AI Capability SeriesAI Change Leader
Turn AI initiatives into sustained adoption, workforce readiness and enterprise value.
Build the capability to lead AI-enabled change across the organisation – aligning stakeholders, preparing the workforce and scaling what works as technology, priorities and possibilities continue to evolve.
AI initiatives often start with promising experiments. The bigger challenge comes when successful ideas need to take hold across teams, functions and the wider organisation.
This calls for a clear view of organisational readiness, a credible case for change and thoughtful preparation for how work, roles and capabilities may evolve. Leaders also need to build confidence, work through stakeholder concerns and create the conditions for successful initiatives to scale.
AI Change Leader develops the leadership capability to move AI initiatives from isolated progress to broader organisational adoption and value.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Define the priorities of an effective and responsible AI Change Leader, and adapt leadership as the environment continues to evolve.
Assess readiness for AI-enabled change and identify where to act first, balancing business priorities with the impact on people.
Translate AI ambition into a clear vision that helps teams understand what is changing, why it matters and where they fit.
Help managers and teams anticipate how roles and skills may evolve, including what may need to be learned, unlearned or strengthened.
Understand stakeholder concerns, engage sceptics constructively and strengthen confidence, participation and adoption.
Use champions, early wins and practical evidence to extend adoption across the organisation, adapting the approach when progress slows.
Define meaningful measures, address barriers to adoption and translate the learning into a focused plan for action.
Explore the key areas involved in leading AI-enabled change.
The experience combines leadership assessment, structured preparation, three days of in-person learning, workplace application and follow-up support.
AI Change Leader is designed for leaders and professionals preparing, mobilising or supporting AI-enabled change across an organisation or major business area.
Translate AI priorities into meaningful change across a function or business unit.
Examples: Business Unit Heads, Functional Heads and senior functional leaders.
Move AI initiatives beyond pilots and help new ways of working take hold.
Examples: AI Transformation Teams, Transformation Leads, Change and OD Directors, AI and Digital Business Partners.
Prepare the organisation for how roles, skills and workforce requirements may evolve as AI becomes more embedded in work.
Examples: HR Directors, HR Business Partners, senior L&D and Talent leaders.
Participants should already have basic AI fluency and ideally be leading, contributing to or preparing for an AI-enabled change initiative. Deep technical or coding expertise is not required.
Develop the judgment and adaptability required when technologies, possibilities and organisational priorities continue to move.
Use the Korn Ferry leadership assessment to identify strengths and development priorities relevant to leading AI-enabled change.
Apply the learning to an AI initiative already underway or approaching, giving the course immediate relevance to the work.
Explore how work, roles and capability needs may change, and how to communicate with clarity while maintaining trust.
Work through different levels of readiness, stakeholder concerns and scepticism to strengthen participation and momentum.
Take the learning back into the organisation, then reconnect with the facilitator through the Ask Me Anything session to discuss emerging questions and challenges.
HR Transformation & Change Leadership Practitioner
LinkedInprofile of Vanessa Iloste (opens in a new tab)
Vanessa Iloste is an experienced HR and transformation leader with an extensive background in strategic HR partnership, organisational change and leadership development across international markets. She has held senior HR leadership roles in multinational organisations, leading large, diverse workforces through significant business, organisational and digital transformations.
Her expertise spans people strategy, change management and leadership effectiveness, with a particular focus on the human dimensions of transformation. She brings practical insights into how organisations can build leadership capabilities, strengthen workforce readiness and navigate changing ways of working. Her experience provides a strong foundation for addressing the organisational and people challenges associated with AI adoption and enterprise-wide transformation.
As a practitioner and facilitator, Vanessa draws on her leadership experience to help participants navigate the complexities of change, engage stakeholders and translate transformation ambitions into practical action. She emphasises the importance of aligning people, leadership and organisational priorities to drive sustainable adoption and meaningful business outcomes.
Eligible Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents may receive up to 90% course fee funding for selected courses. The amount payable depends on whether the course is self-sponsored or company-sponsored and the participant’s eligibility.
Course feeS$4,125 before funding and GST
| Participant Eligibility | Self-Sponsored | Company-Sponsored | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SME SMESmall and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are companies that meet the government’s prevailing SME eligibility criteria. Eligible SMEs may qualify for enhanced course fee subsidies when sponsoring employees for training. | Non-SME | ||
| Singapore Citizen, aged 40 and above | Self-SponsoredS$523.8890% funding applied90% Funding AppliedIncludes 70% baseline course fee funding and an additional 20% under the Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy (MCES) for eligible Singapore Citizens aged 40 and above. | Company-Sponsored · SME SMESmall and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are companies that meet the government’s prevailing SME eligibility criteria. Eligible SMEs may qualify for enhanced course fee subsidies when sponsoring employees for training.S$523.8890% funding applied90% Funding AppliedIncludes 70% baseline course fee funding and an additional 20% under Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS), where the employer and participant meet the applicable eligibility criteria. | Company-Sponsored · Non-SMES$523.8890% funding applied90% Funding AppliedIncludes 70% baseline course fee funding and an additional 20% under the Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy (MCES) for eligible Singapore Citizens aged 40 and above. |
| Singapore Citizen below 40 / Permanent Resident | Self-SponsoredS$1,348.8870% funding applied70% Funding AppliedThe displayed fee reflects 70% course fee funding for eligible Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents, subject to prevailing funding conditions. | Company-Sponsored · SME SMESmall and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are companies that meet the government’s prevailing SME eligibility criteria. Eligible SMEs may qualify for enhanced course fee subsidies when sponsoring employees for training.S$523.8890% funding applied90% Funding AppliedIncludes 70% baseline course fee funding and an additional 20% under Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS), where the employer and participant meet the applicable eligibility criteria. | Company-Sponsored · Non-SMES$1,348.8870% funding applied70% Funding AppliedThe displayed fee reflects 70% course fee funding for eligible Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents, subject to prevailing funding conditions. |
| International Participant | S$4,496.25No government funding | ||
Government support is available through course fee subsidies and additional credits. The schemes below explain how eligible individuals and employers may benefit.
These are reflected in the applicable payable fees shown above.
Eligible Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents may receive up to 70% course fee funding for SWDA-supported courses, subject to prevailing eligibility requirements.
View scheme detailsfor Skills and Workforce Development Agency (SWDA) Funding (opens in a new tab)Singapore Citizens aged 40 and above may qualify for enhanced course fee subsidies of up to 90%, inclusive of baseline funding.
View scheme detailsfor Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy (MCES) (opens in a new tab)Eligible SMEs that fully sponsor their Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident employees for SWDA-supported courses may receive up to 90% course fee funding.
View scheme detailsfor Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS) (opens in a new tab)These may help eligible individuals and employers further offset their remaining training costs.
Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above may use their available SkillsFuture Credit (Base Tier and, where eligible, Mid-Career Tier) to offset payable course fees for eligible courses.
View scheme detailsfor SkillsFuture Credit (for Individuals) (opens in a new tab)Eligible employers may utilise their SFEC to offset out-of-pocket costs for supported courses, subject to prevailing scheme requirements.
View scheme detailsfor SkillsFuture Enterprise Credit (SFEC) (opens in a new tab)AI Change Leader is designed for leaders and professionals responsible for preparing, mobilising or supporting AI-enabled change across an organisation or major business area.
Typical participants include Business Unit and Functional Heads, AI Transformation teams, Change and OD leaders, AI and Digital Business Partners, HR leaders, and senior L&D and Talent professionals.
No deep technical or coding expertise is required.
Participants should understand the fundamentals of AI and be comfortable with how it is being used in organisations. The focus is on the leadership and organisational capabilities needed to build readiness, enable adoption and sustain AI-enabled change.
Participants should already have basic AI fluency, at around the level developed in AI User: Reinventing Your Work and Impact.
It is also helpful to be leading, contributing to or preparing for an AI-enabled change initiative so the learning can be connected to a relevant organisational priority.
The experience includes a Korn Ferry leadership assessment aligned to the AI-Ready Leader success profile and virtual Group Debrief, approximately three hours of pre-work, a three-day in-person workshop in Singapore, a short post-course assessment, and a virtual Ask Me Anything session approximately two weeks later.
Participants assess organisational readiness, shape a case for change, work through workforce and stakeholder implications, explore approaches to adoption and resistance, and consider how successful pilots can scale.
Selected activities also use AI as part of the work of change leadership.
No. The course is relevant for participants already involved in AI-enabled change as well as those preparing to take on that responsibility.
Having a current or emerging organisational priority in mind will help connect the learning to the realities of work.
AI-enabled change brings additional uncertainty. Technology and use cases continue to develop, while the implications for work, roles and skills may become clearer only as implementation progresses.
The course focuses on leading in this environment: reading organisational readiness, creating a credible vision, preparing the workforce, building stakeholder support and scaling adoption.
General AI training typically develops understanding or proficiency in using AI.
AI Change Leader addresses the organisational work required to turn AI initiatives into broader adoption and value – including workforce readiness, stakeholder alignment, scaling successful pilots and sustaining progress.
Participants leave with practical approaches to:
Eligible individuals and employers may receive course fee funding and other support, subject to prevailing eligibility requirements.
Refer to the Course Fees & Funding section above for the applicable funding rates and nett course fees.
Yes. The course can be offered as a scheduled public run or as a private run for organisations.
For private-run enquiries, speak with Korn Ferry Academy about cohort requirements, scheduling and delivery arrangements.
| Intake | Key dates | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment Debrief | Workshop | Ask Me Anything | |
| March 2027 | 5 Mar | 17–19 Mar | 2 Apr |
| April 2027 | 16 Apr | 28–30 Apr | 14 May |
| September 2027 | 20 Sep | 29 Sep – 1 Oct | 15 Oct |
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