AI for MBA students: the essential curriculum
MBAs need AI strategy skills, not coding. While 74% of employers demand AI fluency, business schools are teaching decision frameworks and prompt engineering - leaving the Python to the engineers.
I guide ops leaders to AI that matters, not what's possible. I'm a CTO who codes but speaks human.
You can easily produce useless slop faster with AI. Don't.
Grow margins while increasing quality and scalability.
Remove the mundane so people can focus on what they do best.
Unlock newfound capabilities that only AI can do and humans cannot.
CEO
Stern Stella
2025 - Present
Stella AI is working on pre-made agents for specific jobs. It's part of Tallyfy.
Co-Founder & CEO
Tallyfy
2014 - Present
Tallyfy is the most amazing, easy and cost-effective workflow automation platform available. I invented Workflow Made Easy® - it is a beautiful product that anyone can use to document, run and track the status of business processes. I am currently running most of our operations with AI, except customer service. I have baked AI into the product. I know where it failed and why and where it works and why.
Consultant, Advisor and Educator on AI & Ops
Independent
2025 - Present
I am using the immense technical and real-life experience I have gained so far in running, growing and investing in businesses to teach others. I consult, advise and transform companies, people and students.
Entrepreneur in Residence and Faculty
OneDay
2025 - Present
I am in the faculty - teaching cohorts of MBA students about lean operations, automation and how to use AI effectively. I am also teaching creativity and innovation. OneDay are democratizing entrepreneurship, guiding early-stage founders to launch a business and earn an accredited MBA.
Consultant, Advisor, Leader
Various
2004 - 2014
Details are on my LinkedIn. I served hundreds of clients, setup several ventures and led many initiatives.
University of Bath
Computer Science (Bachelors)
2004
Augmenting pre-prompt context for clear background data and proper in-fill.
Providing Claude Code system access when context is intermittent or rare.
Using the right model for micro jobs, orchestration or brainstorming.
Breaking problems into micro-prompts or non-interactive prompts.
Building working solutions for real pain points that integrate with existing stacks.
Creating multi-prompt mega-jobs for huge problems.
Seeing how computer and mouse automation fits specific jobs.
Building in eval checks and guardrails automatically.
Automatically improving CLAUDE.md or prompts over time.
Clearly defining problems. Decades of workflow and process know-how helps.
When code beats AI prompts - simpler, cheaper, predictable.
When and how to run multiple, concurrent prompts in real-time without overlap.
Dealing with technical changes from automation and impact on people.
Deeper thinking around the architecture of triggering jobs for AI or functions.
Working with teams, students, managers and execs at all levels.
I have been where you are. It is fixable.
Your boss wants AI results. You are drowning in vendor pitches and buzzwords. You do not know who to trust or where to start.
You need someone who has actually done this before. Someone who cuts through the BS and shows you exactly what works – and what does not.
You tried AI. It is not working. People will not change how they work. Everything feels stuck.
You need quick wins that actually work. And a clear path forward that makes sense.
You bought AI tools. People are not using them. Nothing has changed and you cannot explain why.
You need your team to actually use AI daily. With clear proof it is working. Not random experiments.
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Staff Backend Engineer at Deliveroo
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Head Teacher at Jodanno Learning
"Amit is a fantastic, lateral thinker. His entrepreneurial spirit is matched by his kindness, presence and ability to generate great enthusiasm. Amit can teeter between the logical and the dreamy with an envious ease.
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VP, Design at Aruliden
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Delivery Manager at V&A Museum
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Head of Knowledge Management
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Director at Microsoft
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Digital Lead at The Chancery Lane Project
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Co-Founder & CEO at Clouz
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Delivery Partner at Hippo
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Professor at Durham University Business School
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Founder at Payara
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Programme Manager at MultiChoice Group
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Advocate/Advisor at DIGTL Markets
"Amit is an open minded and very creative entrepreneur. He has very good communication skills and has always a pragmatic approach in getting things done.
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Kostas Didaskalou
Partner at IBM
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Alison Booth
Freelance Copywriter at The Word Booth
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