DURATION
5-6 weeks
5-6 weeks
HOURS OF EFFORT
8-10 per week
8-10 per week
LANGUAGE
English and Spanish
English and Spanish
FORMAT
Online
Online
Establish corporate-wide digital leadership
What makes an innovative company today? Decisive leadership and the implementation of disruptive technology in a culturally diverse establishment.
Knowing how to implement artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), the internet of things (IoT), blockchain technology, cybersecurity, and cloud services are fundamental in today’s marketplace.
Simultaneously, strong leadership abilities and company-wide cultural awareness determine the success of an organization. How do corporations cope?
This all-encompassing course equips corporations with knowledge of leadership abilities, cultural awareness, and disruptive tech to facilitate development, ease operations, and asserts businesses in a competitive market.
57%
of employees think their company should be doing more to increase diversity.
Source: Fundera, 2021
$1.5 trillion
was spent on digital transformation globally in 2021.
Source: Zippia Article, 2022
76%
of executives agree that organizations need to drastically redesign the experiences that unite technology and people in more human-centered ways.
Source: Accenture Report, 2020
Five technologies. Boundless approaches.
Leading Digital Transformation by MIT Professional Education analyzes case studies of disruptive technology and prepares businesses to lead, be culturally aware, and learn what it takes to implement digital transformation.
- Blockchain
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Cloud Services
- Cybersecurity
Companies will become familiar with these technologies, guided by four MIT instructors and leaders in their respective fields.
Participants will:
1.
Understand their leadership strengths and leverage them to foster creativity and innovation.
2.
Develop inspirational visions and motivate teams with diverse cultural backgrounds.
3.
Comprehend the nature and impacts of AI, blockchain, cloud computing, cybersecurity, and IoT.
4.
Study the impact of artificial intelligence, especially its impact on the labor market.
5.
Analyze the ways in which IoT services enhance sectors like manufacturing and healthcare.
Private Corporate Training
The more team members companies enroll, the more benefits they can acquire. Depending on the number of members enrolled in our courses, benefits include:
- Special pricing
- Focus-based, industry-specific feedback from specialized learning facilitators
- Collaborative learning experience among your team
- Overall better team performance and a shared vision to successfully reach objectives
Transform your department or organization with MIT Professional Education group benefits.
*Please note that this course has a minimum of 100 participants. View our Digital Transformation, Cultural Awareness, and Leadership & Innovation online courses for smaller groups.
This course is designed for:
- Multicultural corporations who want to implement digital transformation processes in their organizations
- Groups of current or aspiring managers, team leaders, and directors in international corporations
- Leading start-ups, including tech start-ups
- Groups of global professionals in technical corporations
Meet the instructors of this course
*Listed in alphabetical order
David Niño is a Senior Lecturer in MIT’s Daniel J. Riccio Graduate Program in Engineering Leadership. He had served in this role since 2015 when he launched this program to provide academic leadership education for MIT graduate students in engineering and other disciplines. Under his leadership, the program has grown from one graduate class to a variety of highly-rated academic courses and workshops that educate over 200 graduate students annually. David received a School of Engineering “Infinite Mile Award” for his work in establishing this program, which received a $10 million gift of support in 2022.
David consults with technology executives on topics related to developing leadership among engineers, researchers, and other technical experts. He has published on organizational culture, ethics, engineering leadership, and developing management and leadership skills. David holds a Ph.D. in Management from the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned his B.A., B.B.A., and M.A. degrees. He lives in Weston, Massachusetts, with his wife and three children.
David consults with technology executives on topics related to developing leadership among engineers, researchers, and other technical experts. He has published on organizational culture, ethics, engineering leadership, and developing management and leadership skills. David holds a Ph.D. in Management from the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned his B.A., B.B.A., and M.A. degrees. He lives in Weston, Massachusetts, with his wife and three children.
Bhaskar Pant is the executive director of MIT Professional Education, the branch of MIT that provides technology professionals access to MIT knowledge. Under his direction, the MIT Professional Education offering has grown considerably, as have corporate relationships and its global reach, as professionals from more than 120 different countries participate in the classroom, internationals, and, recently, also in those launched in online and mixed formats. The courses, which cover such cutting-edge areas as big data, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things (IoT), combined with other professional development courses in the fields of innovation and entrepreneurship, have benefited thousands of professionals worldwide.
Mr. Pant was part of the “The Future of Education at MIT” team, created by the MIT President, and contributed specifically to the work of the subcommittee that was responsible for “opening the doors of MIT to the world”. Building on Mr. Pant’s initiative, whose objective was to expand globally, MIT Professional Education offers short programs in an increasing number of regions in Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Europe. Before joining MIT, Mr. Pant held important leadership positions in education and corporate companies around the world.
Dr. Sanchez is the architect of the global network “The Internet of Things” and data analysis platforms for SAP, Ford, Johnson & Johnson, Accenture, Shell, Exxon Mobil, and Altria. In cyber security, he has developed cyber-attack impact analyses for the U.S. Department of Defense and a password firewall for the IARPA.
Dr. Sanchez holds a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and teaches MIT courses in cybersecurity, engineering, blockchain, and data science. He has been involved in developing educational software for Microsoft and establishing the Accenture Technology Academy. He has produced over 150 educational videos, has 10 years of experience with learning management systems, and has made deployments in the Americas, Asia, and Europe.
Professor John R. Williams research focuses on the development and application of computing algorithms in distributed cyber-physical systems. He was director of the Auto-ID Laboratory, where the Internet of Things was invented. He is considered, along with Bill Gates and Larry Ellison, one of the 50 most powerful people in “Computer Networks”.
He is the author and co-author of more than 250 articles in journals and conferences. Professor Williams teaches courses on the basics of programming, modern software development, and the architecture of web, cloud, and blockchain systems."
Discover the experience of our participants
Discover firsthand how the judicial system in Buenos Aires used emerging digital technologies to its advantage by reading the Application of Emerging Technologies in Buenos Aires’ Judicial System blog post.
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