SIGNATURE PROGRAM

Leadership, Change & Exponential Technologies

Excel in the digital age

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Learn about the new paradigms of organisational design, management and leadership. Deep dive into how to empower yourself and the people around you as well as understand how a holistic view on management can change outcomes. You will gain a holistic understanding of change management from various angles including social- and behavioral perspectives that often come short in practice. We also will look into learning and self-organising organisations based on behavioural design patterns.

Additionally, this program gives you a fundamental understanding of the game changing exponential technologies that will have a lasting impact on the way we live and do business. You will understand the meta implications and the challenges each and every technology will bring along and how to tackle them.

After the program, you will be capable of bringing a new perspective into every business and to be a valuable sparring partner for your peers that is capable of navigating an organisation through the wilds of our complex world.

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KEY-FACTS

For Organisations

  • Duration: 3 month full-time or 9 month blended
  • Style: Lectures
  • Workshops and Innovation Project
  • Location: GILT Frankfurt or Barcelona Campus or off campus at any location
  • Participants: For up to 15 participants
  • GILT certification at the end of the program

For Individuals

  • Duration: 3 month full-time program
  • Style: Lectures
  • Workshops and Innovation Project
  • Location: GILT Frankfurt or Barcelona Campus
  • Intake: Every February
  • Participants: Maximum 20 participants
  • GILT certification at the end of the program

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

# 1

ZOOM OUT

Understand management and leadership in the digital age from a holistic perspective and challenge current practices

# 2

ZOOM IN

Learn how to design the nitty gritty of your organisation. Understand how to be visionary and hands-on an the same time

# 3

A CALL FOR ACTION

Beyond methods and models. In this program we will work on your challenges and not any abstract case studies

# 4

A TOOLBOX FOR LIFE

Learn how to lead and manage other but also yourself better. You will be equipped with essential life skills to become better and happier every day

# 5

CRITICAL THINKING

Learn about validation tools and how to come up with plausible explanations. You will challenge everything is a positive way

# 6

TECHNOLOGY 101

Learn how to join the technology discussion. We will introduce you to all exponential technologies and prepare you for the discussion everybody tries to avoid

PROGRAM CURRICULUM

LEADERSHIP

  • New paradigms of leading in the digital age: Agile
  • Customer Centricity and New Work
  • Organisational Design beyond org charts. How to design future-proof organisations
  • Managing Organisations with the strategy operations framework and OKRs
  • Tales of being a good leader: Practical tools for self-improvment
  • An introduction to practical applied philosophy and interdisciplinary thinking

CHANGE MANGEMENT

  • The role of perception
  • understanding and reasoning in change
  • Understanding how humans cope with change
  • Behavioural Design: Change programs with the human being in focus
  • Creating learning organisations that embrace change
  • Becoming a Leader of Change: Practical tools on how to lead and manage change

EXPONENTIAL TECHNOLOGIES

  • Exponential Technologies 101 - Implications
  • Evolution and technology intersections
  • Introduction to Digital Business Models and data driven businesses
  • Working with Data: Smart Data vs. Big Data
  • Understanding the implications of Exponential Technologies
  • Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
  • Super- and Quantum-Computers
  • Foundations of Distributed Ledgers and the trust economy

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PROGRAM ADMISSION FOR INDIVIDUALS

APPLICATION
After you first contact us, we will send you all information to apply for the program

ADMISSIONS PRE-COMMITTEE
We will evaluate your profile and evaluate your program fit

PERSONAL INTERVIEW
We will personally interview you to best assess your application

INFORMATION FOR ORGANISATIONS

PROGRAM MODIFICATIONS
Your dedicated academic advisory will modify the program to perfectly match your organisations needs

PROGRAM SETUP
Based on the modifications our academic team will work out the detailed setup of the program and decide together with you about the matching profiles, location and logistics.

MORE THAN A PROGRAM

  • A holistic educational program design
  • Learning in beautiful and inspiring locations that are designed for learning
  • A broad variety of activities throughout the program not just lectures from the front
  • Tailor-made program materials
  • Bonding and bounding team-building activities
  • Additional virtual classroom and collaboration platform
  • Activation of all participants to become lifelong learners and curious leaders of change
  • Enhancement of the ability to cope with highly complex business situations for all participants
  • Raised competences in management leadership and technology
  • Understanding of philosophical contemplation to tackle the big challenges
  • Access to events and networks through our alumni and partner network

PARTICIPANT PROFILE

Professionals with decision-making responsibilities affecting their organization.

(Innovation) Managers that are looking to further their career to a position involving more leadership attributes.

Future leaders who have been identified and put on a talent-track.

Aspiring Entrepreneurs or Intrapreneurs.

TEACHING METHODOLOGY

The GILT ILP (Individual Learning Proposition) puts the participant in focus and adapts to every participants individual needs at any time. Participants will not only learn, but also learn how to teach in a variety of formats including:

Seminars, Lectures & Keynotes
Workshops, Simulations & Case Studies
Collaboration sessions (e.g. Socratic Debates)
Leadership and Personal Development Sessions
Team Activities (e.g. cooking session or hiking)
Interdisciplinary Sparks (e.g. teach something you are good at)