Through interactive sessions, real-world case studies, and relationship-centered frameworks, participants will move beyond incremental leadership models to engage in the deeper work of shaping both organizations and human potential for the future.

I. Core Mindsets (The Inner Operating System for Thriving Amid Complexity)

These are the foundational ways of thinking and being that enable leaders to operate in an unknowable, fluid environment.

• Adaptive Thinking – Continuously unlearn, re-learn. Leaders must have the agility to shift mental models, challenge assumptions, and be radically curious.
• Resilient Foresight – Lead with clarity amid uncertainty by mastering ambiguity, while maintaining long-term strategic vision and foresight
• Moral Imagination – The ability to envision and act upon futures that are not only profitable, but ethical, just, and inclusive.

II. Strategic Capabilities (Synthesizing Strategy Across Disruption)

These are active capabilities for navigating, sensing, and shaping the financial and technological transformation.

• Systems Synthesis – Seeing interconnections across domains, to form coherent, adaptive strategies that consider multiple processes and stakeholders.
• Risk Reframing – Beyond downside protection, view risk as opportunity cost, emphasizing resilience, and optionality.
• Decentralized Strategy – Design and lead flexible networks that thrive without top-down control—empowering autonomy and thrive amid change.

III. Relational & Human-Centered Capacities (The Leadership Multiplier)

In a world where machines transact, human leadership will be defined not by data access, but by emotional intelligence and creating collective meaning.

• Trust-Architect – Build, sustain, and repair trust across diverse human and digital systems through transparency, integrity, and connection.
• Empathetic Communication – Listening deeply and communicating with emotional intelligence—even across cultural, generational, and digital divides.
• Collective Identity – Leading not from ego—from the ability to help teams, organizations, and communities co-create purpose and direction, while navigating ethics.

Topics of Discussion 

Led by renowned NYU faculty and Executive Fellows, this curriculum blends cutting-edge research with real-world applications, ensuring participants gain actionable insights to excel in today’s fast-evolving business landscape:

• Tech & AI in Leadership – Leveraging innovation for smarter decision-making and strategic growth.
• Storytelling for Leaders – Weaving narratives to create organizational identity and hope
• An Innovation Mindset – Embracing agility to capitalize on windows of opportunity
• Relationship-Based Leadership – Building trust and influence through meaningful connections.
• The Leader—Follower Collaboration – Mastering the dynamics of effective leadership and team collaboration.
• Generational Divergences – Navigating multigenerational workplaces for stronger team synergy
• Self-Awareness & Leadership Styles – Understanding personal leadership strengths for greater impact.