Artificial Intelligence for Executives | Focused Programs

AI From a Leadership Perspective

Learn how artificial intelligence is transforming business from a strategic management perspective. Discover its power as a catalyst of innovation, growth and competitive advantage.

Benefits

Gain clarity on core AI applications and how they are transforming business
Examine the central challenges and opportunities of AI integration
Evaluate the impact of AI on business models and sources of competitive advantage
Analyze how AI shapes your role as a senior decision maker
Explore the implications of AI from ethical standpoints

Content

The “Artificial Intelligence for Executives” program will tackle the following topics:

An Overview of Artificial Intelligence

Real-Life Examples in Global Industry
Core AI Applications: Machine Learning, Natural-Language Processing and Robotics
A Closer Look at Machine Learning and Framework for Understanding its Implications

The Implications of AI on Managers and Organizations

Artificial Intelligence and Human Resources
Artificial Intelligence and Marketing

The Interplay Between AI and Corporate Strategy

Analysis of Competitive Landscapes
Identifying Potential Sources of Competitive Advantage
The Role of Data and Algorithms

Implementing AI: Technological and Organizational Perspectives

Technological Considerations
Organizational Challenges in AI Integrations

Ethical and Privacy Concerns

Ethical Considerations in the use of AI
Societal Impacts

Is This Program Right for You?

The “Artificial Intelligence for Executives” program is designed for general managers, senior executives and strategic decision makers who are considering applying AI in their operations or seek a broader understanding of the potential impact of AI on their work, organization and competitive landscape.

The program explores AI solutions from a managerial perspective and does not require a technical background.

Methodology

The “Artificial Intelligence for Executives” program combines a series of interactive teaching methods including dynamic group discussions, class lectures and the case study method, which will serve as a guide to analyze real-life examples and applications of AI in global industry.

In order to benefit fully from the course, reading the academic material that will be provided two weeks prior to the start date is essential.

Faculty

The faculty of the “Artificial Intelligence for Executives” program is made up of professionals who are involved not only in teaching but in research and the business world:

Sampsa Samila (Academic Director)
Assistant Professor of Strategic Management
PhD Mathematics, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University

Sampsa Samila received his PhD from Columbia University and his MSc from Helsinki University of Technology (now part of Aalto University). He has taught previously at Columbia Business School, Brock University, and the National University of Singapore.

His research focuses primarily on economic geography, innovation, entrepreneurship, and social capital. He has studied for instance how venture capital, labor laws, and government research funding affect regional economic growth. He is currently engaged in studies of performance persistence in venture capital, gender and ethnic integration, trust and networks, returns to sustained brokerage in networks, and co-authorship networks in science. His work has been published in journals such as American Sociological Review, Management Science, Research Policy, and Review of Economics and Statistics.

John Almandoz
Associate Professor of Managing People in Organizations
PhD in Organizational Behavior, Harvard University
MA in Sociology, Harvard University
MBA, Southern Methodist University
BA in Economics, University of Dallas

John Almandoz is associate professor in the department of Managing People in Organizations. His background includes experience in actuarial consulting, corporate banking, and management of non-profit organizations. He earned a joint Ph.D. in organizational behavior at Harvard Business School /Harvard University, from where he also obtained a master’s degree in sociology. His research on founding boards of directors of community banks has been published in top journals in his field. He teaches courses in MBA, executive MBA, and global executive MBA programs, on leadership and organizational behavior, HR, and self-management and is academic director of the New York campus of IESE Business School.

Sebastien Brion (Barcelona edition)
Associate Professor of Managing People in Organizations
PhD and MS in Organizational Behavior, Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
BS in Psychology from Tufts University

His research focuses mainly on how individuals’ interpersonal perceptions affect organizational features such as power, alliance formation and decision making. His experience includes consulting for organizations on human resources and social media. Born in Belgium, he has lived in the United States, Canada and Spain, where he studied Spanish and psychology at the Universidad de Salamanca.

Josep Valor (New York edition)
Professor of Information Systems
Doctor of Philosophy (Operations Research), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctor of Sciences in Medical Engineering, Harvard/MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
Doctor of Industrial Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Prof. Valor led the Spanish Prime Minister’s Task Force to devise a national strategy to promote information technology and help bring about the information society. He has authored books on the information telecommunications hyper-industry and information systems management, and his research has appeared in prestigious academic journals. He currently serves on the editorial board of Information and Management.

Javier Zamora (Barcelona edition)
Senior Lecturer of Information Systems
PhD in Electrical Engineering, Columbia University
MSc in Telecommunications Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Prof. Zamora is the academic director of the ICT & Digital Media Industry Meeting at IESE, as well as Mobile Thinking Days, a joint program with the Mobile World Capital Barcelona.

His current areas of interest are focused on Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things and its impact on digital transformation.Prof. Zamora’s teaching spans across all IESE programs, from MBA to Custom, and is focused on the digital transformation of organizations through the knowledge and application of new digital technologies with special emphasis on the redesign of processes and the challenge for senior executives to develop a digital mindset. In custom training and consulting he has been involved in projects with leading organizations such as Abertis Autopistas, Airbus, Alior Bank, Banco do Brasil, BBVA, BMW, CaixaBank, Cecabank, Cepsa, Chemo Group, Correos, Danone, Emirates NBD, Gas Natural Fenosa, Generali, HP, IBM, Indra, Liberty Seguros, Mapfre, Microsoft, Novartis, Oracle, Orange, Play, Roche, Samsung, Santander, SAP, Serunion, Telefónica, Tieto, Toshiba, and Xerox.

Prof. Zamora is co-founder of Inqbarna, a company specialized in the development of Apps for smartphones and tablets. For eight years he was the General Manager of eNeo Labs, a company devoted to products and services for the Digital Home. His previous professional experience includes four years as Director of Product Development at Xbind in New York, a pioneering company in video transmission over data networks, and five years researching and implementing one of the first video-on-demand systems in the US at the Center for Telecommunications Research and the Image and Advanced Television Laboratory of Columbia University.

He served in the International Standard Organization (ISO) as editor of the MPEG-4 video standard. Javier Zamora is author of five publications in international journals and fifteen technical contributions to standard bodies. He is the author of two international patents on Digital Home architecture and services. From 2005 to 2009, he designed and taught the class “Topics in New Technologies and Business” in the international Master of Science in Information and Communication Technologies Dept. as a visiting professor at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.

Admission Process

The program has a four-step admission process:

Participants must complete and submit the online application (Barcelona or New York).
The Executive Education Department will contact the participant by email to acknowledge receipt of the application. It will also provide information about the program dates, sending of prior study materials and the bank details needed to pay tuition.
The participant pays tuition (payment must be made before the start of the course and before prior study materials are sent). This is an essential prerequisite for participating in the program.
Two weeks before the start of the program, participants will receive an email with a username giving them access to IESE’s Virtual Campus, where initial study materials will be available.

Fees

BARCELONA EDITION

General fee: € 4,050
IESE members fee: € 3,645
Executive education Certificate fee: additional 5% discount on the general or membership fee.

NEW YORK EDITION

General fee: $ 4,500
IESE members fee: $ 4,050
Executive education Certificate fee: additional 5% discount on the general or membership fee.

The program fee is tax-exempt and includes academic materials and lunches. It does not include travel or accommodation expenses.

The program requires preparatory coursework, which will be made available three weeks before the start date. Payment is required in order to access this material.

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Arranging Payment
We accept payments by credit card, check or wire. For more payment information, please reference your invoice.

Cancellation Policy
Cancellations received within 20 days prior to the start of the program are subject to a cancellation fee equivalent to 25% of the program fee. IESE reserves the right to cancel this edition of the program or to change the dates up to 20 days prior to its start. IESE is under no circumstances responsible for travel expenses incurred. Participants should consider travel cancellation coverage in the exceptional event that the program is cancelled or that participants are unable to attend for personal or professional reasons.

UPCOMING EDITION

BARCELONA
November 19-21, 2019

NEW YORK
March 18-20, 2020

CONTACT US

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