Welcome to Week 2 of your Automation Leader track. This week, you will focus on the critical aspects of talent development and risk management. Our goal this week is to equip you with the knowledge and strategies necessary to harness the transformative potential of AI while ensuring its responsible and effective use within your organization.
At the end of this week, youāll be HALFWAY through APA Training Camp. To celebrate the halfway mark, if you complete weeks 1 and 2 by Sunday, April 20th, you will receive the APA Training Camp Pacesetter Badge.
Step 1: Complete Your Week 2 Courses
The theme for week 2 is all about how to manage AI risk and develop talent for Gen AI programs by addressing the skills necessary for successful AI implementation. These courses should take approximately 1 hour to complete.
- Developing Talent for a Generative AI Program
- Monitoring and Optimizing AI Capabilities
- Managing AI Risk Effectively
- Controlling Access and Auditing Use
- Testing Generative AI
Complete each course in order and jot down any questions you have. Then, make sure to join the office hours if you can and have your questions answered (see Step 3 below for office hour links).
If you havenāt already, click āStart nowā for the APA Leader Masterclass. This ensures youāll get your certificate after completing all the courses. However, it does require you to finish all of Week 1ās courses before continuing on to Week 2.
Step 2: Use the Discussion Guide to create a Development Plan
This weekās activities will help you identify where your team has skill gaps and help you create a plan to address them. Schedule a meeting with your automation team, and ask everyone to complete their self assessment prior to the meeting. Use the discussion guide to facilitate a conversation around the competency matrix and then create an upskilling action plan.
- Review this weekās Discussion Guide on Building Team Expertise for Agentic Process Automation
- Then, complete the Self Assessment of your current skills
- Next, as a team, complete the Competency Matrix
- Finally, build out your Upskilling Action Plan
For ease of review, we created an xlsx that includes the Competency Matrix and the Upskilling Action Plan on different tabs.
Step 3: Join Office Hours to Get Support and Ask Questions
Join the office hours that work best for your schedule, but please note these are NOT mandatory and simply designed to hep you get the most from the training experience. Joining will give you access to our experts so you can ask specific questions and receive tailored guidance that addresses your unique challenges.
- English Office Hours:
- Spanish Office Hours: Thursday, April 17 at 11:00 a.m. CDT
- Portuguese Office Hours: Friday, April 18 at 3:00 p.m. BRT
Step 4: Join Our LIVE Coaching Session
Mark your calendars for this weekās LIVE coaching session scheduled on Thursday, April 17th at 10:30am EDT / 8:00pm IST. If this time doesnāt work for you, donāt worry, it is not mandatory to attend and will be immediately available for replay. In Week 2, we focused on learning new skills required for agentic process automation, from your own teamās talent to the skills that AI can take on. Join ā
Automation Leaders focus this week on evaluating the automation teamās competencies, optimizing and testing AI, and managing AI access and risk.
Did you miss last weekās Live Coaching Session!? No worries! You can check out the recording here.
Step 5: Take Part in Our Discussion Series to Win Swag
Each Thursday, weāll post a discussion prompt asking everyone a question about something related to the courses. Make sure you head over and leave a comment because when you post, youāll receive an entry into our Swag Sweepstake Drawing. Weāll announce the winners for that week in the next Live Coaching Session.
We canāt wait to see you all this week during the live sessions. Until then, I have one question for you ā
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