executive programme
24-month online executive programme
Six terms, eleven courses and a capstone, taught online with live defences.
six terms of four months
The 24 months, term by term
| Term | When | Theme | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Months 1 to 4 | Foundations, self-management and academic standards | Executive self-awareness and behavioural dynamics; Academic integrity and executive research standards |
| 2 | Months 5 to 8 | Framing issues and strategic analysis | Managerial diagnostics and client-needs assessment; Strategic positioning and scanning the environment |
| 3 | Months 9 to 12 | High-impact communication and data visualisation | The architecture of persuasion (answer first); Visual storytelling and quantitative reporting |
| 4 | Months 13 to 16 | Team dynamics, conflict and turnarounds | High-performing cross-functional teams; Operational restructuring and turnaround management |
| 5 | Months 17 to 20 | Emerging markets and business-model innovation | Disruptive technologies and emerging-market dynamics; Stakeholder management and large institutional procurement |
| 6 | Months 21 to 24 | Executive operations capstone | Course 11 and the capstone: a structured executive proposal of at most 10 slides, defended live |
Online, with live video boardroom defences. 11 courses plus a capstone.
stack as you go
Certificates along the way
| Certificate | Covers |
|---|---|
| Certificate of completion, stage 1 | Terms 1 and 2 (months 1 to 8) |
| Certificate of completion, stage 2 | Terms 1 to 4 (months 1 to 16) |
| Certificate of completion, full programme | All six terms (24 months) |
Each certificate stands on its own, and the next one builds on it. These are professional executive programmes with a certificate of completion. They are not university degrees and do not carry academic credit.
learn by playing it out
Practice in every term
| Term | What you do |
|---|---|
| 1 | Exposure audit, self-management challenge, behaviour decoder, standards adjudication lab, rapid prototyping |
| 2 | Problem-formulation lab, questioning role-plays, bottleneck triage, competitive war games |
| 3 | Drafting drills, chart-selection challenges, deck restructuring runs |
| 4 | Saboteur audit, cross-function conflict simulations, turnaround exercises |
| 5 | Pricing sandbox, low-cost hardware challenge, procurement negotiation, integration and offshoring war games, ethics compliance court |
| 6 | Capstone simulation, 10-slide proposal, live boardroom defence |
first term marking
How term 1 is assessed
| Part | Weight |
|---|---|
| Individual feedback-analysis audit (2,000 words) | 30% |
| Group profiling strategy (3,000 words plus a process canvas) | 30% |
| Live prototyping and integrity defence (10 slides and an oral defence) | 40% |
Grades are given in bands: A for 3.67 to 4.00, B for 2.67 to 3.33, below 2.00 is a fail.
shorter option
Prefer to take it a module at a time?
The same ideas are also offered as 14 short, stackable modules of 75 hours each.
Planned. Names and lengths may change before opening.