This introductory course is developed for high level business people (and those on their way) who want a broad understanding of new Information Technologies and understand their potential for business functions (e.g. marketing, supply change management, finance). This is not a course for people looking for guidance on how to become a deep technical expert or implement these technologies.



New Technologies for Business Leaders

Instructor: Mark Mueller-Eberstein, Dipl. Kfm.
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Skills you'll gain
- Customer experience improvement
- Artificial Intelligence
- Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR)
- Emerging Technologies
- Business Transformation
- Market Trend
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software
- FinTech
- Business Marketing
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Customer Retention
- Internet Of Things
- Blockchain
- Business Ethics
- Data Ethics
- Customer Engagement
- Technology Strategies
- Business Technologies
- Digital Transformation
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There are 5 modules in this course
This module will introduce business professionals to the concept and underlying trends of Digital Transformation as they relate to business strategy and especially to customer engagement. Compared to the earlier industrial revolutions, the so called fourth revolution, Digital Transformation, opens opportunities, creates challenges and requires new and creative cross functional collaboration at a much accelerated trajectory. Business leaders need to have an understanding of Digital Transformation and assess the current state of their companies regarding the use, misuse, or lack of the new technologies. The module provides the comprehensive understanding of the technology driven revolution and frameworks to discuss and implement digital transformation projects that can include VR/AR, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things and Blockchain technologies.
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13 videos3 readings1 assignment2 discussion prompts
This module discusses Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and everything in-between. We will start by identifying changes in the media market and the impact they had on consumers based on the interaction provided. We then will explore technologies and buzzwords, and finally, we will look at examples of how these technologies are used in the real world today and discover clues for leveraging them in our own environments.
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11 videos9 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt
This module introduces fundamental concepts, terms and technologies behind Internet of Things and how they are being used to improve business processes and specifically marketing and customer retention. We will demonstrate different applications and products that are leading the market and how marketers can think about this technology as an opportunity to attract and retain customers. The customer journey model will be introduced and used for the IoT scenario as a general tool for leading a digital transformation.
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9 videos11 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt
This module provides an overview of the key terms and technologies about “Big Data” and “Artificial Intelligence (AI)” and how these technologies allow new ways of customer engagement and management. It promotes a discussion about ethical and moral implications around Artificial Intelligence. Examples from different industries about the use of big data and AI are provided.
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11 videos4 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt
This module introduces the fundamentals of Blockchain technology, as a key accelerator of the evolving customer engagement including and far beyond the crypto currencies. The module presents practical scenarios by industry and how Blockchain can change current business models to benefit the customer and client relationship and also discuss how Blockchain technology combined with IoT and AI creates synergies for organizations. Finally, we will provide a list of communities created around Blockchain.
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16 videos2 readings1 assignment1 peer review1 discussion prompt
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Reviewed on Jul 3, 2019
Really good course to get a general view of the technologies that are shaping the market!. Looking forward for the next version of this course
Reviewed on Mar 28, 2021
Very interesting and dynamic course. It has a good level of details about the technologies, yet it's light and fun to watch.
Reviewed on Apr 18, 2022
Very thorough and engaging exposition of the emerging technologies, The effect that I got was to be catapult to the 21st century. Little I knew that I was still in the mindset of the 20th century.
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