The Non-Technical Leader’s guide to AI, Cloud, Data, Cyber

A practical guide to AI, Cloud, Data, Cybersecurity, and business transformation for non-technical professionals

Today's essential technology training aimed at non-technical Business Professionals: Cloud, Data, Analytics, AI (Artificial Intelligence), Automation, Cybersecurity & IT Transformation

What You’ll Gain:

• A practical understanding of Cloud Computing, Data and Analytics, Artificial Intelligence), Automation, Cybersecurity, and IT Change & Transformation.

• See how these technologies drive business strategy, decision-making, operational efficiency, and innovation.

• Learn from real-world business applications, frameworks, and case studies.

• Build confidence applying IT concepts without a technical background.

• Download help sheets, recap slides and the course glossary of terms.

• All new for 2026. Created and presented by an experienced senior IT and business leader, not AI !

Background

Technology continues to transform the way the business works today and how organisations operate, compete, and innovate. Yet for many people, understanding modern IT can feel overwhelming. This course bridges that gap by providing practical, business-focused insights, using real-world examples, frameworks, and up-to-date content, so you can confidently understand the technology shaping work, organisations, industries, and everyday life.

You’ll explore cloud computing, data & business intelligence, AI & automation, cybersecurity, and IT change & transformation. Each module shows how these technologies create value, how organisations use them in practice, and how they impact business outcomes, without requiring IT experience.

The course is carefully structured to build a step-by-step understanding, reinforced with downloadable content and glossary of terms to help progressively support learners without a technical background.

Course Modules

1. Cloud Computing

Cloud forms the foundation for many modern technologies and is introduced first to support understanding of later modules. You’ll gain a practical, business-relevant understanding of:

• The three main cloud models: Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), covered by accessible terms and examples.

• Differences from traditional IT, highlighting practical implications for organisations.

• Efficiency gains demonstrated with real-world comparisons between cloud deployment and traditional data centres.

• Benefits, risks, migration strategies, and frameworks for evaluating cloud adoption.

• Usage examples, showing how real companies leverage cloud to drive operations, strategy, and growth.

2. Data & Business Intelligence

Data is key to AI, automation, and business decision-making. This module teaches how organisations extract value from data:

• Understanding the value of data and common blockers using our CIDER model and real business scenarios.

• The Data Capability Model, covering Culture, People, Governance, Architecture, Quality, and Analytics.

• Data governance, key roles, and information to overcome common organisational challenges.

• Data quality principles with our CRUCIAL model, showing how high-quality data drives decisions.

• Data architecture explained in accessible terms: structured vs unstructured data, APIs, and repositories (warehouses, lakes, marts).

• Illustrated benefits and differences between Business Intelligence, Predictive, and Prescriptive Analytics.

• Practical examples showing how organisations use data to improve business outcomes, making this relevant for all company sizes.

3. Artificial Intelligence & Automation for Business

Learn how AI and automation reshape business operations and strategy:

• Fundamentals of AI and Business Automation, with clear real-world applications and a consistent business use-case scenario.

• Automated Processes, Robotic Process Automation and Intelligent Automation demonstrating how machines can learn and support business processes.

• Connected Systems (APIs, Services) integrated into workflows for practical automation solutions.

• Advanced AI (Deep Learning) and its business applications.

• Generative AI: how it works, key providers, limitations, prompt and context engineering, and business use cases.

• AI Agents and Agentic AI: concepts, tools, and when organisations might deploy these advanced solutions.

• Our Ai5: five key areas where AI can deliver business value, with ethical considerations, demos and actionable insights.

4. Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity knowledge protects both organisations and individuals. This module equips learners to understand cyber threats, and how companies protect and respond to them:

• How cyberattacks occur: phishing, business email compromise, malware, credential theft, supply-chain attacks, DDoS.

• Implications, including theft, fraud, ransomware, business disruption, with real-world examples.

• Cyber resilience best practice including governance, culture, zero-trust, IAM, policies, incident response, and training

• Technology protection including modern security tools, AI-assisted security, network segmentation, secure development, and data protection.

• Future trends: An additional lesson looking at Quantum Computing and its impact on cryptography.

• Practical guidance for organisations of all sizes, and everyday personal digital protection.

5. IT Change & Transformation

Effective IT change is critical for realising business value and it potentially touches on everyone in an organisation:

• SPEAR framework: Strategy & Prioritisation, Planning & Preparation, Execution & Delivery, Adoption, Review & Improve.

• Project vs Product delivery models, including mixed approaches.

• Planning and execution: Waterfall, Agile, and hybrid methodologies.

• Roles, responsibilities, and skills for effective change delivery.

• Adoption, embedding, and continuous improvement to maximise lasting value.

• Pragmatic, experience-led views on how companies use these methodologies and real-world examples showing how organisations implement IT change successfully.

How You’ll Learn

• 6 hours of rich video content with practical explanations and step-by-step progression.

• Downloadable recap and help sheet materials with quizzes to reinforce learning.

• A full glossary of terms that are introduced progressively to support learners without technical backgrounds.

• Real-world business cases, frameworks, and examples integrated throughout.

  
  

What You’ll Be Able to Do

• Explain the role of modern IT in business: Cloud Computing, AI, Automation, Data, Analytics, Cybersecurity, and IT Change.

• Understand key technology concepts in practical, applied terms.

• Aid the assessment of risks, opportunities, and trade-offs in technology decisions.

• Recognise how organisations deliver IT change and transformation effectively.

• Communicate more confidently with technical teams and contribute to technology discussions and informed business decisions.

Why This Course Is Different

• Business relevance first: concepts tied to real-world applications.

• Covers current technologies: AI, cloud, automation, data, and cybersecurity, not outdated technical foundations.

• Practical frameworks, models, and use-cases.

Final Thoughts

Technology shapes strategy, innovation, risk, and daily operations. This course equips you with practical knowledge, confidence, and the ability to understand and leverage modern IT in business and life. Enrol today and start building essential IT knowledge for the modern professional and everyday life