Our primary job with The Digital MBA for Technology Leaders is to help you extract as much value, learning, insight and long-term connections as possible so that the course creates a legacy of benefits that will follow you throughout your career.
The engine that’s driving the course material is our core mission and that is to empower technology leaders to achieve the careers they want and help them create products that can possibly change the world.
The course itself is the culmination of two to three years of market research, customer validation and frankly, just getting in front of as many tech leaders as we could.
We estimated probably 400 one-to-one conversations or coaching sessions that have taken place just with Jason and I alone for us to understand exactly where and what help you need to enhance your skill set, build your confidence and achieve the career impact you want.
The course has been directly shaped by those conversations and by our nuanced understanding of the market.
The Digital MBA for Technology Leaders is delivered through nine sequential modules released at a pace of one module each month.
Each module has exactly the same shape: 25 lectures — high-impact micro-content — released in weekly packages throughout the month, and concluding with a discussion panel.
The panel is the place where I’m joined by members of the faculty to pick out their key takeaways from each module. It is designed to act as a tutorial for you to reflect and review.
At the end of each module, there’s a live group session facilitated by one of our leadership coaches. Discuss, debate, maybe even challenge some of the points that have been made in these 25 lectures. We are all on a constant learning path and we really love to hear those contrasting views.
Each module concludes with a self-assessment that helps you cement that learning experience and move towards the certificate of completion at the end of the course.
A really powerful part of our Digital MBA for Technology Leaders and CTO Academy respectively is the global and growing faculty that we’re building. We’ve got the whole C-suite represented: CTO, CEO, CIO, CDO, CPO, CISO…
I might’ve missed a couple of COs there but we have psychologists, data scientists, professional leadership coaches, award-winning authors, investors, chairmen, successful entrepreneurs, keynote speakers, you name it.
To give you an example, in Module 1, from the business world, we’ve got Julian Costley. Julian is an experienced entrepreneur, a CEO and NED investor. Most recently, he bought a publishing company called Bite-Sized Books in the UK. He’s worked all over the world and since exiting a market-leading online stockbroking firm called E-Trades back in 2000, he’s invested in 26 companies around the world, sits on multiple boards and is a mentor to the MBA program at London Business School.
Specifically, Julian will be looking at how to be effective at executive level, what the CEO and investors are looking for from their CTOs and senior tech teams, how to design remuneration packages and much more.
From tech and academia, we have Professor Sally Eaves, a Global Strategy Advisor, CTO, CIO and CEO, who works across the intersection of technology, education and social impact change. She is a speaker and author with a particular passion for emerging and sustainable tech. Sally is heavily involved across the course and as someone working with a range of cutting-edge start-ups, she’s helping us curate much of the module that looks at Digital Trends and Innovation.
We’re joined by leadership experts like Andrew Bryant, an award-winning global executive coach, a TEDx speaker and Amazon best-selling author who wrote the book on Self-Leadership amongst others. He’s on the Women in Leadership Faculty at Singapore Management University and the Leadership Faculty for IE University in Madrid.
Andrew delivers a great lecture on self-leadership, but he’s also involved in wider leadership debates and discussion panels about what really matters to be truly effective in senior roles.
In addition, we’re joined by operational tech leaders from around the world to deliver lectures, talks and panel discussions around aspects of tech leadership that they specialise and have a passion for. You will learn from real-life problems that these CTOs face in day-to-day operations.
Whether that’s Santiago in Montevideo on his recent experiences of closing a $60 million Series B round, or my colleague at CTO Academy, Sanjay, who is also a Group CTO and one of our senior leadership coaches, who dives into tech strategy and how to make sure it’s aligned with business goals.
That unparalleled range of experiences, expertise and disciplines is available to you throughout the course.
But let’s not forget the mighty contribution from our team here at CTO Academy. We are able to bring not only our own leadership experience to the table, but also the insights that we’ve gleaned from those hundreds of one-to-one meetings and interviews with tech leaders around the world.
We are constantly learning and growing as people in an organisation, so we’re constantly adding to this course as a result. And every update we make is immediately available to you – even after you graduate.
Now, one of the first things that happen once you enrol is you being introduced to your cohort.
It is an opportunity to discover the range of roles, sectors and locations included within your particular group. There’s a huge amount of talent contained within that group alone and the end-of-month cohort sessions give you a direct opportunity to discuss, debate and network.
We have a very active and growing global community of tech leaders debating different issues around tech leadership. If you haven’t already joined it, go here to learn more details about CTO Academy Membership and what it brings to you.
You’ll also be receiving an automatic invitation to our monthly live webinars where a variety of exceptional speakers will be delivering their thoughts across a variety of topics.
All of these webinars — and all live sessions within the course itself — are recorded and added to your course material because we know that real life and time zones might preclude you from attending everything we offer. Nonetheless, we really want to make sure you have access to all of that material.
Let’s not forget drop-in sessions where you can ask questions and watch out for future networking events and meetings, both online and offline.
CTO Academy also provides you with two key touch points within our organisation.
Your Personal Course Manager, who will be overseeing your engagement with the course, the cohort and the wider community. He or she is available throughout the duration of this course, so really just reach out with any questions.
You’ll also be contacted by our Customer Success Team. They are here to ensure the process and the customer experience is meeting and hopefully exceeding your expectations. They’ll be checking in throughout the course.
I want to conclude by stating that we are absolutely passionate about this course. We’re passionate about what we do. We want it to set you up for the rest of your career. But we also really want to hear from you with any questions and queries, feedback and potential criticisms. Tell us what you think. How can we improve? What would you like to see added or removed? Whatever comes to your mind, simply reach out. We are always happy and eager to hear from you.
Before you do, learn more about our Digital MBA for Technology Leaders.
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