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Operating Model and Governance Micro-Certificate
Learn the roles, rituals and NIST governance that keep AI work in check, in short, clear lessons.
Built for short-form learners: 18 lessons of about 45 seconds each, in order.
Free to learn. Pay only if you want the credential.
What you'll learn
- Hats and rituals6 lessons
- Boundaries and measures6 lessons
- Govern and manage6 lessons
Why Operating Model and Governance matters
Good method work fades when it depends on one champion. This micro-certificate teaches what keeps it alive and governed: the hats people wear, the four light rituals and the AI feature gate, the line between AI suggesting and the system deciding, honest metrics, and NIST's govern and manage functions mapped to the method's documents.
Who this micro-certificate is for
- Team leads and AI Safety Leads
- Risk, governance and compliance staff
- Architects and change managers
- Anyone responsible for overseeing AI features
Time to complete
- in all, at your own pace
- ~30 min
- of lessons (18 lessons, measured)
- ~14 min
- for the 10-question test
- 15 min
What you receive
- Operating Model and Governance Micro-CertificatePrint it or save it as a PDF. It lists the lessons it covers.
- Operating Model and Governance digital badgeA 600-pixel badge image you can download and post.
- Verification numberIts own number and a public page that anyone can check.
- Add to LinkedInAdd it to your profile, or share it, in one click from your certificate page.
The lessons
Hats and rituals
- Hats, Not Job Titles · Leading AI at Work: Governance, Rollout and Practice
- The AI Safety Lead · Leading AI at Work: Governance, Rollout and Practice
- Alongside, Not Above · Leading AI at Work: Governance, Rollout and Practice
- Ritual One: Object Reviews · Leading AI at Work: Governance, Rollout and Practice
- Ritual Two: One Question in Change Control · Leading AI at Work: Governance, Rollout and Practice
- Ritual Three: The AI Feature Gate · Leading AI at Work: Governance, Rollout and Practice
Boundaries and measures
- The One Step for AI Governance · Leading AI at Work: Governance, Rollout and Practice
- Drawing the Suggest-or-Decide Boundary · Leading AI at Work: Governance, Rollout and Practice
- Boundaries Drift · Leading AI at Work: Governance, Rollout and Practice
- Acting on Overrides · Leading AI at Work: Governance, Rollout and Practice
- Four Failure Modes · Leading AI at Work: Governance, Rollout and Practice
- Recovering From a Failure Mode · Leading AI at Work: Governance, Rollout and Practice
Govern and manage
- Keeping an Inventory of AI Use · Leading AI at Work: Governance, Rollout and Practice
- Defined Roles for People and AI · Leading AI at Work: Governance, Rollout and Practice
- Should It Proceed at All? · Leading AI at Work: Governance, Rollout and Practice
- Choosing a Risk Response · Leading AI at Work: Governance, Rollout and Practice
- Planning to Switch It Off · Leading AI at Work: Governance, Rollout and Practice
- Monitoring After Release · Leading AI at Work: Governance, Rollout and Practice
The test
- 10 questions drawn fresh each attempt from 54, spread across the modules; 15 minutes.
- 7 of 10 correct passes. Retakes are free and unlimited.
- After a pass, the micro-certificate is $5. It carries your name, your score, the lessons covered, a public verify page and your badge.
Why this micro-certificate is different
- Short lessons, in orderAbout 45 seconds each, each one building on the last.
- Nothing in the wayNo ads, no account to learn, no subscription. You pay only for the credential.
- Every question cites a lessonMiss one and you see the lesson to review.
- Anyone can check itYour certificate has its own number and a public verify page.
Teaching and Leading Micro-Certificate
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Stack this micro-certificate
Order each credential with the same email and they link up.
- Operating Model and Governance Micro-Certificate · $5This page. About 30 minutes.
- The other 2 micro-certificates from Leading AI at Work: Governance, Rollout and Practice · $5 eachRunning a Pilot and Teaching and Leading.
- Full Certificate in Leading AI at Work: Governance, Rollout and Practice · $20The whole course, every unit, with its own final.
Want to go deeper? These lessons come from one full course: Leading AI at Work: Governance, Rollout and Practice, each with its own full certificate.
Human in the Loop Pathway
The Full Certificates in Generative AI at Work, The M-CaReM-AI Method and Leading AI at Work, plus the nine micro-certificates built from those courses. Hold all twelve and claim the pathway certificate and badge.
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| Feature | Micro-Certificate$5 | Full Certificate$20 | Pathway Badge$35 |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it covers | 15 to 18 lessons on one skill | A whole subject, 9 to 40 learning hours | Five micro-certificates plus the Full Certificate in Computer Science |
| How you earn it | Pass a 10-question, 15-minute test (7 of 10 to pass) | Pass the course final | Hold all six, then claim it |
| Time | ~25 minutes | A 45–98 minute final, after the course | ~14 hours |
| What it shows | The lessons it covers | Your scaled score and learning hours | The six credentials it rests on |
| Badge image | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Verify page and Add to LinkedIn | Yes | Yes | Yes |
This StudyWalks micro-certificate covers 18 lessons from StudyWalks courses, and every question cites one of them. Scores are StudyWalks scores, not college credit.