Training Course Overview
Overview of Leading Your Organization’s Digital Transformation
Companies make decisions daily to stay ahead in the digital age. Some lay strategic building blocks for the future while others toil away on distractions that lead their organizations toward obsolescence. The advent of digital technologies, including cloud and artificial intelligence (AI), has transformed how firms organize, operate, and compete. It is now more critical than ever for entrepreneurs and managers to understand:
- The effects of new technologies and the competitive landscape in which those new technologies are developed and deployed.
- Modern leadership skills and capabilities needed to succeed in these ever-changing domains.
This digital transformation program will assess these effects in four sections:
- How technological change — most notably AI — affects the global competitive landscape.
- The raft of challenges and opportunities these changes thrust on companies and company leaders, whether acting as incumbent or challenger, and learn ways to assess competitive readiness and implement strategies to outpace competitors.
- How these technological changes influence the nature of work and the pursuit and development of the organization’s number one asset — its talent — in the years ahead.
- How to stand out as a leader to see around corners, thereby future-proofing investments and accelerating both business and career trajectories.
Who Should Register for Leading Your Organization’s Digital Transformation Training?
This program is ideal for leaders charged with managing product groups, business units, and functional teams through an organizational transformation seeking to leverage digital technologies and strategies. It is ideal for executives, directors, program managers, product owners, team leads, and mid-level managers who develop, commercialize, leverage for internal use, or sell software-led technologies.
Leading Your Organization’s Digital Transformation will further your professional development if you are:
- A leader seeking to understand how technological disruption may impact your industry and interested in learning new capabilities to drive your own organization’s product & services strategies.
- A sales manager, marketer, or business development professional seeking to develop product and market agility to meet rapidly changing customer behaviors and needs.
- An operational team leader interested in leveraging technology solutions as a differentiator for delivering productivity, cost, and innovation advantages to their organization.
All participants should have at least five to seven years of experience.
Upon successful completion of the program, you will earn a Certificate of Completion from the Harvard Division of Continuing Education.
Benefits of Leading Your Organization’s Digital Transformation 3-Day Training
In this digital transformation program, you will learn the strategic concepts and tactical steps to take to help your organization stay ahead in today’s digital environment. This is a hands-on, interactive program that will focus on strategies for assessing and developing optimal digital technology decisions for your organization.
Specifically, you will:
- Learn how and why digital platforms and technologies offer unmatched scalability advantages.
- Evaluate how to make investment opportunities in digital technologies that drive growth.
- Analyze strategies employed by both challengers and incumbents in leading digital technologies, such as cloud services, to craft competitive strategies for your organization.
- Understand how emerging technologies will disrupt your industry and explore strategies to navigate these changes effectively.
- Explore how AI is transforming the future of work and develop strategies to safeguard your organization against critical talent gaps.
Curriculum
The curriculum in this highly interactive three-day program delves into practical solutions for the business and operational challenges posed by the rapid advancement of digital and AI technologies. Through a mix of case studies, group discussions, and hands-on exercises, you will gain the tools and insights needed to lead your organization through digital transformation effectively.
Over the course of the program, you will explore topics such as:
- The strategic decisions and pivotal moments that shaped the digital trajectories of major industry players, such as Microsoft and Amazon, and exploring how these lessons can be applied to your organization.
- Assessing AI investment opportunities and developing scalable digital strategies.
- How digital transformation is reshaping the workforce and learning strategies for managing talent and leading organizational change in an increasingly digital world.
- Digital differentiation that leverages your organization’s strengths and prepares it for future disruptions.
Considering this program?
June Schedule
Day 1
- Understanding disruption
- Scalable technologies and innovative business models
- Exercise: Invest or not
- Case: Cloud wars — early investments and decision points
Day 2
- Challenger vs. incumbent
- Identifying future disruption
- The future of work
- Leading digital transformation of your #1 asset — your people
- Case: Scale, growth, and building for the future
Day 3
- Digital transformation strategies
- Using behavioral design to assess & build your optimal path to digital differentiation
- Building your digital business strategy
- Bringing it all together
Instructors
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Nick Psyhogeos
Nick Psyhogeos is the co-founder and CEO of Fork, a tech start-up incubated at the Harvard Innovation Lab, utilizing AI to help employees advance to higher-paying, in-demand occupations. He is also an Instructor at Harvard Extension School and a Lecturer of Intellectual Property at Boston University School of Law. -
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Aseem Datar
Aseem Datar is a Vice President at Microsoft, focusing on next-generation computing, including AI and Quantum technologies. Previously, he was a Partner at Madrona Venture Group, investing in enterprise companies. Aseem is a Seattle 40 Under 40 honoree and received the Microsoft CMO Award for driving growth in emerging markets. He holds a master’s in electrical engineering, an MBA from the University of Washington, and completed executive education at Harvard Business School.
Certificates of Leadership Excellence
The Certificates of Leadership Excellence (CLE) are designed for leaders with the desire to enhance their business acumen, challenge current thinking, and expand their leadership skills.
This program is one of several CLE qualifying programs. Register today and get started earning your certificate.
FAQs
Why is it important for organizations to accelerate their digital transformation efforts?
The ongoing digital revolution is causing rapid shifts in the way we work. Organizations that cannot adapt will find themselves increasingly unable to stay competitive in today’s rapidly changing marketplace.
Yet, according to recent McKinsey survey data, most organizations that attempt digital transformation achieve less than one-third of the anticipated results.
Strong financial performance is only one benefit of successfully implementing an effective digital strategy. Organizations that do implement an effective digital strategy are more likely to improve their customer engagement and satisfaction, successfully drive and promote innovation and growth, and attract and retain top-quality talent.
How will this 3-day training course help me advance in my career?
Organizations today need leaders who can understand the digital challenge, develop a comprehensive agenda for transformation, and lead the charge to change, integrating people, products, and platforms into the firm of the future.
As you explore how to develop a clear roadmap for your organization’s digital strategy in this comprehensive and intensive digital transformation program, you’ll gain the skills, knowledge, and tools you need to become the leader your organization needs: a successful driver of change, innovation, and transformation.
You’ll return to your organization ready to evaluate the marketplace, recognize your organization’s competitive strengths, and design a unique business approach that addresses all of your strategic priorities in a deliberate, coordinated, and technological way.
What skills or experience is needed before enrolling in this training?
You do not need any specific skills to enroll in this training program; however, it is recommended that you be a mid- to senior-level manager with at least five to seven years of experience.
To succeed in this program, you should bring your natural curiosity, a desire to learn, and a willingness to engage with like-minded professionals
Why Choose Leading Your Organization's Digital Transformation?
The digital landscape is changing the business world and organizations that can’t transform risk being left behind. Develop the strategies and tools you need to drive revolutionary and evolutionary change in the Leading Your Organization’s Digital Transformation program.
