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    Rethink Strategy & Innovation: Strategic Leadership of Technology and Innovation

    Rethink Strategy & Innovation: Strategic Leadership of Technology and Innovation
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    The information below is based on the prior program session and does not reflect potential changes to faculty and course content for future program offerings. For a list of upcoming programs, visit our program finder.

    Summary

    World-class companies striving to achieve growth objectives face many hurdles, including the impact of digital disruption. CTO Forum and Harvard Business School (HBS) Executive Education have joined forces to help Fortune 500 companies harness the extraordinary potential of technology with Rethink Strategy and Innovation: Strategic Leadership of Technology and Innovation. This groundbreaking program helps senior leaders identify, examine, and overcome key challenges inherent in developing and leading today's winning businesses. You'll gain insight into strategy, disruption, and innovation, along with gaining a fresh perspective and new strategic approaches essential to sustaining a competitive edge.

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    Summary

    World-class companies striving to achieve growth objectives face many hurdles, including the impact of digital disruption. CTO Forum and Harvard Business School (HBS) Executive Education have joined forces to help Fortune 500 companies harness the extraordinary potential of technology with Rethink Strategy and Innovation: Strategic Leadership of Technology and Innovation. This groundbreaking program helps senior leaders identify, examine, and overcome key challenges inherent in developing and leading today's winning businesses. You'll gain insight into strategy, disruption, and innovation, along with gaining a fresh perspective and new strategic approaches essential to sustaining a competitive edge.

    Key Benefits
    Focusing on challenges at the intersection of technology, business, and society, this program provides innovative strategies that will help you transform your leadership, deliver value through technology, and differentiate your company. You'll discover new approaches for transforming your organization by building a culture of breakthrough innovation, corporate renewal, and systemic growth.

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    Enable long-term relevance and competitivenessEnable long-term relevance and competitiveness
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    • Differentiate ideas, frameworks, and strategies to ensure sustainable innovation
    • Prevent degeneration and stagnancy
    • Maintain passion, imagination, and deeper employee engagement for the long run
    Create an organization that can innovate on an ongoing basisCreate an organization that can innovate on an ongoing basis
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    • Master the design rules for systemic innovation as part of strategy
    • Prevail against entrenched bias to launch a game-changing agenda
    • Transform innovation from an occasional act into a predictable capability
    • Harness "cognitive surplus" in the workforce to create business value
    Improve business agility and drive growthImprove business agility and drive growth
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    • Implement strategies to overcome corporate inertia
    • Grow current and future markets through ambidexterity
    • Invigorate internal corporate ventures, research and development (R&D), mergers and acquisitions, and incubation
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    • Extend your network by living and working with accomplished executives from various backgrounds, industries, and countries around the globe
    • Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions

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    Focusing on challenges at the intersection of technology, business, and society, this program provides innovative strategies that will help you transform your leadership, deliver value through technology, and differentiate your company. You'll discover new approaches for transforming your organization by building a culture of breakthrough innovation, corporate renewal, and systemic growth.
    Details

    Enable long-term relevance and competitiveness

    • Differentiate ideas, frameworks, and strategies to ensure sustainable innovation
    • Prevent degeneration and stagnancy
    • Maintain passion, imagination, and deeper employee engagement for the long run

    Create an organization that can innovate on an ongoing basis

    • Master the design rules for systemic innovation as part of strategy
    • Prevail against entrenched bias to launch a game-changing agenda
    • Transform innovation from an occasional act into a predictable capability
    • Harness "cognitive surplus" in the workforce to create business value

    Improve business agility and drive growth

    • Implement strategies to overcome corporate inertia
    • Grow current and future markets through ambidexterity
    • Invigorate internal corporate ventures, research and development (R&D), mergers and acquisitions, and incubation

    Expand your personal and professional network

    • Extend your network by living and working with accomplished executives from various backgrounds, industries, and countries around the globe
    • Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions

    Who Should Attend

    This program is ideal for senior business and technology executives of Fortune 500 and other well-established global companies, including:

    • CEOs, presidents, chief operating officers, chief innovation officers, and strategy officers
    • Chief technology officers, vice presidents (VPs) of engineering and of product, and R&D lab directors
    • Chief information officers, information technology (IT) CTOs, and VPs of development and of IT

    Attendance by multiple company representatives will foster teamwork and amplify the program's impact on your organization.

    Participating Companies Have Included:
    Chevron
    Mastercard Incorporated
    Pepsi
    Schneider Electric
    Sephora
    State Farm
    Verizon
    Walmart
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    Inside the Classroom
    See how exchange with faculty and peers yields new insights into critical business trends.
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    We Celebrate New Ways of Thinking. Are You Ready?
    Thrive in a learning environment that welcomes diverse ideas and perspectives.
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    Discover more about business. And yourself.
    Global perspectives > Leadership growth > Organizational impact.
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    Who Should Attend

    This program is ideal for senior business and technology executives of Fortune 500 and other well-established global companies, including:

    • CEOs, presidents, chief operating officers, chief innovation officers, and strategy officers
    • Chief technology officers, vice presidents (VPs) of engineering and of product, and R&D lab directors
    • Chief information officers, information technology (IT) CTOs, and VPs of development and of IT

    Attendance by multiple company representatives will foster teamwork and amplify the program's impact on your organization.

    Participating Companies Have Included:
    Chevron
    Mastercard Incorporated
    Pepsi
    Schneider Electric
    Sephora
    State Farm
    Verizon
    Walmart
    Dive Deeper into the Experience
    Play video
    Play video
    Inside the Classroom
    See how exchange with faculty and peers yields new insights into critical business trends.
    Watch the VideoWatch the Video
    Play video
    Play video
    We Celebrate New Ways of Thinking. Are You Ready?
    Thrive in a learning environment that welcomes diverse ideas and perspectives.
    Watch the VideoWatch the Video
    Play video
    Play video
    Discover more about business. And yourself.
    Global perspectives > Leadership growth > Organizational impact.
    Watch the VideoWatch the Video

    Learning and Living at HBS

    When you participate in an Executive Education program on the HBS campus, you enter an immersive experience where every aspect of the learning model has been carefully designed to facilitate your growth. Your learning will take place on your own, in your living group, and in the larger classroom, driven by the renowned HBS case method.

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    Learning and Living at HBS

    When you participate in an Executive Education program on the HBS campus, you enter an immersive experience where every aspect of the learning model has been carefully designed to facilitate your growth. Your learning will take place on your own, in your living group, and in the larger classroom, driven by the renowned HBS case method.

    Admissions Criteria and Process

    To register for the 2019 HBS/CTO program, please visit the CTO Forum website.

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    Admissions Criteria and Process Dropdown down

    To register for the 2019 HBS/CTO program, please visit the CTO Forum website.

    What You Will Learn

    Your rich learning experience will include faculty presentations, small-group discussions, executive roundtables, and industry guest speakers. You'll also take a close look at innovation in action through global case studies on companies like The Walt Disney Company and Pixar, Adobe, General Electric, Jones Lang LaSalle, and Schibsted.

    HBS provides study materials and cases prior to the program start date. Given the intensive schedule during the program, your advanced preparation will ensure that you can maximize the value of your time on campus and fulfill your responsibilities to participate actively in discussions with faculty and peers.

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    What You Will Learn

    Your rich learning experience will include faculty presentations, small-group discussions, executive roundtables, and industry guest speakers. You'll also take a close look at innovation in action through global case studies on companies like The Walt Disney Company and Pixar, Adobe, General Electric, Jones Lang LaSalle, and Schibsted.

    HBS provides study materials and cases prior to the program start date. Given the intensive schedule during the program, your advanced preparation will ensure that you can maximize the value of your time on campus and fulfill your responsibilities to participate actively in discussions with faculty and peers.

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    Redefining innovation: creating and capturing valueRedefining innovation: creating and capturing value
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    • Redefining the locus of innovation
    • Putting customers at the center of your innovation stream
    • Encouraging organic growth initiatives to transform culture
    • Achieving exceptional performance with simple operating systems
    Rethink digital strategies: disruptions and opportunitiesRethink digital strategies: disruptions and opportunities
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    • Reinventing business through digital transformation
    • Leading in the age of digital disruption
    • Managing strategic change
    • Promoting design thinking and creativity
    • Understanding innovation streams
    • Developing digital business models
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    • Creating value with complementors
    • Fostering distributed and open innovation
    • Managing disruptions and uncertainty
    • Leveraging innovation communities
    • Formulating and executing a technology strategy
    • Employing helpful models for spotting new opportunities
    • Managing exploratory processes for innovation and venturing

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    Key Topics Dropdown down

    Redefining innovation: creating and capturing value

    • Redefining the locus of innovation
    • Putting customers at the center of your innovation stream
    • Encouraging organic growth initiatives to transform culture
    • Achieving exceptional performance with simple operating systems

    Rethink digital strategies: disruptions and opportunities

    • Reinventing business through digital transformation
    • Leading in the age of digital disruption
    • Managing strategic change
    • Promoting design thinking and creativity
    • Understanding innovation streams
    • Developing digital business models

    Rethink strategy: value innovation

    • Creating value with complementors
    • Fostering distributed and open innovation
    • Managing disruptions and uncertainty
    • Leveraging innovation communities
    • Formulating and executing a technology strategy
    • Employing helpful models for spotting new opportunities
    • Managing exploratory processes for innovation and venturing

    The HBS Advantage

    Offered in collaboration with the CTO Forum, Rethink Strategy and Innovation is developed and taught by HBS faculty who are widely recognized as skilled educators, groundbreaking researchers, and award-winning authors. Through their board memberships, consulting, and field-based research, they address the complex challenges facing business leaders across the globe.

    Faculty Chair
    Stefan H. Thomke
    Stefan H. Thomke
    Stefan H. Thomke

    Stefan H. Thomke

    William Barclay Harding Professor of Business Administration

    HBS Unit:
    Technology and Operations Management

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    Faculty
    Ramon Casadesus-Masanell
    Ramon Casadesus-Masanell
    Ramon Casadesus-Masanell

    Ramon Casadesus-Masanell

    Herman C. Krannert Professor of Business Administration

    HBS Unit:
    Strategy

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    Clayton M. Christensen
    Clayton M. Christensen
    Clayton M. Christensen

    Clayton M. Christensen

    Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration

    HBS Units:
    General Management
    Technology and Operations Management

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    Ranjay Gulati
    Ranjay Gulati
    Ranjay Gulati

    Ranjay Gulati

    Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration

    HBS Unit:
    Organizational Behavior

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    Sunil Gupta
    Sunil Gupta
    Sunil Gupta

    Sunil Gupta

    Edward W. Carter Professor of Business Administration

    HBS Unit:
    Marketing

    Read Full Bio

    Marco Iansiti
    Marco Iansiti
    Marco Iansiti

    Marco Iansiti

    David Sarnoff Professor of Business Administration

    HBS Unit:
    Technology and Operations Management

    Read Full Bio

    Michael L. Tushman
    Michael L. Tushman
    Michael L. Tushman

    Michael L. Tushman

    Baker Foundation Professor, Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus

    HBS Unit:
    Organizational Behavior

    Read Full Bio

    Guest Speakers

    HBS faculty members have enduring relationships with some of the world's most renowned leaders; many of those who are invited to speak are the actual protagonists featured in the cases studied during the program. These inspiring sessions, often considered once-in-a-lifetime highlights, deepen the learning experience and give you firsthand insights into how top executives have overcome critical business challenges.
    Bruce D. Broussard
    Humana: President and CEO
    Read Full Bio
    Seifi Ghasemi
    Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.: Chair, President and CEO
    Read Full Bio
    ED McLAUGHLIN
    Mastercard, Inc.: President, Operations and Technology
    William Ruh
    Digital, Lendlease: Chief Executive Officer
    Read Full Bio
    Stephan Schenk
    TD Group US Holdings, LLC: President and CEO
    Paul Chapman
    Gap Inc.: EVP and Chief Information Officer
    Read Full Bio
    James Swanson
    Monsanto Co.: CIO
    John Ferriola
    Nucor Corp.: CEO
    Read Full Bio
    Ben Fowke
    Xcel Energy, Inc.: CEO
    Read Full Bio
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    The HBS Advantage

    Offered in collaboration with the CTO Forum, Rethink Strategy and Innovation is developed and taught by HBS faculty who are widely recognized as skilled educators, groundbreaking researchers, and award-winning authors. Through their board memberships, consulting, and field-based research, they address the complex challenges facing business leaders across the globe.

    Faculty Chair
    Stefan H. Thomke
    Stefan H. Thomke
    Stefan H. Thomke

    Stefan H. Thomke

    William Barclay Harding Professor of Business Administration

    HBS Unit:
    Technology and Operations Management

    Read Full Bio

    Faculty
    Ramon Casadesus-Masanell
    Ramon Casadesus-Masanell
    Ramon Casadesus-Masanell

    Ramon Casadesus-Masanell

    Herman C. Krannert Professor of Business Administration

    HBS Unit:
    Strategy

    Read Full Bio

    Clayton M. Christensen
    Clayton M. Christensen
    Clayton M. Christensen

    Clayton M. Christensen

    Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration

    HBS Units:
    General Management
    Technology and Operations Management

    Read Full Bio

    Ranjay Gulati
    Ranjay Gulati
    Ranjay Gulati

    Ranjay Gulati

    Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration

    HBS Unit:
    Organizational Behavior

    Read Full Bio

    Sunil Gupta
    Sunil Gupta
    Sunil Gupta

    Sunil Gupta

    Edward W. Carter Professor of Business Administration

    HBS Unit:
    Marketing

    Read Full Bio

    Marco Iansiti
    Marco Iansiti
    Marco Iansiti

    Marco Iansiti

    David Sarnoff Professor of Business Administration

    HBS Unit:
    Technology and Operations Management

    Read Full Bio

    Michael L. Tushman
    Michael L. Tushman
    Michael L. Tushman

    Michael L. Tushman

    Baker Foundation Professor, Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus

    HBS Unit:
    Organizational Behavior

    Read Full Bio

    Guest Speakers

    HBS faculty members have enduring relationships with some of the world's most renowned leaders; many of those who are invited to speak are the actual protagonists featured in the cases studied during the program. These inspiring sessions, often considered once-in-a-lifetime highlights, deepen the learning experience and give you firsthand insights into how top executives have overcome critical business challenges.
    Bruce D. Broussard
    Humana: President and CEO
    Read Full Bio
    Seifi Ghasemi
    Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.: Chair, President and CEO
    Read Full Bio
    ED McLAUGHLIN
    Mastercard, Inc.: President, Operations and Technology
    William Ruh
    Digital, Lendlease: Chief Executive Officer
    Read Full Bio
    Stephan Schenk
    TD Group US Holdings, LLC: President and CEO
    Paul Chapman
    Gap Inc.: EVP and Chief Information Officer
    Read Full Bio
    James Swanson
    Monsanto Co.: CIO
    John Ferriola
    Nucor Corp.: CEO
    Read Full Bio
    Ben Fowke
    Xcel Energy, Inc.: CEO
    Read Full Bio
    Program content, dates, schedule, fees, technology platforms, and faculty are subject to change. In accordance with Harvard University policy, Harvard Business School does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex or sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, veteran status, or disability in admission to, access to, treatment in, or employment in its programs and activities.
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