Executive Certificate in Governance and Innovation in the Age of Intangibles
A professional qualification that prepares current and future public policy, private sector, industry, and not-for-profit leaders to operate and lead in the digital world.
Commitment
5 hours a week for 5 weeks
Start Date
May 5, 2025
Registration Deadline
April 27, 2025
Cost
CAD $2,750
Cost includes a non-refundable $25 registration fee
Executive Certificate in Governance and Innovation in the Age of Intangibles
What you will learn
The Age of Intangibles signifies a profound shift in economic and societal paradigms, where value creation increasingly hinges on non-physical assets such as data, algorithms, intellectual property, and digital platforms. This transformation reshapes traditional governance models, economic activities and frameworks, financial investments, and legal norms, influencing innovation priorities, strategic leadership, productivity dynamics, resource distribution, and wealth generation.
This era presents distinct challenges, including safeguarding data privacy, protecting intellectual property rights, addressing digital inequality, and fostering global collaboration. Simultaneously, it offers opportunities to drive societal progress through innovation and efficient governance. To navigate these complexities, this executive program equips current and future leaders alike with the critical knowledge and practical skills required to lead digital transformation and effectively manage risks and opportunities in the Age of Intangibles.
Objectives
- Inspiring Transformational Leadership: Equip professionals with the tools and insights needed to lead digital transformation across public, private, and non-profit sectors.
- Harnessing Evidence-Based Insights: Provide a comprehensive understanding of emerging technologies and their societal, economic, and environmental impacts based on rigorous research and real-world examples.
- Advancing Leadership Excellence: Prepare participants to exhibit adaptability and resilience in addressing complex societal challenges and rapid technological advancements.
- Fostering Ethical Governance: Examine governance frameworks and scenarios to tackle ethical, legal, and policy issues unique to the Age of Intangibles, ensuring technological innovations align with democratic values, the rule of law, and human rights.
- Optimising Strategic Resource Allocation: Foster strategic planning to efficiently use and develop intangible assets to enhance productivity, manage wealth, and ensure equitable resource distribution.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand foundations and principles of digital governance: Learn about core characteristics, functions, and mechanisms at the intersection of governance and technology through which intangibles create value, and stabilize and reshape political systems.
- Evaluate the influence of intangible assets: Analyze the role, value and impact of data, intellectual property, and digital platforms on market productivity, business practices and competitive advantage.
- Examine how intangible assets generate value and prosperity: Analyze opportunities as well as challenges that intangible assets pose to maintaining private protection, public safety, and political stability in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.
- Assess the role of public and private institutions: Learn about advancing the digital economy, national security and global stability while ensuring data privacy, intellectual property protection, and equitable digital access.
Who benefits from this program?
This executive program is designed for all levels of professionals driving digital transformation, policy-making, and governance initiatives. The course is particularly valuable for civil servants, lawmakers, civil society leaders, scholars, and graduate students committed to shaping digital governance strategies and policies. The thoughtfully crafted modules provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of the unique complexities and interconnections that define the Age of Intangibles.
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Course overview
This Executive Certificate consists of five different modules. Two modules are completed by all participants. The final three modules fall under one of two pathways: Digital Transformation or Digital Public Policy. The pathways are designed to deepen expertise in key aspects of governance and technology.
Modules
For more information about individual modules and pathways, please see below:
Shared Modules
The two shared modules aim to equip all participants with the foundational skills required to evaluate the economic impact of intangible assets and lead effectively in digital governance. Participants gain practical insights into navigating challenges in productivity, innovation, and ethical decision-making.
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Pathway 1: Digital Transformation
This pathway equips professionals with essential skills to lead in a data-driven world. Ideal for professionals driving innovation and transformation across public, private, or non-profit sectors, this pathway fosters effective digital leadership.
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Pathway 2: Digital Public Policy
This pathway prepares participants to navigate policy challenges in the digital age. Designed for leaders in governance, this pathway equips participants to craft impactful, ethical, and future-ready digital policy solutions.
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Course Delivery
The course is delivered virtually through the BEI-net. Each module of the program includes:
- A total of 5 online learning hours over the course of the week, including pre-recorded sessions (3 hours) and a live case study exercise facilitated by the module leader (2 hours)
- Office hours for module instructor support
- Access to supporting material, recommended readings and interactive learning
Course Assessment
Each module includes a live case study discussion via Zoom scheduled for each Friday. The live session will either be scheduled at 11:00 am - 1:00 pm or 1:30 - 3:30 pm ET. This online case study exercise brings participants together to practice critical analysis and problem solving, while also giving them the opportunity to network and discuss ideas with like-minded peers.
During this session, participants will be divided into groups to discuss the selected case study further, enriching their project-based learning experience. They will be assessed based on a one-page submission responding to a task that applies module learning objectives to the case study context, which will be due shortly after the module ends.
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