Strategic Digital Leadership Programme
Built for leaders driving digital transformation, this programme equips you to integrate AI, analytics, and digital business models to shape strategy and create sustained competitive advantage.
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Programme Overview
Key Takeaways
Build Strategic Digital Leadership Capability
- Harness AI and analytics to inform strategic, data-driven decision-making
- Implement advanced digital business strategies across functions and industries
- Drive innovation and lead digital transformation initiatives within organisations
- Understand digital business models and evolving competitive dynamics
- Build leadership capability to navigate and sustain growth in a digital economy
Why ISB Executive Education?
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Programme Highlights
Experience a distinctive blend of strategic learning, leadership development, and real-world exposure designed to transform functional experts into enterprise leaders.
Learner Profiles
- Senior executives across technology, operations, marketing, strategy, and innovation functions
- Professionals embedding digital strategy into organisational decision-making
- Leaders shaping digital direction and driving enterprise-wide transformation
- Managers seeking to leverage digital technologies to drive business growth
- Professionals transitioning into strategic digital and innovation roles
- Leaders aiming to drive digital initiatives and build transformation capability
Curriculum
The curriculum unfolds across three integrated phases, covering digital business models, AI, analytics, innovation, and leadership, reinforced through applied learning and a Business Leadership Challenge.
New Age Digital Business Models
- Understand disruption driven by technology-enabled competitors
- Analyse platform and merchant models in the digital economy
- Identify capabilities required for digital transformation
- Craft a strategic approach to digital value creation
AI Strategies for Business Transformation
- Examine how AI reshapes business processes and models
- Understand the role of Generative AI in transforming work and decision-making
- Navigate ethics, privacy, and regulatory considerations
- Apply AI to improve efficiency and innovation
Business Analytics for Decision-Making
- Understand how data is generated, integrated, and applied
- Explore analytical methods for business decision-making
- Leverage analytics across the value chain
- Build data-driven organisations
MasterClass 1: Building and Scaling Digital Ecosystems
- Design and scale digital ecosystems and partnerships
- Leverage emerging technologies for sustainable growth
- Understand platform-based value creation
MasterClass 2: Cybersecurity in the Digital Age
- Understand evolving cybersecurity threats and risks
- Build resilient digital security frameworks
- Protect organisational assets in a digital environment
MasterClass 3: Data Privacy and Ethics in Digital Transformation
- Navigate regulatory and ethical considerations in data use
- Embed responsible data practices into business strategy
- Build trust in digital transformation initiatives
Transformative Leadership in the Digital Age
- Lead organisational change in technology-driven environments
- Align teams with digital transformation goals
- Address human and cultural barriers to change
- Build experimentation-led organisational cultures
Unlocking Innovation with Design Thinking
- Apply human-centred approaches to problem-solving
- Frame problems and generate innovative solutions
- Use design thinking to drive business innovation
Note: Modules and topics are subject to change based on our faculty recommendations to keep the content contextual and relevant to the evolving environment.
What You Will Gain
Certificate
After successful completion of this programme, you will be awarded an ISB Executive Education Certificate, formal recognition of your professional development.
Programme Eligibility: Diploma/Bachelor's degree (10+2+3/4) or equivalent from a recognised university; Minimum 10 years post-degree work experience
ISB Executive Alumni Benefits
On successful completion of this programme, participants gain the ISB Executive Alumni status. The privileges of this exclusive community include:
Community and Network Access
As an ISB Executive Alumni, participants gain access to the Executive Alumni portal and the ISB Executive Network LinkedIn group, fostering continued connection and engagement within a distinguished professional community.
Professional Recognition and Support
Participants receive official ISB Executive Alumni credentials, including a dedicated ISB email ID, and retain access to the ISB Executive Education support team via email for ongoing assistance and engagement.
Learning and Knowledge Resources
Executive Alumni may access curated newsletters, select ISB research, and institutional knowledge resources upon request, supporting continued learning beyond the programme.
Beyond the Classroom
Alumni are eligible to participate in masterclasses led by ISB faculty and industry experts and receive benefits, including a 10% programme fee benefit on ISB Executive Education programmes and a 20% programme fee benefit on ISB Online programmes.
Note: Alumni/network benefits are subject to ISB policy and may change without prior notice.
Programme Faculty
Vishal Karungulam
Assistant Professor of Information Systems (Clinical), ISB
Anitesh Barua
Visiting Faculty, ISB
Ramnarayan S
Visiting Faculty, ISB
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