Digital Transformation and Generative AI in Higher Education. A Leadership Playbook - Norah Al-Malki

Generative AI and Digital Transformation in Higher Education is a forward-looking guide for university leaders, deans, policymakers, and academic innovators seeking to understand how generative AI can meaningfully support institutional change. Moving beyond technical jargon and short-term trends, the book explores how higher education can progress from conventional digital transformation toward the AI-augmented university and, ultimately, toward more intelligent forms of leadership, governance, and organizational development. Through a clear and strategic lens, it examines AI leadership mindsets, institutional strategy design, governance and risk stewardship, and the readiness required to carry transformation into everyday university life. Written for those who want to lead change with clarity, responsibility, and vision, this book offers a thoughtful framework for reimagining the future of universities in the age of generative AI.