Human First AI Consulting
AI & Culture Integration Certificate Program

AI training your team will actually finish

Give employees hands-on AI skills and give leaders a plan to make it stick. A self-paced certificate program with 5 instructional hours. No prior experience needed.

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5 hoursInstructional hours, self-paced online
4 modulesVideos, guides, and hands-on builds
No experienceBuilt for beginners
CertificateOf completion for each employee
Why Employers Choose It

Most AI training teaches tools. This one changes how your team works.

Rolling out AI usually stalls after the excitement wears off. This program pairs hands-on skills with change management, so people actually use what they learn.

Skills they use on Monday

Prompting, choosing the right tool, building a custom GPT and a Copilot agent, automating a weekly task, and mapping a real workflow in their own role.

Adoption, not just awareness

A proven change model (ADKAR) and a culture module help managers lead the change instead of hoping it happens.

Small time investment

5 instructional hours per person, in short sessions. No scheduling a room full of people or pulling a team offline for days.

Responsible from day one

Covers AI ethics, risk, and fact-checking, so employees stay in the loop and your business stays protected.

Leaders and staff aligned

Everyone learns the same language and the same expectations, which cuts confusion and resistance.

A toolkit to keep

One-page guides, a readiness assessment, a glossary, and a workflow worksheet employees can print, save, and reuse.

What's Inside

Four required modules, built around hands-on practice

The program moves from how AI works, to configuring and operating real AI tools, to verifying output and leading adoption.

Module 1: AI Foundations & Responsible Implementation

8 lessons · about 1.25 hours · How AI systems work and how to use them safely.

  • AI & culture readiness assessment
  • Automation vs. machine learning
  • How generative AI and large language models create language
  • Predictive, generative, and agentic AI explained
  • AI ethics and risk: staying human in the loop
  • Change management with the ADKAR model

Module 2: Digital Tools & Workflow Skills

12 lessons · about 2 hours · Hands-on builds with real AI tools.

  • Comparing and selecting AI platforms
  • Structured prompt engineering (the H.U.M.A.N. method)
  • Building and configuring a custom GPT
  • Building an agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot
  • Building scheduled workflow automations in Claude and Zapier
  • AI Workflow Mapping Worksheet (required applied demonstration)

Module 3: AI Verification, Adoption & Leadership Application

5 lessons · about 0.5 hours · Check AI's work and make adoption last.

  • Fact-checking AI output before it is used
  • Building a culture ready for AI
  • People, culture, and customers: the real adoption challenge
  • Leading culture through change

Module 4: Learn to Use AI Tools: Best Practices

8 lessons · about 1.25 hours · Configure an AI assistant for ongoing work.

  • Settings, custom instructions, and data controls
  • Projects, reusable Skills, and scheduled tasks
  • Connecting AI to business tools with connectors
  • Choosing chat, agentic (Cowork), or code interfaces
  • Final Build: build, test, and verify one AI tool on real work
Credential Details

AI & Culture Integration Certificate Program

The official facts about this credential. The same name and details appear on the syllabus, the learning platform, every certificate, and every invoice.

Credential nameAI & Culture Integration Certificate Program
Credential typeCertificate of completion
Instructional hours5 instructional hours across four required modules
DeliveryOnline and self-paced, completed within 30 days of the start date
PrerequisitesNone. No coding or prior AI experience required.
Training providerHuman First AI Consulting, LLC, Westlake, Ohio. Registered with the Ohio State Board of Career Colleges and Schools, School Registration No. 2384.
Technology areaGenerative AI and large language model systems, including ChatGPT (custom GPTs), Microsoft 365 Copilot (Agent Builder), Anthropic Claude, and workflow automation platforms such as Zapier
Occupational skill set acquiredApplied generative AI skills including AI platform selection, structured prompt engineering, AI assistant configuration, workflow analysis and AI integration, verification of AI-generated output, data-privacy practices, and responsible human-in-the-loop use of AI systems in workplace processes.
Hands-on applicationLearners configure and operate AI tools: a custom GPT, a Microsoft 365 Copilot agent, scheduled workflow automations, and a configured AI assistant. Every learner completes the required AI Workflow Mapping activity, applying an AI tool to a real workplace workflow, and a Final Build tested on real work.
Completion requirementsAll required lessons, the AI Workflow Mapping Worksheet, and required module activities and reflection prompts, including the Final Build. Completion is tracked and time-stamped on the learning platform.
CertificateDated certificate showing the participant's name, the credential name, the provider, the instructional hours, the completion date, and the occupational skill set acquired

Learning outcomes

By the end of the program, learners will be able to:

  • Explain in plain language how large language models generate text, and why they sometimes get things wrong
  • Compare AI platforms and select the right tool for a workplace task
  • Write and improve structured prompts that produce reliable, usable results
  • Explain how custom GPTs are built and configured, including instructions and knowledge files
  • Build and test an AI agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot
  • Configure an AI assistant (Claude) with settings, Projects, and Skills, and understand how connectors and scheduled tasks automate work
  • Design and build a scheduled workflow automation with a human review step
  • Map a real workplace workflow and apply an AI tool to at least one step
  • Check AI output for accuracy and protect confidential data before using AI at work

Need the full syllabus or credential documentation? Email [email protected].

Who It's For

Built for teams, not just tech people

If your people write, plan, serve customers, manage others, or run operations, they can use this. Owners, HR and L&D leaders, managers, and front-line teams all learn together, with no coding and no prior AI experience.

Questions

Common questions from employers

How long does it take?

The program is 5 instructional hours. It is self-paced and online, built from short micro-learning videos, one-page guides, and hands-on builds, so people can learn in short sessions around their real work. Some learners take closer to 8 hours as they apply the tools to their own work.

Does my team need any AI or technical experience?

No. The course is designed to meet people where they are. It starts with plain-language AI basics and builds to hands-on skills employees can use in their own roles, including building a custom GPT and mapping a real workflow.

How much does it cost?

Pricing depends on how many employees you enroll. Request pricing and we will send the details you need to plan your budget.

What do employees walk away with?

A dated certificate for the AI & Culture Integration Certificate Program, working AI tools they built for their own job, plus a toolkit of one-page guides they can keep, including a readiness assessment, a glossary of AI terms, a workflow mapping worksheet, and guides for choosing tools and writing better prompts.

Can we enroll a small team, or only a large group?

Both. Whether you want to train three managers or a whole department, reach out and we will help you plan the rollout.

Ready when you are

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