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Courtlyn
Promotion and Events SpecialistDeliver business impact through technology
June 9, 2022
2 months, online
4-6 hours per week
US$2,600 US$2,392 or get US$260 off with a referral
Our participants tell us that taking this program together with their colleagues helps to share common language and accelerate impact.
We hope you find the same. Special pricing is available for groups.
The benefit of learning together with your friend is that you keep each other accountable and have meaningful discussions about what you're learning.
Courtlyn
Promotion and Events SpecialistBased on the information you provided, your team is eligible for a special discount, for Future of Technology: Trends, Strategies, and Innovation Opportunities starting on June 9, 2022 .
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Have questions? Email us at group-enrollments@emeritus.org.Emerging technologies are transforming the global economy at breakneck speed and presenting unprecedented opportunities for innovation, impact, and career growth. In this program, you’ll gain a framework for assessing where potential disruptive technology trends could occur and develop the foresight to align, adapt, and innovate accordingly.
Explore how artificial intelligence , the Internet of Everything (IoE), robotics, automation, quantum computing, cybersecurity, fintech, and blockchain could take your business to new heights and how to gain a competitive advantage from the technology trends and opportunities ahead.
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This program will empower you to:
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The curriculum focuses on the practical aspects of emerging technology. It will provide you with the tools you need to evaluate opportunities, build business cases, create a roadmap for adoption, and become a trusted technology advisor to your organisation or clients.
The curriculum includes four live "deep dive" sessions with Berkeley Haas faculty. After each module, you will have the opportunity to apply the emerging trends and strategic considerations of each technology to your own organization.
Capstone Project: The program culminates with you applying what you have learned by using the proprietary FLP-IT framework from Berkeley Haas to assess future-oriented tech scenarios and harness opportunities amid disruption by focusing on Forces, Logic, Phenomena, Impact, and Triage.
To ground your understanding of technology disruption and digital transformation in a business context, the program presents real-world examples and case studies of prominent organizations. A sample of the companies explored include:
Learn how this China-based tech giant and search engine seeks to disrupt the auto industry with a distinct strategy via Apollo, an open innovation, multisided platform with network effects for autonomous vehicles.
Understand how the multinational corporation gained and maintains dominance in the semiconductor industry.
Discover how the company navigated the S-curve's three phases, leading to a greater adoption of electric vehicles.
Recorded Video Lectures
Live teaching sessions
Notable guest speakers
Live office hours
Network with High-Achieving Classmates
Peer Reviews & Discussions
Real-world examples
Capstone Project
This program is for organizational leaders who want to gain a foundational understanding of where the future of technology is headed and create roadmaps for strategic adoption.
Technology leaders who want to spearhead technological transformation by investing in cutting-edge emerging technologies and charting a course for next-generation innovation.
Senior business leaders who want to expand the potential of their organizations by leveraging the opportunities presented by future-forward technologies.
Mid-level functional managers who want to better understand the breadth of applications for new technologies and their impact on specific functional areas.
Consultants, entrepreneurs, and business professionals who want to keep pace with disruptive technologies, identify the untapped potential of emerging technologies, and discover new applications across industries while mitigating risk.
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In our classrooms, you’ll find a diverse range of students who come from different professional backgrounds, roles, and industries with whom you can share perspectives and gain a more comprehensive understanding of the subject matter.
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Olaf Groth
Professional Faculty Member, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
An esteemed faculty member for strategy, technology management, and futures at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, Prof. Groth is also a professor of practice in global strategy, innovation & economics, digital & disruption futures at Hult International Business School, where he teaches across a global network of campuses in Berkeley, San Francisco, New York, London, Ashridge, Dubai and Shanghai.
Prof. Groth is an internationally renowned executive at and advisor with innovation- and technology-focused multinationals, startups, consultancies, and government agencies, such as Boeing, Qualcomm, Vodafone, Bosch Foundation, and the UAE State Ministry for AI, where he has helped qualify, launch, and grow new programs and ventures. He is the Founder and CEO of Cambrian Futures and Cambrian Designs; a member of the Global Expert Network for the 4th Industrial Revolution at the World Economic Forum; and a Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley's Roundtable on the International Economy and its program, Work in the Era of Intelligent Tools and Systems (WITS).
Dr. Groth is the co-author of the 2018 book “Solomon’s Code: Humanity in a World of Thinking Machines” and its paperback version, “The AI Generation: Shaping Our Future with Thinking Machines,” as well as the forthcoming MIT Press book “The Great Remobilization: Shaping A Smarter World.” He is a frequent contributor to a variety of well-known media outlets, including Wired, The Financial Times, The Hill, Harvard Business Review, California Management Review, NPR, and Deutsche Welle.
He holds a PhD and an MA with international business, economics, and technology management focus from Tufts University's Fletcher School. He also has an MA and a BA in International Policy Studies with an economics focus from Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. In addition, he studied negotiation at Harvard, trade economics at Georgetown, finance at UC Berkeley, and strategic leadership at the Center for Creative Leadership.
Upon successful completion of the program, you will receive a digital certificate of completion from UC Berkeley Executive Education. Participants must complete 80 percent of the required activities, including a capstone project (if any), to obtain the certificate of completion. This program also counts toward a Certificate of Excellence.
Note: This program results in a digital certificate of completion and is not eligible for degree credit/CEUs. After successful completion of the program, your verified digital certificate will be emailed to you in the name you used when registering for the program. All certificate images are for illustrative purposes only and may be subject to change at the discretion of UC Berkeley Executive Education.
Successful completion of this program fulfills the Entrepreneurship & Innovation / Strategy & Management pillar of the UC Berkeley Certificate of Business Excellence (COBE). The Certificate of Business Excellence program gives you the opportunity to create a personal plan of study structured around our four academic pillars. Learn more.
In addition to earning this mark of distinction with a certification from a world-class university, you will also gain access to alumni benefits that include a private global network of more than 41,000 UC Berkeley alumni in more than 80 countries. Among other alumni benefits to consider are:
Networking and events
Berkeley resources
News and communication
Note: All benefits subject to change.
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