Ideate
As an entrepreneur, you’ll often find you’re the CFO, CTO & CEO in one. Apply the business fundamentals while you nurture your entrepreneurial spirit and skills.
Courses in this module
Core Course
Business Insights Through Data
Successful businesses compare past business performance with newly acquired information to visualize industry trends and make decisions. Using data analysis helps companies predict industry and market trends and adapt accordingly. This course will help students understand and apply different business metrics and use quantitative and qualitative analyses to provide specific recommendations to their businesses and clients.
Key topics & skills
Data & Decisions
Describing Categorical & Numerical Data
Association Between Variables
Normal Probability Models
Samples & Confidence Intervals
Regression Models
Core Course
Communication & Collaboration 1: Personal Impact
Effective communication and collaboration skills can make or break a successful career. Gain a clear understanding of the most in-demand interpersonal competencies and skills in business today. Then, continually apply these skills in exercises and role plays—and graduate with the soft skills needed to succeed in the global workplace.
Key topics & skills
Learning & Development
Managing Yourself
Communicating With Individuals & Groups
Presentation Skills—Story Telling, Presentations & Pitching
Core Course
Futures Thinking & Emerging Tech
Develop your future thinking, using the Institute for the Future's stages of Prepare, Foresight, Insight and Action. Explore specific techniques to identify drivers and signals of change which enable innovative products and services. Then look into promising emerging technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.
Key topics & skills
Future Mindset—Trends & Signals of Change to Insights & Action
Future Thinking Tools—Prepare, Foresight, Insight, and Action
Blockchain Technology & Applications
Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Applications
Machine Learning & Applications
Core Course
Design Thinking for Customer Discovery
Get a practical and in-depth exploration of design thinking as a method and mindset for creative problem-solving in a business context. Understand how it serves to solve complex problems and as a framework to balance needs and feasibility. See how it’s used to develop business strategy and as a tool for building a culture that fosters curiosity, exploration, and experimentation.
Key topics & skills
Opportunity Identification —Defining the Context, Customer Segments, Competition, Vision & Value
Design Thinking & Strategic Innovation, Creating Design-Oriented Companies—Business Models, Experience Design, Culture
Understanding & Empathizing With the Customer
Ideation—Brainstorming & Pivoting
Core Course
Program Immersion
Begin your program with an immersion experience. This is where you’ll first practice essential business skills to prepare for the program and assess your readiness on commonly used concepts and tools for industry and career preparation. You’ll begin to develop communication and teamwork skills, reflect on your personal journey, and build a strong foundation for your ongoing success.
Key Topics & Skills
Business, Finance & Communication Fundamentals
Academic & Program-Specific Skills, Tools & Essentials
Career, Professional & Personal Development
Business Challenge
Business Challenge #1
Put all your newly acquired knowledge and skills directly into practice at the end of each block through a practical and relevant business challenge. Teams will draw on the content and themes of previous courses in each block to complete challenges involving simulations, executive pitch presentations, innovation hackathons, real company challenges, designing new business models, etc.
Key Topics & Skills
Cross Functional Strategic Decision Making, Planning & Coordination
Analyzing Real & Simulated Business Cases
Team Leadership & Dynamics
Courses and challenges subject to change
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