Certificate in Digital Strategy

Certificate in Digital Strategy is five-day program for managers and executives with at least five years of management experience who are looking to see further out into the future and navigate the complexity of digitization. The course includes information on the latest tools to help make sense of mega-trends, including AI, the Internet of Things, genetic engineering and quantum computing. This program consists of three full-day sessions and participants will also receive three half-day online components to review before each day in the virtual classroom.

About This Program

The global pandemic accelerated the need for organizations to thrive in a digital future. Digital transformations are not nearly enough to get ahead of future growth markets. The world is changing and continues to change at an exponential rate. The 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) is here and the fusion of advances in artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, the Internet of Things (IoT), genetic engineering, quantum computing and more becoming a reality in everyday lives.

Are leaders and organizations ready for what’s to come? Will they thrive in the digital future?

This program takes leaders deep into the future. They will learn how to harvest the power of mega-trends that will shape the future business and public sector landscape. They will engage in deeper conversations with leading faculty on the clusters of possibilities for their organization and explore the tenets of the fourth industrial revolution.

Online Components

Participants will be receive a half-day online component to view before each full day of the program. These asynchronous components can be completed any time before the scheduled course day in the virtual classroom.

What you will learn
- Explore the concept of “DRIVE,” a tool designed to harvest the power of mega-trends
- Identify tools and strategies for trend-spotting and on the possibilities of using selected proxies for potential market opportunities.
- Explore new frameworks to assess the needs of the new economy and redesign the language of strategy for executives who have long depended on models developed decades ago.
- Examine the possibilities to look at cluster of plausible interest which will likely shape the business and public sector domains for years to come
- Explore why complex systems dynamics and nonlinear distribution of events are becoming more and more frequent
- Learn a real-world applications of a future proofing model that takes you from aspirational to executable
- Examine plausibility/probability and foresight as exercises to observe the chances emerging from the clustering of the future
Participant Profile

Created exclusively for aspiring senior leaders, senior managers, directors and vice presidents in corporate and public sectors. Certificate in Digital Strategy is recommended for managers and executives with at least five years of management experience who are looking to see further out into the future and navigate the complexity of digitization. The program is ideal for:
- Managers aspiring to senior leadership positions and senior leaders
- Director-and-executive level leaders
- Senior managers from all industry sectors
- Vice-presidents and divisional heads
- Business directors and officers
- Experienced public administrators in federal, provincial and municipal government
- National, regional and international business unit managers
- General managers
- Executive directors of associations and NGOs

Course Content Details

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Day 1 - Understanding How the Future Unfolds

Based on the award-winning research of the DRIVE framework (Esposito & Tse), the CLEVER framework (Lanteri) and this module reforms the thinking around strategy and builds a new form of organizational and economic resilience to organizations.

Explore how to effectively use DRIVE, a tool designed to harvest the power of mega-trends.
Examine the inter-dependency of plots and trajectories and the undercurrent role technology fosters in making sense of the opportunities ahead.
Use tools to advise on trend-spotting and on the possibilities of using selected proxies for potential market opportunities.
Develop a foundational knowledge to serve as capstone concept in the understanding of future growth markets.
Explore the integration of new frameworks to assess the needs of the new economy and redesign the language of strategy for executives who have long depended on models developed decades ago.

Day 2 - Building Resilience Through Technology

Develop your resilience through the use and understanding of current and emerging technologies. Take a closer look at complex systems and why random events appear to be happening more frequently.

Learn about and attach logic to the clusters of tech possibilities, large-scale shocks and what changes the nature of events
Explore complex system dynamics and nonlinear distribution of events and how they are becoming more and more frequent.
Learn a framework called FLP IT which was designed to help organizations navigate post traumatic “never normals” and come up with impact assessment on clients value chain
Explore immediate responses on how technology can rapidly pivot and provide access to new business and/or policy options.

Day 3 - Demystifying the Fourth Industrial Revolution

The blurring of boundaries between the physical, digital, and biological worlds is happening. This module demystifies what we believe, hear and think about 4IR. This module will change how you see the future.

Develop a deeper understanding of the tenets of the fourth industrial revolution
Learn a real-world applications of a future proofing model that takes you from aspirational to executable
From an anecdotal journey from the genesis of the 4IR within the World Economic Forum, to the challenges of applying concepts to a variety of economically uneven regions.
Examine plausibility/probability and foresights as exercises to observe the chances emerging from the clustering of the future
Observe the chances emerging from the clustering of the future as well as the collective design required to make technology a means to a productive and benevolent end, while generating abundant opportunities.

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Winter 2023 Program	Module Dates	Time
Day 1 - Understanding How the Future Unfolds	2/16/2023 - 2/16/2023	9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Day 2 - Building Resilience Through Technology	2/23/2023 - 2/23/2023	9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Day 3 - Demystifying the Fourth Industrial Revolution	3/2/2023 - 3/2/2023	9:00 am - 4:00 pm