The benefit of learning together with your friend is that you keep each other accountable and have meaningful discussions about what you're learning.
Courtlyn
Promotion and Events Specialist
Create Winning Strategies for Your Organisational Goals
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30 January 2024
8 to 10 Months
Online and Live Virtual
€24.950 €22.000 and get €1.250 off with a referral €200 application fee
Our participants tell us that taking this programme together with their colleagues helps to share common language and accelerate impact.
We hope you find the same. Special pricing is available for groups.
The benefit of learning together with your friend is that you keep each other accountable and have meaningful discussions about what you're learning.
Courtlyn
Promotion and Events SpecialistChanges to the business landscape have made the strategic planning process more complex and demanding. Organisations are increasingly relying on the role of chief strategist to work with the chief executive officer, other executive officers on the leadership team, and the board of directors to develop and communicate company strategy. The INSEAD Executive Education Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) Programme will prepare you to respond to market disruptions and reshape your organisation's strategic priorities for long-term growth with insights from a global business school.
of companies expect to change their business models in the next three years.
of CEOs say their executive team lacks the agility to deal with disruption.
The Chief Strategy Officer Programme has been expertly designed with the needs of busy senior executives in mind. It offers the flexibility to customise your learning for maximum impact, including choice of topical electives.
Learn online at your own pace in accordance with your work schedule. Select three five-week elective modules to deepen your knowledge in relevant areas of interest.
Benefit from an immersive learning experience that provides a wide variety of opportunities to introspect into your skill set and identify gaps that can be worked on.
Join a prestigious business management school and a global thought leader in the collective area of strategy. Gain access to a world-class network of accomplished professionals.
— Professor Peter Zemsky, Programme Co-Director for the Chief Strategy Officer Programme; Deputy Dean/Dean of Innovation, Professor of Strategy; The Eli Lily Chaired Professor of Strategy and Innovation
The Chief Strategy Officer Programme will equip you with the skills to:
Experiential sessions
Participate in practical learning experiments, activities and discussions to develop your understanding of key programme concepts.
Expert faculty
Learn from a global team of faculty who are all strategy specialists and published thought leaders in their fields.
Success coach
Craft your learning journey in line with your career goals with a success coach assigned to your cohort.
Acclaimed case studies
Explore award-winning case studies with real-world examples of strategic challenges and opportunities faced by leading companies.
Peer interaction
Engage and network with high-achieving global peers, and exchange diverse perspectives to elevate your learning.
Alumni benefits
Gain INSEAD alumni status upon completion of the programme and receive select alumni benefits.
The comprehensive curriculum provides a holistic learning experience covering strategy, leadership and performance management. It is conveniently delivered through a combination of online and live virtual sessions. The core modules are structured across three critical pillars needed by every CSO to spearhead their organisation’s corporate strategy and succeed in driving results.
Strategy for turbulent times
Integrating performance and progress
Corporate strategy
Blue ocean and ecosystem strategy
Negotiating strategic priorities
Strategy in action
Meet your cohort peers and faculty in person at the INSEAD campus immersion, networking and graduation event. This event provides a valuable opportunity to form a lifelong global community.
The INSEAD Chief Strategy Officer Programme is developed and taught by an accomplished faculty who are experts in broad areas of strategy, including the economics of strategy, strategy development and execution, strategic innovation, and global strategy and management.
Peter Zemsky
Daniel Simonovich
Laurence Capron
Narayan Pant
Subramanian Rangan
Andrew Shipilov
Upon completion of the programme, participants will be awarded a verified digital certificate by INSEAD Executive Education.
The certificate image shown is for illustrative purpose only and may be subject to change at the discretion of INSEAD Executive Education.
The Chief Strategy Officer Programme is ideal for:
Participants should have:
Join INSEAD’s powerful global network of more than 66,000 alumni in over 180 countries and receive select benefits, including:
*Upon completion of the programme, graduates of the Chief Strategy Officer Programme will gain complimentary alumni status for a period of three years. A minimal annual membership fee will be required to maintain the status thereafter.
The INSEAD Chief Strategy Officer Programme follows an immersive learning process. Participants are expected to fulfil a certain minimum criteria to earn the Certificate of Completion. This includes successful completion of core and elective activities and the project work.
As participants progress through each core module and elective, reviewing the weekly content, they earn points for each activity. Participants need to have earned a certain minimum number of points at the end of each core module and elective. In addition, participants are also required to submit the six practical learning experiments at the end of set phases of the programme.
To complete the programme and earn the certificate, participants are required to:
On-campus attendance is optional for this programme. You will have the opportunity to participate in an on-campus immersion, networking and graduation event at the end of the programme. However, the curriculum is fully online and consists of a mix of recorded video and live virtual sessions with fellow participants, learning coach and faculty.
Yes, of course! The learning experience is especially designed to encourage interaction and simulate as close an experience to face-to-face interaction as possible. Participants can interact with each other through discussion forums, live forums, webinars and virtual networking interspersed throughout the learning journey.
In addition, the programme concludes with an optional in-person immersion, networking and graduation event.
Yes, we purposefully manage class sizes to ensure ample faculty-to-participant time. INSEAD faculty will also regularly read and respond to your comments in the discussion forums. The faculty is assisted in these interactions by the learning coach, acting as a bridge between the participants and the faculty.
The Chief Strategy Officer Programme has been designed with your busy schedule in mind. You will be required to commit not more than three to five hours per week, enabling you to benefit from this impactful programme while balancing your work responsibilities. The programme offers a blend of self-paced modules and live interaction.
The learning journey includes live and asynchronous online sessions with renowned faculty, industry experts and global peers. You can take advantage of live sessions and the Slack channel to ask questions and discuss ideas with your success coach and cohort participants. Real-world examples and a debrief of the programme learnings are delivered through a combination of recorded video and live online lectures.
Unfortunately, it is not possible to take any more electives than the specified number. The electives are designed to help you gain specialised skills in areas that are aligned with your career, so that you can dedicate focused time for learning and honing those skills.
Yes, we provide closed-captioning and transcripts for all pre-recorded videos as well as closed-captioning for recordings of live sessions.
Flexible payment options available.