Saïd Business School

Oxford Executive Diploma in Strategy and Innovation

Saïd Business School

Strategy

About Programme

Are you in a leadership position where you need to create, navigate and evolve the strategy of your organisation?

Do you sometimes feel that you should, and need to, innovate, but it feels at odds with the need to plan a comprehensive strategy, due to preconceived ideas about planning?

In today’s uncertain world, strategies must be agile. The days of 5–10-year plans are over. Innovation equally is not static. Continuous ‘creative problem-solving’ propels organisations forward. Those who do not give equal attention to strategic agility and innovation, risk stagnating, losing their value and competitive edge. In the words of our programme participants, ‘strategy and innovation are all about applying a creative approach to an existing problem to achieve your vision, and how you plan to get there,’ and yet this interdependency between the two is often overlooked.

The Oxford Executive Diploma in Strategy and Innovation offers a sharp focus on the relationship and interdependencies between these two concepts. This highly interactive programme is designed to equip experienced professionals with the practical tools to both effectively formulate and execute transformative, evolving strategies that drive growth, maximise value and make a dynamic impact in our rapidly changing world.

Programme Content

Are you in a leadership position where you need to create, navigate and evolve the strategy of your organisation?

Do you sometimes feel that you should, and need to, innovate, but it feels at odds with the need to plan a comprehensive strategy, due to preconceived ideas about planning?

In todays uncertain world, strategies must be agile. The days of 510-year plans are over. Innovation equally is not static. Continuous creative problem-solving propels organisations forward. Those who do not give equal attention to strategic agility and innovation, risk stagnating, losing their value and competitive edge. In the words of our programme participants, strategy and innovation are all about applying a creative approach to an existing problem to achieve your vision, and how you plan to get there, and yet this interdependency between the two is often overlooked.

The Oxford Executive Diploma in Strategy and Innovation offers a sharp focus on the relationship and interdependencies between these two concepts. This highly interactive programme is designed to equip experienced professionals with the practical tools to both effectively formulate and execute transformative, evolving strategies that drive growth, maximise value and make a dynamic impact in our rapidly changing world.

This part-time postgraduate qualification consists of four modules taught over one year:

Strategy

Innovation strategy

Globalisation and strategy

Strategy in action

What you can expect

By the end of the diploma programme, you will have gained not only a complete set of professional strategic tools and a revitalised approach to innovation, but the advanced capability to select, tailor and develop your own frameworks to deliver an effective solution to future challenges.

Programme Benefits

Study part-time and experience Oxford in person four times a year
Gain practical tools and apply them immediately
Develop strong relationships with a global cohort
Learn from word-class faculty and other global leaders
Access leading research and insights
Gain prestigious Oxford postgraduate credentials
Enjoy exclusive Oxford experiences
Study part-time and experience Oxford in person four times a year
Gain practical tools and apply them immediately
Develop strong relationships with a global cohort
Learn from word-class faculty and other global leaders
Access leading research and insights
Gain prestigious Oxford postgraduate credentials
Enjoy exclusive Oxford experiences
Study part-time and access an Oxford education anywhere
Benefit from a flexible combination of live online classes and self-paced learning
Gain practical tools and apply them immediately
Develop strong relationships with a global cohort
Learn from world-class faculty and other global leaders
Access leading insights and research
Gain prestigious Oxford postgraduate credentials
Enjoy exclusive Oxford experiences
Study part-time and access an Oxford education anywhere
Benefit from a flexible combination of live online classes and self-paced learning
Gain practical tools and apply them immediately
Develop strong relationships with a global cohort
Learn from world-class faculty and other global leaders
Access leading insights and research
Gain prestigious Oxford postgraduate credentials
Enjoy exclusive Oxford experiences

Testimonials

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Academic Director and Senior Lecturer of Strategy and Innovation

Looking back on what I have learnt through the Diploma in Strategy and Innovation, if I had the tools that I have gained now when I started my role as Corporate Vice President at Microsoft, my approach would have been very different.

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Associate Professor of Strategic Management

This diploma, in my opinion, is a world-class learning experience that teaches precise methods and approaches to resolve organisational challenges in a changing environment. If you want to move your company forward, this is the programme for you.

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Professor of Management Studies

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Professor of Strategic Management

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