Risk, Strategy, and Decisions
Manage risk, navigate disruption, and frame business problems to drive alignment across your organization.
As market disruptions, societal pressures, and emerging technologies continue to reshape competitive dynamics, leaders are increasingly called upon to make complex decisions under uncertainty. Risk, Strategy, and Decisions is an executive education program designed to equip mid- to senior-level leaders with a practical, adaptive framework for navigating today’s high-stakes business environment. As market disruptions, societal pressures, and emerging technologies continue to reshape competitive dynamics, this program helps leaders build the strategic clarity, risk intelligence, and influence skills needed to drive results and build resilient organizations.
Through real-world case discussions and hands-on exercises, participants will learn how to frame challenges with precision, assess risks beyond the obvious, and lead persuasively across diverse audiences. From managing crises and making trade-offs under pressure, to adapting strategy in response to unforeseen disruptions, the program connects leadership principles to the urgent realities of the present moment. Participants will leave with a stronger ability to anticipate change, align stakeholders, and make decisions that not only withstand uncertainty—but turn it into a strategic advantage.
“The hardest problem to solve is one you haven’t clearly formulated. My goal is to promote responsible decision-making by helping decision makers understand and engage what might otherwise be an invisible aspect of a decision, namely, its evaluative component."
—Alex John London, Ph.D., K.L. Gates Professor of Ethics and Computational Technologies; Director, Center for Ethics and Policy; Chief Ethicist, Block Center for Technology and Society
Key Takeaways
- Gain a practical framework for responsible decision-making—from defining the problem and gathering insights to evaluating options and executing effectively.
- Deepen your understanding of risk by learning to identify different types, sources, and appropriate responses across a portfolio of strategic challenges.
- Explore the social dynamics of decision-making, including strategies for persuasion, stakeholder alignment, and coalition-building that promote trust and reduce risk.
- Learn to distinguish between technical and non-technical factors in decisions, balancing ethical, social, and business imperatives in complex environments.
- Strengthen your ability to adapt quickly and confidently when circumstances shift, by leveraging a wide range of organizational and personal resources.
- Apply course concepts to real-world cases and your own organizational context, gaining insight into how leaders across industries navigate uncertainty and change.
Who should attend?
Ideal for professionals at all levels—from executives to start-up founders—this program equips you with essential tools to advance your career and leverage human-AI collaboration.
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