AI in Action: From Prompts to Innovation

Turn AI Into Impact—Master the Skills That Matter. This certificate equips you with practical, end-to-end AI capabilities that drive measurable results in your work. You’ll learn how to:

  • Think strategically with AI: Use the AI-THINK framework to identify and validate opportunities for innovation
  • Create with confidence: Produce high-quality multimodal content that elevates your ideas and messaging
  • Build intelligent solutions: Design and deploy actionable AI agents and automations, including Private AI approaches for secure, IP-sensitive contexts

By earning this credential, you’ll demonstrate applied AI expertise that translates directly into innovation, efficiency, and leadership in your role. Learning Path Includes:

 

This certificate was developed in collaboration with Founderz, a global education company focused on applied, real-world AI and innovation training and a Microsoft Worldwide Training Partner.

 

Upon completing all four badges in this program, you will earn a digital Certificate in AI & Innovation, endorsed by Babson College, Microsoft, and Founderz.

 

 

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  • Demonstrate a complete, business-ready AI skill set across innovation, content creation, and agentic solutions
  • Apply AI-THINK to identify opportunities, validate ideas, and structure experiments and MVPs
  • Create and refine high-quality AI-generated video, image, and audio assets for real use cases
  • Design custom GPTs and agents that connect to tools and execute workflows end-to-end
  • Automate recurring tasks using actions, schemas, and integrations (e.g., calendars, productivity apps)
  • Make informed decisions about cloud vs. Private AI, local execution, confidentiality, and IP considerations
  • Learners who want the full, structured pathway (and a single credential) rather than standalone badges
  • Professionals seeking a credible proof of applied AI competence for career growth or internal mobility
  • Teams standardizing an AI operating model across ideation, production, and automation
  • Founders and operators who need repeatable methods to ship AI-enabled solutions responsibly
  • Anyone who wants a capstone credential that signals breadth + practical deployment ability
  • Recognition and Credentialing: A shareable professional certificate upon completion of the four badges
  • Verification-Ready Credential: Suitable for LinkedIn, CVs, and professional profiles
  • Pathway Completion Record: Confirmation that you completed the full sequence and its assessments

Upon completing all four badges in this program, you will earn a digital Certificate in AI & Innovation, endorsed by Babson College, Microsoft, and Founderz.

What you need to know

Digital Course Structure

Costs and Program Discounts

Course Leaders

The courses that make up this Certificate are delivered by the Founderz instructional team, alongside with industry leaders and Microsoft senior professionals.

Anna Cejudo

Anna Cejudo

Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Founderz

An entrepreneur and education builder with 10+ years’ experience leading innovation and learning initiatives, Anna Cejudo is the Co-founder and Co-CEO of Founderz, where she focuses on making education more accessible through collaborative, future-facing programs.

Jeana Jorgensen

Jeana Jorgensen

Vice President of Worldwide Learning of Microsoft

Jeana Jorgensen leads Microsoft’s Worldwide Learning organization, driving global skilling initiatives designed to help individuals and companies build capability for an AI-first world. Her work centers on accelerating job-ready learning at scale and strengthening Microsoft’s role in workplace skilling and technology education worldwide.

Nina Rapp

Nina Rapp

Business Group Lead for ModernWork of Microsoft

An expert in modern workplace transformation, Nina Rapp leads Microsoft’s Modern Work business in Sweden and helps shape the company’s future-of-work agenda, including how organizations adopt AI in everyday work. She has been with Microsoft since 2013, holding multiple sales and marketing leadership roles across Sweden and Western Europe, including leading the Microsoft 365 enterprise business across 12 European countries.

Anna Ogan

Anna Ogan

Program Manager of Founderz

A program leader focused on practical AI upskilling, Anna Ogan is a Program Manager at Founderz, where she designs and delivers learning experiences that translate AI into real-world productivity and workflows. She also leads Founderz’s growth efforts in the United States, building partnerships and scaling programs to expand the company’s footprint across the market.

Mihaela Vorvoreanu

Mihaela Vorvoreanu

Principal Applied Scientist of Microsoft

Mihaela (Mickey) Vorvoreanu leads UX research and responsible-AI education for Aether, Microsoft’s initiative on AI Ethics and Effects, helping shape user-centered guidance, practices, and tools for responsible AI development. With a background spanning industry and academia, including senior academic roles in UX research and design. Her work bridges human-centered methods with real-world AI engineering and governance.

Jeff Frey

Jeff Frey

Founder & CEO of Vital Competence

An author, keynote speaker, and leadership coach, JD Frey is Founder and CEO of Vital Competence, a consulting firm operating at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Emotional Intelligence, delivering leadership development, AI+EI training, and strategic workshops for enterprise and public-sector teams. He is also the founder of FurtherFaster, where he helps individuals and organizations pursue sustainable success without burnout.

Andrea Fogel

Andrea Fogel

Senior Global Solution Architect - AI Business Solutions - AI Workforce of Microsoft

Andrea Fogel is a Microsoft solution architect focused on helping organizations turn AI capabilities into secure, scalable business outcomes, supporting customers as they redesign workflows and adopt AI-powered productivity at enterprise level. With 15+ years of experience across business development, customer success, and partner engagement, she bridges strategy and execution to drive measurable impact in the AI era.

Usman Afzal

Usman Afzal

Solution Architect and Productivity Coach of Microsoft

An accessibility specialist and experience technologist with 15+ years across public, private, and third-sector work, Usman Afzal helps organizations embed accessibility into digital products and delivery practices. As an Accessibility Consultant at Hassell Inclusion, he supports teams through training and auditing, drawing on deep hands-on experience in front-end development, component libraries, and accessible design systems.

Stuart Ridout

Stuart Ridout

Global Customer Success Technical Strategy Leader of Microsoft

An AI and Modern Work customer success leader, Stuart Ridout drives technical strategy for customer adoption, specializing in Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft 365, and the Power Platform. Alongside his customer work, he is an active educator and speaker, sharing practical guidance on productivity and AI usage, and has featured in Founderz’s AI in Action series, helping business owners take their first steps with AI to unlock measurable value.