Agentic AI and AI Agents: A Primer for Leaders
Completed by Richard Partridge
February 22, 2026
6 hours (approximately)
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What you will learn
Understand the Fundamentals of Agentic AI and AI Agents: Gain a clear understanding of how AI agents work enabling you to make informed decisions.
Differentiate Innovation from Hype: Learn to evaluate AI solutions, recognize opportunities for impact, and avoid outdated or overhyped approaches.
Build Basic Agents with Custom GPTs: Develop hands-on experience creating simple yet powerful AI agents using custom GPTs.
Skills you will gain
- Category: Retrieval-Augmented Generation
- Category: Artificial Intelligence
- Category: Prompt Patterns
- Category: AI literacy
- Category: Multimodal Prompts
- Category: AI Workflows
- Category: Generative AI Agents
- Category: Prompt Engineering
- Category: Generative AI
- Category: Agentic systems
- Category: Agentic Workflows