Leadership in Digital Governance

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Shape resilient leadership in the Age of Intangibles.

This self-paced module empowers professionals with the leadership skills needed to navigate digital transformation with resilience, ethics, and strategic vision. Explore real-world case studies and gain tools to manage crises, build innovative teams, and drive accountable, future-ready governance in both public and private sector contexts.

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Overview

Module overview: This module examines how leadership and governance must adapt in the transition from an industrial economy to an economy dominated by intangible assets, data, and innovation rents. Using the Nortel case as a unifying thread, the module equips participants with analytical frameworks to assess when established economic and policy practices remain valid or should be re-examined to support resilient, accountable, and forward-looking decision-making in the Age of Intangibles.

Takeaways: Throughout the module, participants will be encouraged to question their own professional assumptions about markets, firms, and government intervention in light of the structural transformations of the digital and data-driven economy. Ultimately, participants will gain skills to lead organizations and teams through uncertainty by aligning strategy, institutional design, and innovation capacity in the digital economy.

Topics of Discussion: 

  • Leadership challenges in the Age of Intangibles
  • Crisis management in digital governance (resilient leadership)
  • Fostering resilient and innovative leadership in the digital age
  • Firms, innovation ecosystems, and economic policy
  • Case Study: Nortel and governance choices in the digital transformation

Instructor

Dan CiuriakDan Ciuriak is a senior fellow at CIGI, where he is exploring the interface between Canada’s domestic innovation and international trade and investment, including the development of better metrics to assess the impact of Canada’s trade agreements on innovation outcomes. Based in Ottawa, Dan is the director and principal of Ciuriak Consulting, Inc.

Dan is also a fellow in residence with the C. D. Howe Institute, a distinguished fellow with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and an associate with BKP Economic Advisors GmbH of Munich, Germany. Previously, he had a 31-year career with Canada’s civil service, retiring as deputy chief economist at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (now Global Affairs Canada).

Audience

This module is designed for all levels of professionals driving digital transformation, policy-making, and governance initiatives.
It is particularly relevant for those seeking foundational knowledge to evaluate the economic impact of intangible assets and lead effectively in digital governance.

Format

Course Delivery:

The course is delivered virtually through the BEI-net. The module includes:

  • A total of three hours of pre-recorded sessions, divided into 30-45 minutes topical sub-sessions.
  • Access to supporting material, including recommended readings and flexible, self-directed exercises.
  • Access to discussion boards, giving participants the opportunity to engage with the module instructor and fellow participants through dedicated forums where questions, insights, and case reflections can be shared.

Course Assessment:

For those choosing the Executive Module or Executive Certificate options, participants will will be assessed based on a one-page submission responding to a task that applies module learning objectives to the case study context.

Pricing

Audit Only - $199

  • A high-level overview of the topic without the pressure of assessments.
  • No certificate is awarded.

Executive Module - $299

  • Provides professional development in a targeted area.
  • Includes an assessment of the knowledge gathered through a response to a real-world application of the topic covered.
  • Upon successful completion, participants are awarded with a Certificate (badge).

Executive Certificate - $1,299

  • Provides a broader foundation in innovation and intangible asset strategy, giving participants access to 5 modules from a curated selection.
  • Includes an assessment of the knowledge gathered through a response to a real-world application of the topic covered in each module.
  • Upon successful completion of all 5 modules, participants are awarded with a micro credential in Digital Policy Innovation.

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