Digital Transformation: Leading Organizational Change in the Age of AI

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Innovation

Application Deadline Approaching

Last date to apply: January 1, 2027 · Program starts on February 14, 2027

About Programme

Technology is practically a requirement in every business today. But are you deploying it across the breadth of your business for maximum impact? Are you using it as a strategic advantage rather than just a tactical tool? Digital Transformation: Leading Organizational Change in the Age of AI will help you do both, providing the core technical knowledge, strategic skills, and confidence you need to lead impactful digital initiatives. Learn how to match the right technologies to right-sized objectives. Rethink the customer journey using data. Discover frameworks to implement your digital strategy and garner organizational support.

Faculty from Stanford Graduate School of Business and School of Engineering will deliver cutting-edge research and expertise. You’ll also hear practical insights from industry guest speakers, share challenges with peers, and be introduced to the Digital Transformation Canvas that you can leverage as you implement transformation initiatives when you return to work. It’s a powerful collaboration you’ll find only at Stanford, where innovation and digital transformation are in our DNA.

Programme Content

Develop your awareness of technologies and learn strategies and tools for taking action on your own digital transformation initiatives.

What are the key technologies driving change for business?

How can these technologies enable new strategic opportunities?

How do you implement the right digital strategy for your organization?

Digital Transformation: Leading Organizational Change in the Age of AI presents a comprehensive curriculum to help you find answers and take action. If you want to get ahead of the competition, increase efficiency, or improve profitability, the curriculum empowers senior-level executives with limited technical knowledge to drive digital initiatives with greater competence, clarity, and confidence.

Key Themes

Faculty from Stanford Graduate School of Business and School of Engineering will deliver a powerful and practical learning experience. Each day will focus on a key theme:

Day 1: Leveraging AI and New Technologies

Day 2: Using Data Analytics

Day 3: Identifying Business Opportunities

Day 4: Implementing Digital Initiatives

Day 5: Leading Organizational Change

Experiential Learning

The rigorous and forward-thinking curriculum is designed to move you from awareness to action. The program encompasses technology foundations, strategic frameworks, case studies, communication skills, and daily, collaborative working sessions. You’ll maximize your learning by creating a Digital Transformation Action Plan that you can implement when you return to work.

Stanford Expertise

Gain insights from the leading minds in AI, data analytics, innovation, organizational behavior, operations, communication, and more. It’s a uniquely Stanford experience designed to empower senior-level executives to initiate and lead successful digital transformation efforts.

Below are just a few of the sessions you’ll attend as part of the program.

Programme Objective

Build a foundational understanding of the key technologies fueling digital transformation — from AI and machine learning to the internet of things, data analytics, sensors, and automation.

Discover new capabilities and strategic opportunities enabled by digital technologies and identify what’s right for your organization.

Learn strategic frameworks and tools to initiate, influence, and lead digital transformation within your organization.

Create a customized, detailed Digital Transformation Action Plan for an initiative that you can lead and implement upon your return to work.

Gain a competitive advantage by capitalizing on digital transformation solutions.

Programme Audience

Senior-level executives, VPs, or Directors of non-tech or non-digital native companies who need to oversee and lead digital initiatives within their organization

C-suite executives looking to discover the new opportunities that digital transformation can create for their business and organization

Aspiring digital transformation leaders from any function, industry, and country

Ideal for those with minimal technical background