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Online program
Developing Digital Transformation Strategies

Develop a plan of action for successful digital transformation 

Online program

Developing Digital Transformation Strategies

Develop a plan of action for successful digital transformation 

Location
Online
Length
5 weeks
Fee
CHF 1,950
Next program starts
02 March 2026

Lead and accelerate digital transformation

IMD’s Developing Digital Transformation Strategies program empowers you to take a strategic, enterprise-wide approach to digital and AI transformation. You’ll learn to design and lead customer-centric digital transformation that delivers lasting value. 

The program introduces a robust framework to help you develop strategies that enhance your current offerings and create new ones, while optimizing the effectiveness of your internal functions. The framework will also guide you how to put these strategies into action in the most time-effective and efficient manner.  

You’ll examine how digital tools – from sensors to platforms – generate actionable data, and how to use AI to translate those insights into decisions that shape the future of your organization. Along the way, you’ll consider the critical enablers of transformation: leadership, culture, and organizational design

You’ll leave the program with a holistic understanding of end-to-end digital transformation, and a clear, strategic roadmap tailored to your organization’s goals, equipping you to drive change and secure long-term competitive advantage. 

You can take this program as a stand-alone course or as part of the IMD Executive Certificate in AI and Digital Business Excellence or the IMD Online Executive Certificate.

Strategize for success

Learn how to develop high-value creating short- and long-term digital transformation strategies. 

Make informed choices

Gain the strategic framework to evaluate and deploy digital and AI platforms and technologies best suited to your organization’s needs. 

Take away tools

Become equipped with proven tools and frameworks to sustain and scale various types of digital transformation.  

Develop your roadmap

Build a digital and AI transformation roadmap, including practical strategies and an action plan, for immediate application in your organization. 

Is this program right for you?

Answer a few quick questions to discover if this program aligns with your goals and experience.

Do you need more information?

Talk with a Program Advisor to get personalized guidance and answers to your questions.

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You and your class

You are a senior business leader responsible for shaping digital and AI strategy, a manager or business unit head seeking new growth through digital innovation, or a technology professional looking to turn technical expertise into strategic business impact.

Program content

Your learning journey takes 5 weeks. Each week requires a time commitment of 4–6 hours and includes clear learning objectives and deliverables. You will be accompanied by a dedicated executive coach who provides weekly feedback and support, helping you apply what you learn to your own context. 

Unit 1: Digital experiences and transformation of functions
  • Assess whether your current strategy truly embodies digital transformation rather than mere digitization. 
  • Understand what digital transformation is and how it delivers value to consumers or customers. 
  • Grasp the importance of using data to understand customer and non-customer behavior as the foundation of digital transformation strategy.  
  • Use deep analytics on consumer behavior data to create value for the consumer and enhance your existing products to boost their profitability. 
  • Develop a strategy to use analytics to transform the efficiency of your business functions, ranging from marketing through R&D to your entire supply chain.  
  • Develop a thorough agenda to begin to implement your digital transformation strategies. 
  • Consider future adjustments needed for your digital transformation strategy to remain effective. 
Unit 2: Digital transformation of business
  • Understand the differences between structured and unstructured customer and internal data and how each provides valuable insights. 
  • Differentiate between descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics, and their significance in transformation efforts. 
  • Explore how sensors and applications can support the transformation of business functions. 
  • Identify how to use of deep data analytics and artificial intelligence to accelerate efforts to accelerate the digital transformation of functions. 
  • Understand different types of AI, and how critical it is to make your analytics work. 
Unit 3: Developing a digital transformation of business strategy
  • Apply the Digital Transformation Strategy Framework to craft a strategic approach for an organization’s business transformation. 
  • Understand the complexities of transforming business digitally. 
  • Examine how digital twins and AI can be utilized to enhance transformation efforts. 
  • Explore how understanding your customers’ value chain is critical to the digital transformation of your own business.
  • Build a comprehensive digital business transformation strategy using the framework components. 
  • Formulate a practical plan of action to implement your digital strategy. 
Unit 4: Platforms
  • Understand the core principles of one-sided and two-sided platform models. 
  • Identify ways to use the connections between users, systems, or services on a digital platform for economic benefit. 
  • Explore challenges organizations might encounter while developing a digital platform and when it’s better to use an existing one. 
  • Recommend the essential elements needed to build a successful digital platform. 
  • Examine how platforms should adapt based on user feedback to create differentiation. 
  • Assess the value of digital platforms and the impact of disruption in your industry. 
Unit 5: Organizational design, culture, and leadership
  • Examine how an organization’s structure should facilitate both separation and coordination among divisions for digital transformation success. 
  • Define the organizational cultural attributes necessary for enabling effective digital transformation. 
  • Reflect on your leadership approach based on five key capabilities necessary for guiding digital initiatives. 
  • Assess your leadership performance in terms of strategy, execution, team management, stakeholder engagement, and self during transformation. 
  • Determine how to align an organization’s design, culture, and leadership practices to support digital transformation. 

One-on-one coaching

Throughout your online learning, you’ll be accompanied by an experienced IMD executive coach who will challenge you, encourage you, and provide valuable feedback on your weekly assignments. Together, you’ll dive deeper into the program content and make it meaningful to your own professional context. Your interactions will take place via video, in writing, and over the phone.

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Achieve your goals

Your expert coach helps you:

Define

Define your learning objectives and stay on track.

Review

Review your progress on a weekly basis.

Overcome

Overcome your challenges.

Apply

Apply what you learn to your own context.

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Real learning. Real impact.

When we say “real impact”, we mean it. After attending an IMD online program in 2024, 98% of participants stated:

“I gained fresh knowledge and insights.”

“I gained practical tools and ideas.”

“I could better choose and focus on priorities.”

“I felt more confident about myself.”

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The IMD difference

Designed for impact and delivered for you, IMD’s online programs help you achieve your aspirations wherever you are in your career or the world. Here’s what makes the IMD online program experience exceptional.

Access to thought leadership

Tap into the expertise of IMD’s faculty – globally recognized experts in their fields – wherever you are.

Personalized coaching

Benefit from one-on-one support from an experienced executive coach who helps you apply new insights to your own context.

Global peer interaction

Collaborate with participants from around the world through group and pair work that challenges your thinking and broadens your perspective.

Flexible format

Engage in a structured yet flexible learning experience that enables you to progress at your own pace and complete weekly assignments around your busy schedule.

Applied learning for real impact

Apply what you learn right away through practical assignments designed to make a direct impact on your work.

Next start & fee

Length: 5 weeks (4-6 hours per week)
Application deadline closes 7 days before the session starts.

Dates
2 Mar – 5 Apr 2026
Location
Online
Length
5 weeks
Price
CHF 1,950
Dates
28 Sep – 1 Nov 2026
Location
Online
Length
5 weeks
Price
CHF 1,950

Application deadline closes seven days before the session starts.
All fees quoted are exclusive of any value-added or other indirect taxes that may be due in any country.
IMD reserves the right to modify the program dates, location, and fee at any time.

Join as a team

A team from the same company that enrolls together to the same online program benefits from a special rate (every 10th participant joins the program for free). We can also work with you to customize learning objectives to your team’s goals, enabling you to develop a common approach to your specific organizational challenges. Contact us to explore the best solution for you.

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Advance your career with IMD’s Online Executive Certificates

Ready to elevate your career and personal development? IMD’s Online Executive Certificates deliver immersive, fully online experiences designed to deepen your expertise and sharpen your skills in key business areas.

Choose between three certificate options – Leadership, Strategy, or Digital Acceleration – to take charge of your growth and propel your executive career to new heights. The Online Executive Certificate is an accredited Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) and grants you access to IMD’s dynamic global alumni community.

Start your journey today.

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