Your 10-Hour YouTube MBA in AI

How Business Leaders Can Go From AI Anxiety to AI Confidence. In Just One Weekend.

3 friends of mine landed high-stakes roles this past quarter.
Two as transformation heads, one as a senior operations leader.

All were asked: “What’s your AI strategy?”

And none knew where to start.

You know AI is reshaping business, you use ChatGPT. But using ChatGPT is not an AI strategy. So what next ?

You have 3 options, but nothing fits:

Option 1: INSEAD or MIT’s exec program. $10K+. Time away from your job that you need now. You’ll gain credentials, not fluency.

Option 2: Coursera’s 47-course maze. Death by a thousand lectures 💀 By course 12, the fundamentals have shifted, you're learning yesterday's AI while your market evolves today.

Option 3: YouTube University. Type “AI for business.” You’re drowning in “AI millionaire secrets” and influencers who sell hope instead of clarity.

The best AI education for executives is free on YouTube.

It’s just hidden under an avalanche of garbage.

I watched 100+ videos ; here are the 12 that matter (≈ 10 hrs) and that build a cohesive track.

The Anti-Curriculum: Building Understanding, Not Credentials

Most AI education follows a flawed script:
Learn deep technical theory → apply to hypothetical cases → earn certification → feel overwhelmed.

But you don’t need to understand neural networks.
You need one thing: situational fluency — knowing when AI creates value, where it fails, and how to lead through the change.

So here is my suggestion :

🚨 A: See the Storm Before It Hits

2 hours to understand why acting now isn’t optional

The AI Tsunami is Here (30min) - Center for Digital Transformation
→ Financial impacts of AI inaction and leadership shifts required
youtube.com/watch?v=QIw4tyCdj28

Brian Solis on AI Transformation - Gartner (30min)
→ Reframes AI from cost center to value creator
youtube.com/watch?v=35r-R0be-6Q

AI for Managers - MIT Sloan (6min)
→ Types of AI, automation opportunities, human-AI collaboration models youtube.com/watch?v=U5ewhsPtFkM

Integrating GenAI Into Strategy - Dr. Westerman (50min)
→ How to integrate GenAI into core business strategy
youtube.com/watch?v=9RvWcXVaAng

💰 B: Where AI Actually Creates Value (And How to Find It)

2.5 hours about how to find (entreprise) value with AI.

Enterprise AI Strategy - McKinsey/CXOTalk (55min)
→ How CEOs quantify value and establish governance
youtube.com/watch?v=uTRKdCY4HdE

From Idea to Value - AWS (35min)
→ from AI concept to measurable business impact
youtube.com/watch?v=TRvlql4WRBk

Choosing the Right Use Case - AWS re:Invent (50min)
→ Prioritizing high-value applications with KPI improvements
youtube.com/watch?v=b5k0YkQwV90

Calculate ROI of AI - BOI Workshop (20min)
→ The 3 ROI categories: cost efficiency, revenue optimization, new streams
youtube.com/watch?v=ZI2XuOfZ5iU

📊 C: Fix the Data

80% of AI projects fail due to data issues. Not much good video on this topic but this 11mn video is short and clear.

Data Strategy for AI - Datacuity (11min) youtube.com/watch?v=y8oP45Xgdis

🤝 D: Lead Your Team Through Change

1.5 hours to bring your team along.

Lead and Reskill in the Age of AI (35min)
→ Change management strategies that actually work
youtube.com/watch?v=bVdQkQjk9gk

Learn-it-alls vs Know-it-alls (60min)
→ Why polymaths will dominate the AI economy
youtube.com/watch?v=3r1__jrmVgo

🛡️ E: Manage Risk & Compliance

Bias, transparency, EU AI Act - 1.5 hours to avoid being sued. Actually, it doesn’t replace professional advice but you will avoir rookie mistakes.

Leadership for GenAI - Accenture CTO/CXOTalk (50min)
→ Managing risks, bias, and ensuring transparency
youtube.com/watch?v=bgvvWvcqXBA

Trust & Governance - IBM (15min)
→ Framework for building trust and governance
youtube.com/watch?v=odrD0OLPeiY

Navigating AI Regulation - AI Guardian (34min)
→ EU AI Act, NIST framework, creating internal policies
youtube.com/watch?v=0Us60dR8EH0

🚀 F: Look Ahead

Where this is heading (from those who built it)

AI Alignment & AGI - Sam Altman/Lex Fridman (36min)
→ AGI’s impact on work and human-AI collaboration
youtube.com/watch?v=hECYru0kEh4

Catastrophic Risks of AI - Yoshua Bengio/TED (14min)
→ Why AI pioneers are sounding alarms
youtube.com/watch?v=qe9QSCF-d88

G : Bonus - Use AI Like a Leader (Not Just a User)

How I Use LLMs - Andrej Karpathy (60min)
→ no nonsense walkthough ChatGPT and Gemini to boost your own practice youtube.com/watch?v=EWvNQjAaOHw

Intro to LLMs - Andrej Karpathy (60min)
→ for a technical overview … not too technical
youtube.com/watch?v=zjkBMFhNj_g

Ready to Start?

Your next role will be shaped by AI.

In 10 hours, you’ll go from AI-anxious to AI-confident.

Clear your calendar. Grab your notebook. The links are above And everything is packed in a convenient playlist

See you on the other side.👇

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