Digital Transformation: Innovation Opportunities and Leadership

Digital transformation is happening everywhere but can be challenging to implement. This course will helpyou and your teams prepare for it. You will learn the capabilities needed to thrive in today’s fast-moving competitive market.

This course is aimed at

Middle managers and aspiring middle managers who want to start to influence digital transformation readiness within organizations

Professionals with significant management responsibilities, such as executives or leaders in corporate functions, from across departments and industries

Individuals planning to change jobs from more traditional business companies to digitally driven business models

Entrepreneurs, consultants, and professionals from various areas interested in the subject and keen to learn about digital transformation

Individuals who want to be more ready for today’s fast moving digitally powered business

Throughout this course, you will:

Describe the significance, pace, drivers, and organization implications of digital transformation
Identify digital transformation opportunities to improve customer experience, employee experience, business models, and operations
Understand the important role of leadership capabilities and their place in implementing digital transformation
Create a transformational strategy and action plan that will drive change in your role and organization

Course Outline

1

Introduction to Planning for Digital Transformation

2

Finding Digital Opportunities Part 1: Customer Experience and Employee Experience

3

Finding Digital Opportunities Part 2: Operations and Business Models

4

Leading Change

5

Digital-Ready Culture

6

Rethinking Assumptions

Meet your instructor

George Westerman

Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management and a Principal Research Scientist, J-WEL Workforce Learning

The MIT xPRO learning experience

LEARN BY DOING

Practice processes and methods through simulations, evaluations, case studies, and tools.

 LEARN FROM OTHERS

Connect with an international community of professionals while working on projects based on real-world examples.

LEARN ON DEMAND

Access all content online and watch videos on the go.

REFLECT AND APPLY

Apply your newly acquired skills in your organization, using examples from technical orking environments and informed, practical advice.

DEMONSTRATE YOUR SUCCESS

Earn a Professional Certificate and 4,8 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) from MIT.

LEARN FROM THE BEST

Gain insights from MIT faculty and industry experts.

What is the course comprised of?

This course content is designed to maximize practicality through;

Video content taught by mit faculty
The presentation of several case studies specifically prepared to help you understand how digital capabilities create opportunities for organizations and what needs to be in place for them to happen
A series of assignments and activities carefully designed to reinforce and develop your understanding and use of the course content
And an action plan to apply the course content to your own situation and that of your company
Interactive course content
Discussion forums to share your ideas and experiences with peers
A live webinar to discuss what you have learned and discuss any questions you may have
Additional recommended bibliography