- 12:00PM EDT
Introduction
Quick introductions and an overview of what we'll cover. We'll take stock of where the room is with AI before diving in.
- 12:10PM EDT
What AI Agents Actually Are
We cover the core building blocks: LLMs, tools, memory, and agent harnesses. The room leaves this segment with a shared, working mental model of what an agent actually is.
- 12:40PM EDT
Workflows vs. Agents
Not everything needs an agent. We break down the real difference between workflows and agents and build a practical intuition for when to use each.
- 1:10PM EDT
The State of the Art
A current look at the tools, frameworks, and paradigms defining how agents get built today, plus a practical build vs. buy vs. partner framework for your first real decision.
- 1:40PM EDT
Break
10 Minute Break!
- 1:50PM EDT
How Agents Fail and How to Spot It
Real enterprise case studies of deployments gone wrong, who owned the outcome, and how to push back on vendor claims before anyone commits budget or credibility.
- 2:20PM EDT
Agentic Evaluation
The 3 Pillars of Agentic Evaluation: how to assess whether an agent is actually working and what good looks like in production.
- 2:50PM EDT
Integration and Iteration
How to find the highest-leverage opportunities in your org, model the economics of a rollout, and communicate an AI initiative to your board and engineering team.
- 3:30PM EDT
Q&A + Next Steps
Open questions from the room and concrete next steps for bringing this back to your organization.
What you’ll learn
A practical foundation for making smarter AI decisions, with or without a technical background.
How AI agents work at a conceptual level, well enough to ask sharp questions in any vendor or internal pitch meeting
The difference between AI workflows and agents and know which one a given situation actually calls for
The current tools, frameworks, and paradigms so you can evaluate what your team or vendors are proposing
Where the market is heading and what that means for decisions you need to make now
The highest-leverage automation opportunities inside your own organization
The processes that are not ready for agents, and why that matters as much as the ones that are
How to push back on inflated vendor claims with specific, grounded questions
How agent deployments fail in production and what the warning signs look like before they cost money or credibility
Any agent initiative using the 3 Pillars of Agentic Evaluation
What good looks like in production and how to iterate responsibly once agents are inside your org
Learn directly from Sinan
Sinan Ozdemir
Author, lecturer, and entrepreneur
Who this workshop is for
CEOs, COOs, VPs, Directors, and Chiefs of Staff who are being asked to lead, fund, or approve AI initiatives
Leaders who don't have a technical background but can no longer afford to delegate AI decisions entirely to their engineering teams
Anyone whose organization is actively exploring, piloting, or being pitched AI agents and automation right now
What's included
Live sessions
Learn directly from Sinan Ozdemir in a real-time, interactive format.
Lifetime access
Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.
Community of peers
Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.
Certificate of completion
Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.
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Frequently asked questions
$450
USD