Executive Development | SBS-ED
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In today’s business world, the “future of technology” is no longer on the horizon. It is already embedded in daily operations, boardroom decisions, and competitive strategy. Artificial intelligence drafts strategies, automation redefines workflows, and advanced analytics turn data into decisive advantage. Technology has moved from support function to core driver of value creation.
Most organisations are already experimenting with or implementing AI, while nearly half the workforce will require reskilling to keep pace (McKinsey & Company, 2023; World Economic Forum, 2023). These tools deliver speed and efficiency, yet they surface critical leadership questions: Can we trust the outputs? Are we governing them responsibly? And how do we preserve uniquely human judgement, creativity, and ethical oversight?
For organisations, success demands more than adoption. It requires strategic alignment, robust governance, risk management, and value-driven integration. For leaders and teams, it means collaborating with technology rather than competing against it. For society, the stakes include bias, equity, access, and environmental sustainability.
This Future of Technology Programme cuts through the hype. It equips leaders with the foresight, frameworks, and confidence to navigate, and shape, a world where technology evolves faster than most organisations can adapt.
Organisations & Individuals
This programme is designed for forward-thinking organisations and professionals who recognise technological fluency as a core leadership competency in today’s economy.
Individuals:
Mid- to senior-level managers, team leaders, and functional heads in operations, finance, marketing, HR, strategy, and innovation. These decision-makers must interpret emerging technologies, assess business relevance, integrate them responsibly, and drive performance outcomes.
Executives, C-suite leaders, and policymakers shaping organisational or institutional strategy, governance, and risk oversight. They gain future-focused insight for high-stakes decisions without needing deep technical expertise.
Early-career professionals, analysts, consultants, and project managers involved in technology initiatives or digital transformation. The programme bridges knowledge gaps to meet evolving workplace demands.
Organisations:
Ideal for organisations building internal capability in strategic technology foresight, responsible adoption, and change leadership – especially those navigating digital transformation, innovation pressures, or competitive disruption.
Across all levels, the shared challenge is achieving clarity, confidence, and strategic capability in a fast-changing technological landscape – avoiding missed opportunities, unmanaged risks, and reactive decision-making. Participants leave equipped to anticipate trends, evaluate options, lead change, and drive innovation, resilience, and sustainable growth.
This programme equips leaders and organisations to move from reactive uncertainty to proactive, strategic mastery of technological change. As the introduction highlights, the greatest challenge is not access to technology, but understanding its strategic relevance, managing risks, governing its use, and driving meaningful, value-aligned adoption.
The journey begins with futures thinking, using structured frameworks to explore current, emerging, and alternative technological realities and anticipate disruption. It then moves into Technology in Focus, unpacking key innovations and evaluating their suitability for specific business contexts.
Further modules examine the science and systems of innovation, drawing on expert predictions and science fiction to develop richer, multi-faceted perspectives. Technology futures frameworks provide rigorous tools for assessing readiness, adoption trajectories, complexity, and disruption potential. A dedicated focus on technology, society, and the environment fosters responsible innovation and sustainability. Practical change management models prepare participants to lead successful technology-enabled transformation, while final reflection ensures insights translate directly into organisational action.
Comprehensive yet forward-looking, the programme delivers the critical thinking, practical tools, and leadership mindset required to thrive in a technology-driven future.
Over the course of 20 weeks, participants will be equipped to:
