Strategy & Innovation
Custom Programs for Your Team
Succeeding in today’s globally competitive environment requires the ability to manage and influence change for optimal growth. While strategies and ideas may look good on paper, effectively implementing them in your specific business scenario is the key to this success.
Custom strategy and innovation programs at Wharton Executive Education provide your team with the precise strategies, tactics, and tools that will improve decision making and accelerate strategy implementation throughout your organization. Your executives will gain valuable insight into new opportunities, while mastering the strategic thinking and execution skills necessary to put your company in the lead.
The distinguished faculty and program directors at Wharton bring a deep knowledge built on proven success in a myriad of industries. Our collaborative approach will drive results because of our dedication to your individual business objectives and in-depth understanding of the markets you serve.
Strategic Focus
The challenges your organization faces are unique — your solutions should be, too. By customizing our programs to your business scenario, Wharton provides your team with the technology, insight, and implementation skills to bring your company to the forefront. In addition to providing you with a competitive advantage, your Wharton partners will become the trusted advisors you turn to year after year.
At Wharton, you will learn how to:
- Create action plans that target current growth and innovation challenges
- Develop long-term strategies to maintain competitive advantage
- Build powerful and persuasive leadership and negotiation skills
Thought Leadership and Solutions
We have partnered with a range of world-class companies and organizations to create transformative executive education experiences. Resulting programs leverage the vast resources, such as the research centers of the Wharton School and the University of Pennsylvania, to showcase powerful thought leadership, and provide solutions that can be implemented immediately.
Below are examples of a custom executive education solution:
Philips
Philips partnered with Wharton to develop customized tools and practices to improve its “innovation DNA” and establish an approach for implementing a culture of innovation. The goals of the program were to equip senior leadership with innovation skills, instill a new leadership mindset to promote innovation, and create a cohesive pool of like-minded leaders to fill the succession pipeline.
Read more about this successful client engagement. »
Becoming a Strategic Partner
To elevate finance leaders’ business acumen, strategic thinking, and communications skills, we offer a comprehensive five-day program called The CFO: Becoming a Strategic Partner.
Wharton has delivered a customized version of the program to major oil and gas, consumer goods, manufacturing, and aerospace and defense firms. Over a three-year period, more than 100 finance managers from French energy company Schlumberger have completed the program, gaining:
- Financial tools and techniques to enhance their financial acumen
- Enhanced understanding of underlying business drivers
- Frameworks and tools to enhance decision making
- Insights to elevate themselves into more effective strategic business partners
Read more about this successful client engagement. »
Faculty Perspective
We’ve developed a process called an Innovation Tournament that you can start using immediately, and teach to others in your organization. Once you have it in place, everyone who has a great idea can move it forward.”
Christian Terwiesch, PhD Andrew M. Heller Professor; Co-Director, William and Phyllis Mack Institute for Innovation Management, The Wharton School
Faculty
Nicolaj Siggelkow, PhDSee Faculty Bio
David M. Knott Professor; Professor of Management; Co-Director, Mack Institute for Innovation Management, The Wharton School
Research Interests: Competitive strategy, firms as systems of interconnected choices
Harbir Singh, PhDSee Faculty Bio
Mack Professor; Professor of Management; Co-Director, Mack Institute for Innovation Management; Wharton School Faculty Director for the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business, The Wharton School
Research Interests: Corporate governance, corporate restructuring, management buyouts, strategies for corporate acquisitions
Christian Terwiesch, PhDSee Faculty Bio
Andrew M. Heller Professor; Department Chairperson and Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions; Co-Director, Mack Institute of Innovation Management, The Wharton School; Professor of Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Research Interests: Analyzing operational performance, innovation management, R&D management
Karl Ulrich, ScDSee Faculty Bio
CIBC Endowed Professor; Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions; Professor of Management; Dean’s Office Advisor on Asia Strategy, The Wharton School
Research Interests: Environmental issues, product design and development, innovation
Contact us to learn more about a partnership with Wharton.
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