Event Objectives:

• Learn the seven principals of digital technologies
• Experience and understand the transformations by digital technologies
• Discuss the issues and work on small group exercises.
• Apply your learnings and insights into your daily work.

Amit Mukherjee

Amit has, for decades, worked at the intersection of leadership, technology, and strategy. His new book, “Leading in the Digital World: How to Foster Creativity, Collaboration, and Inclusivity” (April 2020) appears in the “Management on the Cutting Edge” series that MIT Press curates with the Sloan Management Review. Calling it a “canny manual,” Publishers Weekly noted, “Among the welter of books claiming to direct leaders in the digital age, Mukherjee’s swiftly executed, neatly encapsulated view … is specifically focused enough to deliver value …” HBS Alumni News commended it for “Offering a radical rethinking of leadership.” His prior book, The Spider’s Strategy, was named “One of the 30 best business books of 2009.” He has also published articles in the Sloan Management Review, Harvard Business Review, Forbes and other practitioner-oriented media, and two heavily cited papers in the top academic journal, Management Science. Amit has taught well over 100 executive education programs, having co-designed many. Companies like FedEx, Nielsen, Johnson & Johnson, and ConAgra Foods commissioned them for their Directors, Vice Presidents, and Senior Vice Presidents. For two decades, Amit worked outside academia leading, co-leading, or advising major multi-organization “can’t be done” digital and non-digital technology projects. As the Chief Technology & Strategy Officer of a NASDAQ-listed, digital technology company (TurboChef), he oversaw the launch of a key product while guiding the development of its next-generation version. As a practice leader in two consulting companies (Arthur D. Little, and Forrester Research) and co-founder of Ishan, he also advised CEOs/CXOs of companies like Bloomberg, Johnson & Johnson, Dunkin’ Brands, and SAP. Amit teaches leadership, strategy and technology courses in Hult’s EMBA, MBA and dual degree (Master’s in Managing Disruptive Innovation) programs and for its Ashridge Executive Education unit. Most recently, as Professor of Leadership and Strategy at IMD, the executive education-focused Swiss school, Amit taught in open programs (e.g., Orchestrating Winning Performance, Transition to Business Leadership, Leading Digital Transformations and The Next Generation) and in custom programs for institutions like Bank Indonesia (the country’s central bank) and SIDC (Malaysia’s securities commission). Earlier, he held visiting positions at Babson College. He began his academic career teaching in the Executive, MBA, and Ph.D. programs at INSEAD. Amit’s Doctorate in Business Administration is from the Harvard Business School, MBA from the Darden School/University of Virginia, and undergraduate engineering degree from BITS Pilani (India). He has lived in five countries and has worked in many more.