Navigating Transitions During AI-Driven Change

MIT Sloan School of Management

Digital Business & IT

About Programme

Why attend Navigating Transitions During AI-Driven Change?

The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) represents more than just technological advancement—it's triggering the most profound transformation of work in our lifetime. While most leaders recognize AI's impact on business operations, few truly understand its deeper implications for human skills, roles, and identities. Even fewer have developed systematic approaches for navigating these multi-layered transitions.

This unique learning experience is built around Hal Gregersen and Roger Lehman’s Transitions Curve Framework—based on 650 in-depth case studies of individuals in transition during the past decade. The course helps leaders develop a comprehensive understanding of how AI-driven change affects individuals and organizations at every level. Starting with practical skill transitions—what capabilities to let go of and what new ones to develop—the course moves progressively deeper. You'll explore how changing skill sets reshape professional roles, and how evolving roles transform both professional and personal identities.

Throughout this journey, you'll learn to recognize and productively channel the emotional energy that accompanies such profound changes. By developing a clear sense of purpose and stronger inquiry skills, you'll build the resilience needed to navigate continuous technological disruption while helping others do the same.

The best leaders in our rapidly changing world understand that organizational transformation begins with personal transformation. This program equips you with the frameworks, tools, and insights to lead from this perspective, turning periods of AI-driven transition from potential threats into opportunities for growth and renewal.

Course Topics

Programme Content

Day 1

8:30 AM – 9:10 AM

Registration Breakfast and Introductions

9:10 AM – 10:05 AM

Transition-Curve Leadership During Disruptive Change (w/ break)

10:05 AM – 11:15 AM

Transition Curve Framework: Adjusting Roles (w/ break)

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM

Transition Curve Framework: Shifting Capabilities

12:15 PM – 1:15 PM

Lunch

1:15 PM – 2:10 PM

Transition Curve Framework: Evolving Identities (w/ break)

2:10 PM – 3:20 PM

Transition Curve Framework: Managing Emotions (w/ break)

3:20 PM – 4:00 PM

What Questions, Insights, and Calls-to-Action Surfaced During Day 1?

Day 2

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM

Breakfast

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM

What Questions, Insights, and Calls-to-Action Surfaced Overnight?

9:30 AM – 10:50 AM

The Super Power of Inquiry (w/ break)

10:50 PM – 12:15 PM

Leveraging the Superpower of Inquiry

12:15 PM – 1:15 PM

Lunch and Executive Certificate Ceremony

1:15 PM – 2:25 PM

Sustaining the Superpower of Psychological Safety (w/ break)

2:25 PM – 3:15 PM

Engaging The Transition Curve Framework Effectively at Work and in Life (w/ break)

3:15 PM – 4:00 PM

Integrating Insight and Generating Positive Impact Going Forward

Day 1

9:00 AM – 9:10 AM

Welcome and Introductions

9:10 AM – 10:05 AM

Transition-Curve Leadership During Disruptive Change (w/ break)

10:05 AM – 11:15 AM

Transition Curve Framework: Adjusting Roles (w/ break)

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM

Transition Curve Framework: Shifting Capabilities

12:15 PM – 1:15 PM

Lunch

1:15 PM – 2:10 PM

Transition Curve Framework: Evolving Identities (w/ break)

2:10 PM – 3:20 PM

Transition Curve Framework: Managing Emotions (w/ break)

3:20 PM – 4:00 PM

What Questions, Insights, and Calls-to-Action Surfaced During Day 1?

Day 2

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM

What Questions, Insights, and Calls-to-Action Surfaced Overnight?

9:30 AM – 10:50 AM

The Super Power of Inquiry (w/ break)

10:50 PM – 12:15 PM

Leveraging the Superpower of Inquiry

12:15 PM – 1:00 PM

Break

1:00 PM – 1:15 PM

Executive Certificate Ceremony

1:15 PM – 2:25 PM

Sustaining the Superpower of Psychological Safety (w/ break)

2:25 PM – 3:15 PM

Engaging The Transition Curve Framework Effectively at Work and in Life (w/ break)

3:15 PM – 4:00 PM

Integrating Insight and Generating Positive Impact Going Forward

Programme Objective

Upon completing this course, you will:

Understand how to apply a comprehensive transition framework that addresses skills, roles, identities, and emotions

Master tools for managing your own transitions as a foundation for guiding others through rapid change

Build capabilities for maintaining emotional resilience during continuous change

Generate the capacity to help others navigate uncertainty without rushing to premature solutions when facing technological disruption

Reinforce the ability to stay grounded and effective during the "in-between" spaces–where old ways no longer work but new approaches haven't fully emerged

Develop stronger AI-enhanced inquiry skills for tackling tough transitional challenges

Design effective support systems for sustained success as AI-driven change continues to unfold

Establish methods for strengthening human agency and the power of purpose in a rapidly changing world

Learn how to recognize and proactively address the deeper implications of AI-driven change

Earn a certificate of completion from the MIT Sloan School of Management. This course may also count toward MIT Sloan Executive Certificate requirements.

Programme Audience

This course has been developed for:

Individuals who want to improve their ability to navigate the transitions that result from disruptive change and/or create an organizational culture that can support individuals and teams as they do so

Senior leaders and professionals engaged in change management

This content is highly applicable to the new world of substantial systemic change and the impact it has on our roles in radically shifting organizational models.

Please Note:

We do not recommend this course if you have already completed Managing the Human Side of Digital Disruption , unless you are seeking a refresher of the content.

This course was formerly known as Navigating Transitions During Disruptive Change.

"Hal Gregersen's MIT Sloan course... was just what I needed. His course is thought provoking. The material is dense. I found myself considering the ideas particularly days after the course ended and even several weeks later. I am a visual person, so Marsha Dunn's drawings added a wonderful dimension to understanding connections between concepts."

"Hal Gregersen's course is fantastic. Words can not describe it enough. The course has to be experienced. The best course out of all my 12 courses for my ACE certificate."

Programme Benefits

Frameworks

Master a systematic framework for navigating personal and organizational transitions in an AI-transformed workplace

Thrive in Uncertainty

Learn to thrive in periods of profound change where old approaches no longer work but new ones aren't yet clear

Inquiry Skills

Build your capacity for purposeful inquiry—a crucial skill for leading through uncertainty and continuous technological change

Mens et Manus

Develop practical approaches for managing the emotional energy that accompanies today’s profound workplace transitions

Certificate

Earn a certificate of course completion from the MIT Sloan School of Management

Testimonials

"Circled back after the course with several suggested books, and Ive been applying the concepts in my day-to-day work and life. Its opened up multiple paths forward."

Erin L

"Hal Gregerson's MIT Sloan course entitled Navigating Transitions During Disruptive Change was just what I needed. His course is thought provoking. The material is dense. I found myself considering the ideas particularly days after the course ended and even several weeks later. I am a visual person, so Marsha Dunn's drawings added a wonderful dimension to understanding connections between concepts."

Diane R

"Wonderful class by Hal and Masha! Thanks for the insight!"

Dejian C

"Hal Gregersens course is fantastic. Words can not describe it enough. The course has to be experienced. The best course out of all my 12 courses for my ACE certificate"

Peter A

"Very good insights into what actually drives and influeces change. Change is made by people, not by organizations"

Michael Z

"Insightful and meaningful. Great to see there are methods and learnings to deal with our many personal and professional life transitions."

Francisco I

"The course 'Navigating Transitions During Disruptive Change' was excellent. The facilitators were first class and the content very relevant for my professional and personal life. It helped me to evaluate the key transition I was going through, to re-evaluate what that transition actually was and how to navigate it. I fully recommend this course for anyone going through a transition."

Angela B

"There's not a single industry that hasn't been affected by the pandemic, but the number of disruptive changes businesses have had to deal with were already increasing at a rapid rate even before it started. This course provides some great methods for dealing with these changes that will not only be helpful today, but well into the future as well. I was able to immediately apply some of my learnings to my current role and I came away with a number of new perspectives. I'd highly recommend this course to anyone that's in a leadership role."

Tom L

"It has been a great experience. The virtualonline classroom setting did not in any way reduce the interactivity of this course. Vivid discussions, shared real life experiences and group break outs helped to put the course content into business context. This is a course relevant to all managers and leaders that want to identify the key ingredients of how to better engage people affected by change."

Sebastian R.

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