Get equipped with the knowledge, skills, and tools to think about the strategic and leadership implications of decisions you will be making in the coming months and years.
As leaders pivot to a post-COVID economy, this program is timely, as it provides business and HR executives with insights into the key decisions you need to make to manage the future of work.
Business leaders need to assemble an integrated portfolio focusing on the redesign of work (integrating people and machines on super-teams), workforces (managing talent marketplaces and ecosystems), and workplaces (implementing hybrid strategies with an emphasis on management and culture). This program, based on recent leading corporate cases, will explore these issues and their impact on corporate strategy and leadership requirements. Whether managing a large corporation, a division or a smaller team or a start-up, the future of work (FoW) was accelerated by the pandemic and decisions and priorities about the FoW are more urgent and timelier than ever. What are the most critical decisions and how can you be prepared to shape them for action and impact?
Led by a duo of experts, the chair of Columbia Business School’s Management division and the former leader of Deloitte Consulting’s Future of Work practice, this program provides a unique opportunity to study recent cases and trends and proactively prepare for what’s next.
This program will equip you with the knowledge, skills, and tools to think about the strategic and leadership implication of FoW decisions you will be making in the coming months and years.
After attending this program, you will be prepared to:
- Identify and prioritize your key decisions to manage the FoW
- Integrate the key decisions with your firm’s and team’s strategy
- See the inter-connected challenges and opportunities regarding the FoW to organize a coordinated strategic portfolio of initiatives
- Develop a baseline plan for next steps on how to organize work priorities post-COVID including which leaders need to be involved
Upon completion of this program, you will earn two credits towards a Certificate with select alumni and tuition benefits. Learn more.
The program uses a combination of interactive lectures, recent case study discussions, and group planning exercises.
Day 1 focuses on the impact of FoW on the workforce. More and more work is being done via alternative employment models and internal talent markets and career paths are changing rapidly. What does this mean for individuals and the meaning and purpose of work? How do we manage the workforce as it shifts from supervising talent in an enterprise employee life cycle to orchestrating people—and machines—in extended workforce ecosystems. You will identify how your FoW strategy is connected—across business, technology, procurement, HR, and finance— and influenced by your firm’s strategy.
Day 2 focuses on machine and human collaboration and how this affects work and organizational design and practices. Discussions and cases will explore how technology can fuel a range of strategic outcomes from substitution and automation to augmentation and collaboration. You will learn how team formation and interaction is changing rapidly and how to manage your firm in a world of networks, teams, and platforms to drive combinations of talent and technology for both increased productivity and innovation.
Day 3 focuses on workplace strategies and how to think about and implement remote and hybrid work programs in particular. You will explore which form of work is best suited for your organization’s strategy and how to effectively implement work arrangements for the next normal. Finally, you will explore how changes to the workplace will likely require substantial changes for leadership and management. You will leave with insights on how to adapt your leadership and management style for the new normal.
This program is designed for executives involved in decisions regarding work redesign (through automation and AI) and workforce and workplace strategies. Whether managing a large corporation, a division or a smaller team or start-up, the future of work got accelerated by the pandemic and decisions and priorities about the future are more urgent than ever.
Columbia Business School alumni and up to four of their colleagues are eligible for a 25 percent tuition benefit for this program. More on the Alumni Tuition Benefit.
Upon completion of this program, you will earn credits towards a Certificate with select alumni and tuition benefits.
Suitable for executives involved in decisions regarding work redesign and workforce and workplace strategies.