EMORY EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

Strategy & Innovation Certificate

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Certificate

Drive Innovation. Deliver Results.

Today’s business environment is complex, ambiguous, and constantly changing. It is essential to maintain a competitive edge in a rapidly changing business climate. Earn your certificate in Strategy & Innovation and gain the insights necessary to plan, build and execute innovation competencies to drive long-term innovation leadership in your organization. The Strategy & Innovation Certificate deep dives into the best practices for strategy-focused leadership, strategic methodologies, and frameworks to fuel business growth. Gain the leadership agility to drive strategic initiatives from development to planning to optimization.

How the Certificate Program Works

  • Select Your Courses

    Choose any four Strategy & Innovation course offerings and complete within three years.

  • Grow as a Strategic Problem Solver

    With a Strategy & Innovation Certificate, you’ll be ready to tackle any problem that comes your way.

Certificate Completion Requirement

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Strategy & Innovation Certificate

A total of four courses over a three-year timespan is required to complete any given Emory Executive Education certificate. Candidates who require additional time to fulfill their Strategy & Innovation Certificate should discuss their specific needs with one of our learning advisors. A certificate is a great opportunity to meet your continuing education needs and professional development goals.
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  • Strategy & Innovation Certificate

    General Manager, Advanced Drainage Systems

    Jeremy Cadeau

    As a busy, working professional, Jeremy Cadeau enjoyed the wonderful experience and convenience of earning his Strategy & Innovation Certificate.

Benefits

• Learn how to solve complex problems to drive innovation.
• See the future value of your strategy.
• Harness the power of business analytics to propel your business forward.
• Build tools and approaches to make the right decisions.
• Master effective negotiation strategies.

Payment Options

Pay up front for all four courses and receive 20% off, or pay as you go and pay the list course price.
Topic
Type
Format
Certificates

Supply Chain Management

January 9 - April 24, 2023
This course will help you develop a right supply chain for your product or service; design a robust supply chain under operating uncertainty (tariffs, exchange rates, trade policy) and 'black swan' shocks (e.g. pandemics); understand the value created by a supply chain and develop value-based pricing; reduce inefficiencies in your supply chain through an improved network design, better facility location, and inventory decisions; quantify carbon footprint of a supply chain; gather supply-chain intelligence from various data sources.
Topic: Innovation, Strategy
Type: Extended Learning Courses
Format: In-Person
Certificate: Excellence in Business Certificate, Strategy and Innovation Certificate

Venture Capital & Private Equity

January 9 - April 24, 2023
This course surveys private equity, with an emphasis on the financial and economic tools useful for leveraged buyout and venture capital investing. The course is divided into three modules, beginning with an introduction on the organization and strategies of private equity funds. The second module covers examples of the basic types of private equity transactions, and the third module expands on these types by studying transactions with options and hybrid financing structures.
Topic: Finance & Accounting
Type: Extended Learning Courses
Format: In-Person
Certificate: Strategy and Innovation Certificate, Excellence in Business Certificate

Digital & Social Media Strategy

January 9 - April 24, 2023
In this course, students will be able to design and develop a digital and social media campaign that will generate a positive ROI; analyze and evaluate what makes an effective digital and social media campaign; will demonstrate the ability to present a digital and social media plan in a persuasive and compelling manner; understand digital and social media strategy, and will also understand how to calculate the ROI of an effective digital and social media campaign.
Topic: Marketing
Type: Extended Learning Courses
Format: Live Online
Certificate: Strategy and Innovation Certificate, Roberto C. Goizueta Leadership Certificate, Excellence in Business Certificate

Technology & Adaptive Systems

January 9 - April 24, 2023
Gain an understanding of the drivers of value creation and destruction in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and develop skills in the design and evaluation of these transactions. The focus of the course will be primarily to analyze M&A from the perspective of a financial advisor, integrating issues from economics, accounting, law strategy and organizational behavior where appropriate.
Topic: Innovation, Strategy
Type: Extended Learning Courses
Format: Live Online
Certificate: Strategy and Innovation Certificate

Financial Markets

January 9 - April 24, 2023
This course will study the financial markets, and the financial intermediaries that make the markets operate. Attention will be given to both the short-term money markets — the source of temporary financing — and the long-term capital markets (“bonds” and “stocks”) as a source of more permanent financing. Among the institutions examined will be securities brokers and dealers, commercial and investment banks, and investment companies and investment partnerships.
Topic: Finance & Accounting
Type: Extended Learning Courses
Format: In-Person
Certificate: Roberto C. Goizueta Leadership Certificate, Strategy and Innovation Certificate

AI and Machine Learning for Business

Unscheduled

AI and machine learning are at the center of disruption and rapid change facing almost all sectors and industries. To compete in today’s digital economy, you must understand these transformational technologies to differentiate your business. The AI and Machine Learning for Business course will build your foundational understanding of these concepts in a non-technical, highly-interactive format, exploring existing and emerging developments of machine learning in data science, predictive modeling and artificial intelligence and how it is changing the way we work. Gain a more robust understanding of these technologies, the language and how to incorporate them into different business functions in your organization to accelerate productivity and gain a competitive edge.

Topic: Analytics
Certificate: Excellence in Business Certificate, Strategy and Innovation Certificate

Featured Faculty

  • Michael Sacks

    Professor in the Practice of Organization & Management

    Michael Sacks has served as both vice provost for Emory University Strategies and as academic director for the Woodruff Leadership Academy in Emory’s Health Sciences Center. He is an experienced executive educator who focuses his work on integrating traditional leadership topics with the cultural and strategic contexts in which an organization operates. Michael’s teaching influences individual leadership, team dynamics, and organizational culture.

  • Jesse Bockstedt

    PROFESSOR OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS & OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

    Jesse Bockstedt, Goizueta Foundation Term, Associate Professor of Information System and Operations Management, completed his PhD in Information Systems at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management in 2008. Prior to joining the faculty at Emory in 2016, Bockstedt held positions at George Mason University and the University of Arizona.

Want to know more?

Please speak with one of our learning advisors to learn more about this course and discover how Emory Executive Education can help you meet your continuing education needs and professional development goals.
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