AI for Executives: AI for Customer Relationship Management

This course is part of AI for Executives Specialization

Instructor: Prof. Ernesto Damiani

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5 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

Recommended experience

5 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

5 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

Recommended experience

5 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Build unified customer profiles; apply predictive analytics for churn, next-best-action, and customer lifetime value.
Design personalized engagement using recommendations, intelligent virtual assistants, and LLM-powered support.
Implement responsible AI in CRM—privacy, security, fraud prevention—and create an executive roadmap aligned to business goals and change management.

Skills you'll gain

Tools you'll learn

Fraud detection

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Assessments

5 assignments

Taught in English

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There are 5 modules in this course

AI for Customer Relationship Management (CRM) shows executives how to use artificial intelligence to deepen customer insight, personalize engagement, and scale service—without coding. You’ll build richer customer profiles by integrating behavioral, transactional, and external data; explore graph-based community modeling to understand relationships; and apply predictive analytics for churn, next-best-action, and customer lifetime value. You’ll practice sentiment and voice analytics to capture the “voice of the customer,” then design personalized experiences with recommendations, targeted campaigns, and human-in-the-loop programs. The course also covers intelligent virtual assistants and LLM-powered support, sales enablement (lead scoring, cross-sell), dynamic pricing, and fraud detection with security and compliance in mind. Finally, you’ll develop an AI-driven CRM strategy—roadmapping technology choices, aligning initiatives to business goals, managing change, and addressing ethics and governance. By the end, you’ll be able to evaluate use cases, choose appropriate techniques, and lead responsible AI adoption across marketing, sales, and service.

This module grounds executives in CRM fundamentals and how AI elevates engagement, personalization, and measurement across the customer lifecycle. You’ll connect CRM components with outcome metrics, surface near‑term AI opportunities, and examine privacy/security trade‑offs. A light introduction to graph‑based community modeling helps you visualize customer networks for segmentation and outreach.

What's included

6 videos5 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt

6 videos Total 20 minutes

Introduction to the Specialization 2 minutes
Definitions and Components of CRM 4 minutes
The AI Promise 3 minutes
Enhancing Customer Engagement Through AI 5 minutes
Using LLMs for CRM 4 minutes
LLM Applications for CRM 2 minutes

5 readings Total 50 minutes

Definitions and Components of CRM Briefing Document 10 minutes
The AI Promise Key Concepts 10 minutes
Enhancing Customer Engagement Through AI Briefing Document 10 minutes
Using LLMs for CRM Key Topics 10 minutes
LLM Applications for CRM Key Topics 10 minutes

1 assignment Total 30 minutes

Module 1 Quiz 30 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 10 minutes

Design a Simple Ranking Rule (EdgeRank‑style) 10 minutes

Focus on the data foundations of AI for CRM: what to capture, how to integrate, and how to safeguard quality and governance. You’ll interpret outputs from predictive models (e.g., churn) and run a practical sentiment/voice‑of‑customer workflow—including multilingual considerations—to turn unstructured feedback into action.

What's included

1 video1 reading1 assignment

Translate AI capabilities into engagement levers: personalization, assistants, and sales enablement. You’ll experiment with content/recommendation strategies, design and assess chatbot/voice‑assistant experiences, and apply LLM prompt design and specialization—all tied to revenue outcomes via lead scoring and cross/upsell.

What's included

2 videos2 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt

Learn where automation moves the needle: dynamic pricing, revenue optimization, and fraud/security in customer interactions. You’ll estimate price responsiveness, design fraud‑prevention workflows with human‑in‑the‑loop review, and specify process KPIs to quantify efficiency and risk reduction.

What's included

1 video1 reading1 assignment

Bring it all together into an executive‑ready plan. You’ll align AI initiatives with business goals using a Goal–Question–Metric (GQM) approach, produce a technology roadmap, and address change management, ethics, and risk so your AI‑CRM strategy is viable, governable, and future‑proof.