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CEO or business owner to Technology-Literate Leader

Build on leadership experience to understand AI, data, security and technology choices well enough to make sound decisions and lead change.

Pathway status: Future7 stages

Who it’s for: CEOs, directors and business owners who make decisions about technology and AI and want to understand them well enough to lead with confidence.

Relevant to: ManagementSmall BusinessGet better at my current jobGet promoted

You are hereCEO or business owner

7 stages

TargetTechnology-Literate Leader

Starting point

What you bring, and what to build

Business leaders already set direction, weigh risk, manage budgets and lead people. Technology decisions now affect all of those. This pathway builds a practical understanding of AI, data, cybersecurity and how to choose and introduce technology, without needing to become a technical specialist, and ends with a technology roadmap for a real or realistic organisation.

Transferable strengths you already have

  • Setting direction and priorities
  • Weighing risk and return
  • Managing budgets
  • Leading people
  • Negotiating with suppliers

Capability areas to build

Skills to build

  • AI literacy
  • Understanding the technology landscape
  • Data-informed decisions
  • Cybersecurity risk awareness
  • Choosing and buying technology
  • Asking good questions of technical teams
  • Leading change
  • Responsible AI policy

The route

Stage by stage

Each stage shows its own status. 1 of 7 stages draw on training that is in development or up next; the pathway as a whole is future.

You are here

CEO or business owner

  1. Stage 1

    Status: Planned

    The technology landscape

    Understand the main kinds of technology a modern organisation relies on and how they fit together.

    • Understanding the technology landscape
    • Asking good questions of technical teams

    Builds: Knowledge & Theory

    Training: Supervising a Team, Digital Foundations

  2. Stage 2

    Status: In Development

    AI literacy for leaders

    Understand what AI can and cannot do, and use it yourself carefully enough to judge it.

    • AI literacy
    • Verifying AI output
    • Protecting confidential information

    Builds: AI & Modern Technology

    Training: AI for Work

  4. Stage 4

    Status: Future

    Cybersecurity and risk

    Understand the security risks that matter at leadership level and what good protection looks like.

    • Cybersecurity risk awareness
    • Incident readiness

    Builds: Life & Digital Foundations

    Training: Security Fundamentals

  5. Stage 5

    Status: Planned

    Choosing and buying technology

    Assess options, costs and suppliers, and avoid buying tools nobody uses.

    • Choosing and buying technology
    • Total cost thinking

    Builds: Business & Economic Skills

    Training: Supervising a Team

Target

Technology-Literate Leader

Practical evidence

What you’ll be able to show

Progress is proven with real work, recorded in your private Skills Passport.

  • A technology and AI roadmap for a real or realistic organisation
  • A responsible AI use policy draft
  • A technology purchase assessment
  • A leadership-level cybersecurity risk review

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