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Leading Digital Transformation and Innovation

Program by Stanford Center for Professional Development and HPI

Leading successfully through the digital transformation era:

The Stanford Center for Professional Development and the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) offer an intensive executive program that considers the three key transformational drivers: human needs, digital technology and business transformation management. This unique integrated program aims to transmit the knowledge, practice and the mindset of a NEW LEADERSHIP in times of change. It synergizes strategic Design Thinking and digital technology application with behind-the-scenes insights of the Silicon Valley eco-system.

The challenges of dynamic change

Change is the new constant in leadership of the 21^st century. Never before in history have the opportunities of creating new business value been so easily reachable for organizations – and so elusive at the same time. Digital technology offers speed and scalability to drive successful innovation and adaptivity on the one hand – and represents one of the most important leadership challenges on the other. To navigate the dynamic complexity of a new era, leaders today need an approach that helps them with both: building up a holistic strategy and keeping the big picture in sight as well as walking the talk and using the right methods and tools to execute concrete operational steps.

In an organizational system, digital transformation is always also a cultural revolution that is not just located in your IT department – it reaches all parts of your organization which are interlinked in a complex value flow that has to be considered in the strategy:

your internal infrastructure
your relationships to partners and clients
your product & service portfolio

Change depends on change drivers: the human beings in and around an organization. Accordingly, successful digital transformation requires a human-driven strategy that focuses needs and motivations of employees, clients and partners. This is the fertile ground for an accelerating and amplifying impact of digital technology. The third force on the evolution journey from the present status quo to a future vision is a hands-on and risk-taking entrepreneurial mindset.

The program provides a unique, holistic training for the pioneers of change, grounded in years of extensive experience in education, research and practice in the fields of digital technology, human-centered innovation, Design Thinking and leadership. It follows a simple equation that is the foundation of the course curriculum:

Discover the logical and easily replicable step-by-step approach of the Digital Transformation Leadership Cycle for your transformation strategy:

Block 1: Develop your Desing Thinking competence by using the approach as a leadership strategy for human-centered value creation.

Block 2: Grow your digital competence and train your innovation skills for value creation with digital technology.

Block 3: Deepen your business transformation competence and get inspired by success strategies of the Silicon Valley community for business value creation.

Each of these areas is at the center of a 3–4 day face-to-face training block which are a combination of impulse lectures and practice slots. On-campus courses will be held at HPI in Potsdam, Germany and at Stanford University in California, USA, led by faculty and trainers of both institutions who are leading experts in their field. Online materials complement and deepen the unique learning experience.

Curriculum

The program is structured in seven steps that will represent the golden thread for the participants’ work. This will enable you to set up both a solid theoretical framework and tangible actions to create the foundation for repeatable and scalable transformation for your own organization. The seven value creation steps in your roadmap:

1. What is your purpose value in the context of digital transformation?

2. Which human values in and around the organization are strong levers of change?

3. What are the solutions that deliver practical (daily work) value of change for the human being in the stakeholder system?

4. Which digital technology value can become motor of change by amplifying and accelerating the impact of those solutions?

5. What solutions should be prioritized to fuel strategic value?

6. What elements should be anchored in the organizational system to scale business value?

7. Which leadership action will become symbol of your vision and the prototype, multiplier and symbol of your transformation culture?

BLOCK 1: DESIGN THINKING COMPETENCE

Get to know and apply Design Thinking as a leadership strategy for human-centered value creation which helps you keep the focus on your most important stakeholders. Starting with the definition of your transformation purpose, you will discover and practice Design Thinking as a leadership strategy and explore how to discover the strongest lever for a culture of change.

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BLOCK 2: DIGITAL COMPETENCE

Grow your innovation skills by creating concrete prototypical solutions. Develop your knowledge for value creation with digital technology that can serve as a starting point or accelerator in transformation. In the second block, you will focus on the pragmatic and strategic value of digital transformation.

You will exploreand reflect how digital technology can magnify and scale the compass solutions that you created in block 1.
With your team, you will present your digital transformation solutions to a jury and will have the possibility for deeper discussion.
Day 3 is dedicated to the transfer to your own transformation topic. The result is your personal draft of your digital transformation roadmap.

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BLOCK 3: BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION COMPETENCE

Get inspired by strategies of successful transformation in the Silicon Valley community to transfer these principles into your own context of business value creation. Finally, you will enrich your hands-on training and knowledge gathering experience with a full immersion into entrepreneurial mindset at Stanford University and Silicon Valley. You will leave with new knowledge, myriad examples, strategies and success principles as inspiration and foundation for creating business value with digital transformation.

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Brochure and contact

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Download our brochure with all information on our program here.

For individual consultation, please contact

Dr. Julia Oberhofer

(0049) 331 5509 565
info(at)hpi-academy.de

Application

Spring 2020:

Block 1: March 26-28, 2020 at HPI D-School in Potsdam

Block 2: May 07-09, 2020 at HPI in Potsdam

Block 3: June 16-19, 2020 at Stanford University

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Fall 2020:

Block 1: September 03-05, 2020 at HPI D-School in Potsdam

Block 2: October 08-10, 2020 at HPI in Potsdam

Block 3: November 17-20, 2020 at Stanford University

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Language: English

Fee: 17,500 EUR + VAT

(including course materials, teaching, catering; excluding travel and accommodation)

Partners and program locations

Stanford Center for Professional Development at Stanford University, California, USA
Hasso-Plattner-Institut für Digital Engineering gGmbH, Potsdam, Germany

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Target Group

Executives and business leaders, with and without extensive IT expertise, who need to tackle the challenges of Digital Transformation and Innovation in their company
Managers of innovation, strategy, HR, or product development
Entrepreneurs from all business sectors

Certification

Upon completion of the course, participants will acquire a certificate in LEADING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND INNOVATION from the Stanford Center for Professional Development. The program requires active participation and full-time attendance in order to receive a certificate.

key benefits

Training basis is the Digital Transformation Leadership Cycle, an integrated and easy-replicable step-by-step model for digital transformation which is built on the research-, education- and collaboration experiences with the industry in the fields of Design Thinking, Digital Engineering and Leadership.
A Certificate from Stanford Center for Professional Development and Hasso Plattner Institute.
Focused and intensive program in diverse formats delivered by leading institutions.
Cutting edge themes covered by renowned experts in a practical and targeted way.
The practice-focused program allows direct transfer into individual organizational contexts.
Startup Safaris offer insights of success principles behind digital transformation.
International view and behind-the-scenes experiences about how to apply Design Thinking for transformation when visiting the cradle of innovation—Silicon Valley.
Strengthen your leadership skills in the areas of design thinking, digital technology and transformation.
And last but not least: an intensive exchange of experiences with a diverse course crowd as well as further development of personal and professional skills for your career.

FEEDBACK FROM OUR PARTICIPANTS

“The HPI Stanford Leading Digital Innovation and Transformation was a very impactful program. I went into the course as a new digital leader who was already a creative, idea generator searching for the magic formula to help customers transform for the digital era. Through our hands on design thinking sessions, the innovation stories and experiences from the professors and time in Silicon Valley I personally transformed to the innovators mindset. This course provides valuable content that I will leverage every day in my organization and with customers as a strong digital & innovative leader.”

Laura Grant,

Head of Digital Innovation – Public Sector

“The program in Leading Digital Transformation and Innovation, has been one of the most enriching experiences in my professional development, because it allowed me to explore the whole cycle of innovation. Through an experiential process of learning I have been able to apply creative methodologies with a user centric focus. This methods and concepts are applicable everywhere, because it tackles the infinite needs of innovation, from the basic incremental up to the disruptive kind. The collaboration between HPI and Stanford, provides the best of both worlds, technology and innovation mixed with creativity and entrepreneurship, generating a comprehensive and applicable approach to engage into this digital world.

When I came back to my day to day functions as VP for a large University in Chile, I realized how relevant this innovative mindset was for us. Just transferring my experience and new knowledge has been an asset into the development of new initiatives and how they impact our communities.

I would recommend this program to executives and professionals who are looking for a pathway to navigate this complex and uncertain digital era. People who are trying to tackle complex challenges and they are willing to re-think what it is believe as true.”

Mario Herane,

Vice-president, Universidad Mayor

"I highly recommend the program to people with the will to shape and lead their organization, who would like to gain a deepened understanding of digital transformation. Through the personal exchange with thought leaders from Stanford, HPI and other executives from all around the world, your view on what truly matters in your contexts will sharpen:
Customer choices matter!”

Dr. Olaf Tidelski,

Chief Customer Officer, Allianz Deutschland AG

“My major learnings from the Leading Digital Transformation and Innovation program were the Design Thinking methodologies, the real samples of digital technologies and also future perspectives of these technologies, as well as the value of creating an innovation culture. And of course, it was great seeing all these learnings applied in Silicon Valley.

By using approaches like Design Thinking, we will be able to create innovative solutions that better meet our business needs and bring a competitive advantage. Human centered design was a new way of thinking for me: I have mainly focused on the technological side of the transformation before taking part in the Leading Digital Transformation and Innovation program.

Now I have an holistic approach to achieve it. In my opinion, Design Thinking can be applied in all fields. I would recommend taking the course to executive and middle management, R&D as well as innovation teams and project leaders.”

Fatih Kurt,

Group IT Director, Standard Profil

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What is Design Thinking? If you ask 100 people, you can expect to get just as many different answers.

A sampling of responses include:

"A structured creation process", "A method for developing innovative products, services and processes in a team", "A toolbox for more efficient work" or even "A human-centered solution for complex problems".

For some, it is an innovation method with defined phases and tools, for others a user-centered orientation or philosophy.

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A review

Gerhard Puhlmann, Managing Director of S-Servicepartner Berlin GmbH.

"Most importantly, I gained new perspectives on digitalization and its possibilities. I liked that during our work in the course we focused on the emerging opportunities in the field. Witnessing this optimistic spirit “live” during our visits to Stanford and to Silicon Valley companies was very inspiring."