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Leadership in the Digital Age (edX)

Leadership in the Digital Age (edX)

The adoption of new disruptive technologies in a digital transformation environment in companies boosts the need to redefine the leadership in organizations, while it highlights the need of the human being as a guiding principle in technological innovation.

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Throughout time, business leadership has transformed, up to the point that it is now necessary to take into account that leaders have to interact with up to four generations simultaneously, additionally to managing companies through digital transformation processes. This reality requires new competencies that speed up the necessary changes in companies in the long term.
In the same way, the digital transformation that companies are living implies that company leaders understand the relevance of identifying the human being (their staff and their customers) as the center of technological innovation.
This course is part of the Digital transformation as a business and innovation strategy Professional Certificate.

What you'll learn
With this course you will be able to:

  • Know the generational leadership styles.
  • Identify the leadership and digital competencies models.
  • Know the principles of “Human-Centered Design”
  • Describe your degree of digital readiness.

Syllabus

Topic 1: Leadership styles through time
Topic 1.1 Leadership evolution – From analogous to digital leadership
Topic 1.2 Leadership models: how to guide multi-functional, multi-generational, multi-cultural, and multi-digital teams

Topic 2: Digital competences
Topic 2.1 Digital competencies models
Topic 2.2 Digital leadership (digital enablers)

Topic 3: The human being as the center of innovation
Topic 3.1 Evolution of the interaction with the customers
Topic 3.2 Principles of Human-Centered Design (Note: “the economy of behaviour”)

Topic 4: Digital readiness
Topic 4.1 Description of the digital readiness
Topic 4.2 Create your own digital readiness (Note: Lifelong Learning)

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