Deepen your understanding of the world economy and learn to tackle the various exigencies that it routinely gives rise to. Participants can review medium and long-term economic trends with far-reaching consequences and understand how they can position their businesses to benefit from the resulting structural changes. The subjects under examination will include the internationalisation of the value chain, the role of quality and branding, the challenge of ageing demographics, the future of commodity prices, structural economic changes, reverse innovation, globalisation, currency manipulations and local production.

This module identifies some technological forces driving disruption in today’s business environment. Understand why incumbents in an industry fail to respond when technologies and markets change. Recognise shifts required within your organisation to respond to disruptive technologies and constant change. The objective of the module is to identify different classes of digital business models and the strategies they need to create competitive value. The module will also help you learn how incumbents can transition from an industrial economy to a digital economy business model and compete equally effectively with technically sound start-ups and established industry giants.

In this module, you will develop the ability to strategically design the value chain by harnessing disruptive technologies in both IT and non-IT sectors. You will analyse the transformative potential of emerging technologies such as AI, ML, IoT, Blockchain, AR/VR, and more, gaining insights into their application to reshape future businesses. By understanding current information system trends, you will be able to incorporate disruptive technologies into business strategy and identify opportunities for value creation and innovation while navigating ethical, regulatory, and risk-related challenges. Ultimately, you will cultivate a forward-looking mindset, equipping yourself to lead your organisations confidently into a technology-driven and successful future.

This module focuses on service and supply chain design at both the tactical and strategic levels. A framework for global operations, supply chain strategy & structure will be explored. The module will also cover: Managing inventory and uncertainty across the global supply chain; Sourcing strategies; World-class business practices in Quality management; Product and process quality assurance; Six Sigma standards, and Conformance with local quality standards.

Ignite your leadership potential with transformative global business perspectives. Develop innovative communication skills, captivating stakeholders with an inspiring leadership story. Explore your leadership style, uncovering strengths and areas for growth. Harness the power of storytelling to catalyse your personal brand. Elevate your executive presence through self-awareness, critical reflection, and feedback. Create a customised plan for continuous growth. Drive organisational impact and build an agile leadership presence, inspiring change and fostering adaptability.

Topic: Critical Thinking
Format: Asynch
Faculty: Deepa Mani, Professor of Information Systems, ISB

Topic: CEO Perspectives
Format: Masterclass
Faculty: Nandu Nandkishore, Adjunct Professor, Marketing Strategy, ISB

This session provides an overview of how humans make bounded-rational or irrational decisions and their implications for decision-makers, managers, and policymakers. Pre-session readings will be given to participants to prepare for the programme. The session includes interactive activities, practical experiments, and discussions on fundamental disciplines of reasoning and decision-making. Insights from non-cooperative game theory will be shared on strategic rationale and execution for personal benefit. The topics will be presented intuitively with practical examples and business cases. Selected readings will be provided beforehand. Real-time game experiments will also be conducted for an active and engaging session.

This module identifies the critical paradigms for understanding predictive analytics and the managerial challenges associated with adopting new analytics. From a winning perspective, participants will learn how analytics and operations can be used together and the elements to lead strategically from an operational perspective.

While an organisation’s existing resources and capabilities play an essential role in helping chart its course, existing resources and capabilities can also act as sources of rigidities, preventing firms from going where they must go. In this session, participants will learn how a “business model canvas” can be used for effective strategy implementation.

This module focuses on winning in emerging markets by developing work innovations that provide 90% value at 10% of the price. Through hands-on training in a business simulation, participants will learn how to create buy-in with different stakeholders.

The module aims to understand the critical drivers of organisational transformation and the challenges encountered in executing transformation. The session will help you understand the importance of addressing the people dimension of transformational change. In addition, the session will explore approaches successful leaders adopt in executing organisational transformation and the desirable traits of transformational leaders. The module also addresses the need to implement organisation alignment strategically and how to win business in cross-border acquisitions.