GenAI for Business — Read the Book Online

The complete 2026 Third Edition, free to read: sixteen chapters plus the FDE Toolkit appendix, covering generative AI foundations, the engineering stack, tools and APIs, agents, strategy frameworks, implementation, business models, regulation, the Forward Deployed method, coding agents, and hands-on agentic tools including the free companion tool MimiWork.

• How to Use This Book
  This book is written for executives, managers, and EMBA students who need to do more than talk fluently about generative AI. My ambition for you is s…
• Chapter 1: Foundations of Generative AI
  After this chapter, you should be able to:
• Chapter 2: Business Integration of Generative AI
  After this chapter, you should be able to:
• Chapter 3: Communicating with GenAI
  After this chapter, you should be able to:
• Chapter 4: Large language models and tools
  After this chapter, you should be able to:
• Chapter 5: API integration
  After this chapter, you should be able to:
• Chapter 6: Specialized tools for various tasks
  After this chapter, you should be able to:
• Chapter 7: The Five A's of Applied GenAI at Work
  After this chapter, you should be able to:
• Chapter 8: Generative AI in Key Business Functions
  After this chapter, you should be able to:
• Chapter 9: The EDGE Framework for GenAI Value Creation
  After this chapter, you should be able to:
• Chapter 10: The Strategic Roadmap for GenAI Implementation
  After this chapter, you should be able to:
• Chapter 11: Generative AI for Business Model Innovation
  After this chapter, you should be able to:
• Chapter 12: Future Development
  After this chapter, you should be able to:
• Chapter 13: Navigating the Ethical Landscape
  After this chapter, you should be able to:
• Chapter 14: Working Like a Forward Deployed Engineer
  After this chapter, you should be able to:
• Chapter 15: Coding Agents for Business and Technical Leaders
  After this chapter, you should be able to:
• Chapter 16: Agentic Tools for Your Work
  After this chapter, you should be able to:
• The FDE Toolkit
  Chapters 10 and 14 argue that GenAI value is captured workflow by workflow, with evidence, not enthusiasm, as the gate. This appendix supplies the fo…

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