Digital Transformation for Strategic Competitiveness

Digital technologies are reshaping industries and redefining the rules of business success. They shift power towards customers and open new avenues for disruption, making digital transformation essential for survival.

Strategic change must be driven from the top, with leaders adapting traditional strategy and leadership principles to thrive in the digital era. As there’s no one-size-fits-all solution, each organisation must craft its own transformation journey.

This programme offers practical tools, case studies, and frameworks to support leaders in developing and applying digital strategies within their organisations.

Key Benefits

• Understand Digitization & Digital Transformation
• Recognize the Strategic Importance of Digital Transformation
• Overview of Digital Technologies and their Impact on Business Competitiveness Process to Develop a Digital Strategy for Improved Competitiveness
• Learn how to Strategically Lead and Manage a Digital Transformation initiatives

Programme Structure

1. What does it mean to be Strategically Competitive?
2. Appreciate Mega Trends Impacting Leaders and Businesses
3. Contemporary Strategic Issues that Companies need to deal with in a Digital Era

• Disruption |Cross-Sector Partnerships | Death of Sustained Competitive Advantage | Exponential Growth | Semi-Globalization | etc.

4. Impact of Digital Technologies on Strategic Competitiveness

• Overview of Major Digital Technologies
- 3D Printing, AI, IoT, Data Analytics, Robotics and CoBots, VR, AR, etc.
• Platform Ecosystem - Business Models and Competitive Dynamics
• Reimagining your Business Boundaries
- Scope, Model and Ecosystems
- Value Chains, Operating Models and Channels
- Acquiring and Engaging Customers

5. Impact of Digital Technologies on Strategic Competitiveness

• New Entrants
• New Business Models
• Crossing Industry Boundaries

6. Adapting for Success in a Digital Era

• Framing the Vision and Purpose for Increased Growth Opportunities
• Step change in customer value creation – Adapting your Value Proposition
• Drive innovation and Rapid Experimentation
• Strategic Leverage of Data
• Leverage Networks
• Align Talent Development with Technology Needs

7. Digital Strategy Formulation Process

• Opportunities Provided from Digital Technologies
• Designing your Digital Competitive Advantage

8. Capabilities and Leadership to Drive Transformation

• Building Digital Capabilities
• Building Leadership Capabilities
• Building a Playbook

9. Digital Transformation

• Barriers to Transformation
• Key Principle: The Wisdom of Less + Turning the Flywheel
• Successful Transformation Best Practices

10. Culture to Thrive in an era of Disruption

METHODOLOGIES

• Case Study – 30%
• Self-Assessment & Small Group Work – 20%
• Lectures – 50%

Who Should Attend

CIOs, CTOs, Senior Managements, Directors and Entrepreneurs leading digital transformation initiatives within their organisations.

Schedule & Venue

Date(s): 20 to 21 Aug 2025 Time: 9:00AM - 5:00PM Venue: NTU@one-north campus, Executive Centre (Buona Vista)	Apply here Registration Closing Date: 30 Jul 2025
Date(s): 03 to 04 Nov 2025 Time: 9:00AM to 5:00PM Venue: NTU@one-north campus, Executive Centre (Buona Vista) / NTU Yunnan Campus	Apply here Registration Closing Date: 13 Oct 2025

Note: NTU reserves the right to change the date, venue, and mode of delivery due to unforeseen circumstances.

Certification

Upon course completion and fulfilling all requirements, participants will be awarded an NTU e-Certificate of Completion, demonstrating their proficiency in the essential areas of the course.

Fees and Funding

Standard Course Fee: S$1,526.00

SSG Funding Support	Course fee	Course fee payable after SSG funding, if eligible under various schemes
	BEFORE funding & GST	AFTER funding & 9% GST
Singapore Citizens (SCs) and Permanent Residents (PRs) (Up to 70% funding)	S$1,400.00	S$457.80
Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS)		S$177.80
SCs aged ≥ 40 years old SkillsFuture Mid-career Enhanced Subsidy (MCES) (Up to 90% funding)		S$177.80

Standard course fee is inclusive of GST.
NTU/NIE alumni may utilise their $1,600 Alumni Course Credits. Click here for more information

Trainer

Fernando, Kevin Vince

Dr. Fernando is a full time industry practitioner, part-time trainer and consultant. His areas of expertise include – global strategy, leadership, operations management organization design and human resource management. His clients have included IHS Energy, SAP China, IJM (Malaysia), APM, Duke-NUS, Sumitomo, Textron, Media Corp, Pfizer, Caltex, Glower Hair Care, SCI, etc. He is the author of 7 books covering topics on Strategy, Strategic Sales Planning, Leadership during Uncertain Times and Strategic HRM. Dr. Fernando brings with him more than 20 years of industrial experience, having worked in Local, Japanese and American multinational companies. He is currently the Vice President for Global Operations for a US$1.4 billion business unit of a US$11 Billion USA multinational. Prior to this, he was the Chief Operating Officer of a Global Multinational with revenues of approximately US$600 million. Dr. Fernando has a DBA from Gibaran Business School (Australia), MBus (Accounting) from Victoria University of Technology (Australia), Masters of Management from University of Southern Queensland (Australia), MBA from University of Leicester (UK) and Graduate Diploma in Management Consulting from Sheffield Hallam University (UK). He has trained at the undergraduate and postgraduate level for a number of Australian, UK and American Universities and Professional bodies.