AI as a Team Sport: New Cisco U. Learning Paths for Business and Tech Leaders

It’s no longer a question of if AI will impact your business, but how you will lead through the transformation. With 90 percent of global companies already using or exploring AI, its influence now extends far beyond IT, reshaping roles in marketing, strategy, data analysis, and human resources. To succeed, organizations need more than just powerful technology; they need a workforce fluent in the language and practice of AI.

According to a recent report from the AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium, business and management roles have the highest potential for AI-driven transformation, even more than many technical jobs. This means that for a company to get the most value out of AI, everyone needs to be on board. Strategic business professionals must be able to identify opportunities and define value, while technical professionals must be equipped to build, integrate, and secure the solutions.

Recognizing this critical need for a unified approach, Learn with Cisco is proud to introduce two complementary Learning Paths on Cisco U. These Learning Paths are designed to empower every professional in your organization to deploy AI as the ultra-effective, ultra-efficient new technology that it is.

For the business leader: The Cisco AI Business Practitioner | AIBIZ

You don’t need to be a coder to be an AI leader. The Cisco AI Business Practitioner | AIBIZ Learning Path is designed specifically for non-technical professionals who need to understand, strategize, and leverage AI to drive business outcomes. It’s your guide to moving from AI curiosity to AI capability.

What essential business skills will you build with AIBIZ?

• Foundational generative AI knowledge: Grasp the core concepts of LLMs, diffusion models, and multimodality to understand what’s possible with key AI tools.
• Practical AI application: Learn to build your “AI Power User Toolbox,” evaluate AI platforms, and master prompt engineering to guide AI toward tangible business value.
• Responsible AI integration: Understand the critical importance of AI ethics, security, and data privacy, and learn to evaluate AI-generated results for accuracy and bias.
• Strategic leadership: Discover how to leverage AI for data analysis, research, and brainstorming to integrate AI strategically into your team and organization.

This path is ideal for business managers, marketing professionals, consultants, analysts, and anyone looking to become an indispensable “human in the loop” who can translate AI’s power into measurable results.

Ready to lead the business side of AI?

The AIBIZ Learning Path includes over 9 hours of content across 12 courses and 4 interactive labs.

For the technical leader: The Cisco AI Technical Practitioner | AITECH Certification

While business leaders focus on the “what” and “why,” technical teams must deliver the “how.” The Cisco AI Technical Practitioner (AITECH) certification and its accompanying Learning Path are for the technical leaders and practitioners tasked with building and deploying innovative AI solutions. This program provides the skills to move beyond theory and into practical, secure workflow automation.

Which practical technical skills will you build with AITECH?

• Mastering data for AI: Learn best practices for context engineering, data preparation, and mitigating the risks of data exfiltration.
• Customizing and fine-tuning AI models: Dive deep into pre-trained models, fine-tuning, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to tailor AI for your organization’s specific use cases.
• AI workflows & automation: Design multi-step, AI-assisted workflows and gain an understanding of agentic AI systems and orchestration.
• Strategic technical leadership: Develop the skills to identify technical challenges, build value cases for AI solutions, design pilot projects, and champion AI innovation within your technical teams.

Ready to build the future of AI?

The AITECH certification exam and its full Learning Path content will be available in December 2025.

Bridging the gap: A unified AI strategy for your organization

The true power of AI is unlocked when business and technology teams speak the same language. An organization where a marketing manager (trained in AIBIZ) can clearly articulate the need for a custom AI support bot and an IT lead (certified in AITECH) can efficiently design and deploy that solution is an organization poised to win.

These two Learning Paths are designed to create that synergy, ensuring your entire leadership team can collaborate effectively to drive innovation, enhance productivity, and secure a competitive edge.

Your next step in the AI revolution

AI is a team sport. Position yourself and your organization for success by equipping your leaders with the right skills for their roles.

1. Business Professionals: Start your journey today. Explore the free preview of the AIBIZ Learning Path on Cisco U.
2. Technical Professionals: Prepare to build the next wave of AI solutions with the upcoming AITECH certification launch in December 2025.

Lead the change, drive innovation, and future-proof your career and your organization with Cisco U.

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