BUS 148 — AI-Powered Leadership: Transforming Impact in the Digital Age
Quarter: Winter
Instructor(s): Mo Lei Fong, Anita Yuen
Date(s): Jan 29—Mar 12
Class Recording Available: Yes
Class Meeting Day: Thursdays
Grade Restriction: NGR only; no credit/letter grade
Class Meeting Time: 6:30—8:00 pm (PT)
Please Note: No class February 19
Tuition: $480
Refund Deadline: Jan 31
Unit(s): 0
Status: Open
Quarter: Winter
Day: Thursdays
Duration: 6 weeks
Time: 6:30—8:00 pm (PT)
Date(s): Jan 29—Mar 12
Unit(s): 0
Tuition: $480
Refund Deadline: Jan 31
Instructor(s): Mo Lei Fong, Anita Yuen
Grade Restriction: NGR only; no credit/letter grade
Recording Available: Yes
Status: Open
Please Note: No class February 19
Although AI adoption is widespread, few leaders and organizations have achieved true mastery—leaving a gap between basic tool use and transformational management. This course equips early- to mid-level managers to bridge that gap, enhancing their influence and effectiveness with AI while preserving the human elements of leadership and teamwork. Students will learn to apply AI to strategic analysis, design bias-resistant decision frameworks, and develop custom coaching approaches that accelerate team growth. Through hands-on exercises, you will also build personalized AI tools—specialized GPTs and agents—tailored to your priorities while also gaining insights from forward-thinking executives at companies that have redefined how they lead with AI. You will leave with a concrete 90-day implementation plan and custom AI solutions to advance both your organization’s goals and your leadership impact.
No prior AI experience is required. This course relies on the use of an external, third-party tool that is not managed or supported by Stanford. Students must purchase their own tool subscriptions and can expect to spend $25-$100 per month. Please see the course syllabus for more details.
MO LEI FONG
Adjunct Lecturer, Management Science and Engineering, Stanford
Mo Lei Fong spent 15 years as a senior director at Google, leading global teams across technical solutions, finance operations, and people operations and most recently, the executive director of STVP, Stanford Engineering's Entrepreneurship Center. She founded LeiFongCoaching, specializing in AI-enhanced organizational effectiveness and change management. She is also a leadership coach at Harvard Business School. Fong received a BS in chemical engineering and an MA in education from Stanford, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. ANITA YUEN
Owner, AY Advisory
Anita Yuen is a product executive with 22 years of experience, most recently at Google, where she led product and marketing teams across the search, maps, shopping, and kids and families divisions. She founded AY Advisory to provide strategic AI consulting and leadership coaching to companies. She received a BS in economics from Stanford, an MBA from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, where she was a Mayfield Fellow, and an AI product management certification from Duke. Textbooks for this course:
There are no required textbooks; however, some fee-based online readings may be assigned.