Strong leadership is the key for successful digital transformation
Digital transformation has gone from buzzword to reality for most businesses. The change process looks different from one business to another, but there is one common requirement for success: strong leadership.
Strong leadership is not only needed to change systems and technology, but to also influence the way people think about business processes, to reimagine their roles, and to embrace change.
U of T SCS has recently launched a new certificate, Strategic Leadership in the Digital Enterprise. This hands-on program is tailored to the senior level manager looking to drive successful digital transformation.
Developed and instructed by a team of industry leaders, the program will lead you through a combination of panel discussions, teamwork, role-play and group presentations. You’ll sharpen your boardroom skills to build organization-wide support for your strategy.
Lan Nguyen, one of the instructors for the program, sat down with us recently to discuss the program:
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1. How will this course help professionals increase their organization’s competitive advantage?
This course is all about helping professionals to develop key leadership competencies and develop strategic business acumen so that they can help the organization to really move forward with a business transformation program. And then they can align the business strategy with the digital transformation strategy into a winning execution. That will help the organization to move forward, to increase their market share and also increase their competitive advantage.
2. Tell us about what is unique about the format of this course?
We are very excited about the new format in delivering the courses. We are looking at having former CIO’s deliver the courses, engaging with industry leaders, bringing also panel discussion with businesses and executive. And most important we have found in the past is actually also getting them to engage in role play where they can experience how they can participate in business discussion, business strategy and being able to influence decision-making. That’s actually the highlight of the course – “experience learning”
3. What are you most looking forward to in teaching this course?
What I’m really looking forward to in this program is not only to contribute to the participants’ career development and personal goals but also to help them develop a personal transformation where they can really develop a different executive language, being able to build relationships and be more effective at the executive table. Its really exiting to see that transformation for these participants and being able to see them become very successful as the new executive.
Strategic Leadership in the Digital Enterprise is developed and instructed by:
- Lan Nguyen, a former Deputy Chief Information Officer of the City of Toronto responsible for planning and implementation of digital transformation of government services in partnership with… read Lan’s full instructor bio
- Aaron Cheng, a former Vice-President of IT at Enercare Inc. and a seasoned Information Technology & Telecom Executive with over twenty-five years of experience in building and transforming… read Aaron’s full instructor bio
- Kyoko Kobayashi, an IT Executive Consultant with over 20 years of executive experience specializing in building strategies with business teams to renovate technology platforms while transforming … read Kyoko’s full instructor bio