Digital Transformation: Strategy & Leadership

Dates: 
 

• 29 – 30 October 2026 (Leading Digital Transformation)
   
• 19 – 20 November 2026 (Leading Digital Transformation)
   
• 10 – 11 December 2026 (Leading Digital Transformation)
   
• 14 – 15 January 2027 (Mastering Digital disruption)
   
• 04 – 05 February 2027 (Mastering Digital Disruption)
   

• 19 February 2027: presentation group assignments (tbc)

   

• All courses take place on AMS campus in Antwerp, Boogkeers 5.  On Thursdays : 14:00 – 22:00 (incl. dinner) and Fridays 09:00 – 17:00 (incl. lunch) 

   

The program consists of 2 submodules, each addressing specific topics. During every class, models and concepts are explained and illustrated through cases and exercises. All in-class sessions will be highly interactive, with a lot of focus on sharing experiences and challenging ideas. Throughout the program, you will apply the concepts to real-life organisational challenges through interactive workshops, case studies, an enterprise governance business game and hands-on assignments, ensuring you can immediately translate theory into practice within your own organisation.

Submodule 1: Leading Digital Transformation

• Business and IT strategy & alignment
  The academic foundations of value creation from information technology are laid out and complemented with tools, models and exercises in order to define the value of digital assets in your organization and to measure the alignment between your current digital and business strategy.
• Governance and management of enterprise IT
  Building on the above, we continue with an articulated understanding of the value of technology within your organization. We will analyze the structures, processes and relational mechanisms (IT Governance) that influence the alignment, i.e. value creation, of your business and IT strategy.  The COBIT® 2019 international IT Governance framework is used to help us with the prioritization process. Inspiring exercises and case studies by industry experts are illustrating the key learnings.
• Strategy roadmaps for managing digital transformation – IT governance business game
  All the learnings are brought together in a balanced scorecard in order to formulate a strategy road map which will enable your organization to move from the ‘as is’ situation to the desired ‘to be’ situation. A highly interactive business game and the creation of your own business case will guarantee the clear link from theory to practice. You'll apply the frameworks to real organisational challenges and develop strategic recommendations that can be translated directly to your own professional context.

Submodule 2: Mastering Digital Disruption

• Exploration of contemporary emerging and potential disruptive technologies, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain and 5G, i.e. explore how they can impact business models, value creation and revenue streams
• Hands-on support to start using these technologies by following the principles of Understand – Shape – Embed (U-S-E);
  • Understand: how do these technologies work and how and where can they applied;
  • Shape: teaching and coaching on how you can turn your technological ideas into real business cases and lead disruption in your company by building narratives in order to convince stakeholders;
  • Embed: learn how to scout for new technologies and how to organize your company in order to quickly identify and react on new technology trends.

After attending this program:

• You are able to develop an IT strategy in alignment with your business strategy;
• You can build an enterprise governance structure for IT strategy and related frameworks for your organization;
• You understand the performance impact of IT enabled initiatives;
• You can identify and communicate the company’s IT related business value opportunities and risks;
• You can translate the integrated business & IT strategy into an operating model towards IT architecture, governance, risk & security management;
• You have gained a comprehensive overview and understanding of the potential impact of new (disruptive) technologies on your business model and revenue streams;
• You are able to effectively collaborate in teams, valuing diverse perspectives, cultural differences and skills.  

Our experienced faculty will coach and assist you during this program. All of them have an academic career (master, PhD or DBA) and international experience in terms of career, research, project management, advisory boards and/or consulting. Many of them have published about their practice-based research, business cases and management experiences. Our faculty are experts in executive education, tailor-made programs and business consultancy.