LaCross AI Institute - Educational Opportunities
Education - LaCross AI Institute
Transformative Leadership to Unlock AI’s Potential
Upcoming Darden Executive Education & Lifelong Learning Courses on AI
AI is changing the business landscape at warp speed. From critical competence with emerging technology to drive better decision making, to strategically implementing AI across your organization, Darden provides the tools and strategies leaders need to ethically and effectively leverage AI to compete and thrive.
MBA Courses and AI Electives
Navigating AI is the responsibility of every business leader, policymaker, social activist, innovator, technologist and entrepreneur.
The LaCross Institute aims to generate interdisciplinary research, foster dialogue and support education that provides the intelligence and insights that decision makers will need to address this important challenge.
The Institute brings together a diverse, multidisciplinary group of leading scholars through an ambitious agenda to shape the discussion about artificial intelligence and its related technologies, embracing a holistic perspective grounded in the stakeholder view of business in society.
Courses include:
- Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work
- Cybersecurity and Privacy
- Strategy in the Digital Age
- And more!
Cases and Publications
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Books
The AI Marketing Canvas: A Five-Stage Road Map to Implementing Artificial Intelligence in Marketing
Raj Venkatesan and Jim Lecinski
Humility is the New Smart: Rethinking Human Excellence in the Smart Machine Age
Edward D. Hess and Katherine Ludwig
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Cases
Appel, I. & Sesia, A. (2023). "Upstart's Upshot: Is Fintech Lending Fair?," Darden Case No. F-2060.
Ellis, L., Boatright, B. & Fletcher, E. (2024). "A Technical Note on Generative Art," Darden Case No. QA-0971.
Gentile, M. & Krasniansky, A. (2022). "Move Fast but Without Bias: Ethical AI Development in a Start-up Culture," Darden Case No. OB-1411.
Gentile, M. & Sloane, M. (2022). "Recommendation Algorithms and Politics on Social Media," Darden Case No. OB-1319.
Gruska-Cockayne, Y. & Gruzdowich, E. (2024). "nPlan: Breaking Biases in Project Planning," Darden Case No. QA-0969.
Korinek, A. & Spencer, A. (2021). "Artificial Intelligence Here and Now: Managing Through Hype and Reality," Darden Case No. OM-1724.
Laseter, T., Frazer, A., and Boatright, B. (2022). "Artificial Intelligence in Business: Machines and Management," Darden Tech Note No. OM-1778.
Lenox, M. & Prabhaker, A. (2024). "Intertrust Technologies: Digitizing and Decarbonizing the Electric Grid," Darden Case No. S-0449.
Raveendhran, R. & Kim-Schmid, J. (2022). Fostering Employee Engagement at Google: To AI or not to AI?," Darden Case No. OB-1413.
Raveendhran, R. (2022). "Developing the Workforce of the Future," Darden Case No. OB-1391.
Venkatesan, R. & Kemp, B. (2024). "Flipkart: Reimaging the Digital Customer Experience." Darden Case No. M-1047.
Venkatesan, R., Farris, P. W., & Wilcox, R. T. (2019). "Cutting Edge Marketing Analytics: Cases and Technical Notes Bundle," Darden Case No. M-0981
Venkatesan, R. & Craddock, J. (2019). "Driverless Trucks at Ford: Cruising into a Compromised Brand Identity?," Darden Case No. M-0967
Wicks, A., Nolan, J., Korinek, A., and Mead, J. (2020). "Artificial Intelligence Caselets," Darden Case No. E-0437.Wicks, A., Budd, L, Moorthi, R., Botha, H., Mead, J. (2021). "Automated Hiring at Amazon," Darden Case No. E-0470.
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Podcasts and Videos
Podcasts:
Good Disruption: Disruptors Every CEO Needs to be Prepared for in 2024, Bigoness, Grushka-Cockayne, Lenox, Podcast, 2/2024
Good Disruption: AI + Entertainment, Podcast, Palomba, Grushka-Cockayne, Lenox, 12/23
Good Disruption: AI and Music, Podcast, Grushka-Cockayne, Lenox, 4/2023
Videos:
UVA Data Leadership Conference: Responsible Leadership in the Age of AI
UVA Darden’s Intelligence Initiative: Humans, Machines and the Future of Business
Daniel Rock Discusses the Disruptive Future of Artificial Intelligence on Investing
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White Papers
Glinska, G., Venkatesan, R., Cian, L., and Raveendhran, R. (2024). "Building Stakeholder Trust In Artificial Intelligence."
“There is no business school better positioned to teach managers how to work with AI in ethical and responsible ways than Darden.”