Help your clients succeed.
In the Digital Transformation Program, you'll learn the skills you need to become the critical link between business functions and the technology that enables them. The courses in our program span all aspects of digital transformation— not just technology, but also business and people operations, leadership, and strategy, to give you a well-rounded skillset.
Gain both the expertise and the confidence to advise your clients on leading and executing an informed technology-enabled business transformation.
Round out your expertise in:
- Aligning company objectives and organizational culture to deliver superior business outcomes
- Implementing digital transformation across different dimensions of the business system, including product, platforms, solutions, customers, supply chain, and brand
- Leveraging technologies like AI, data science, crowdsourcing, and IoT to streamline processes and improve customer experiences
Why should you choose Stanford Online?
Learn 100% online
Access content on your computer, phone, or tablet anywhere with an internet connection.
Progress at your own pace
You're busy. We get that. All courses are self-paced so that you can learn at a pace that works best for you.
Learn from the best
We brought together top Stanford faculty from the School of Engineering and School of Business to create a well-rounded curriculum.
Earn a Stanford certificate
Complete eight courses to earn a Stanford Certificate of Achievement. Proudly display this on your LinkedIn and resume.
Featured Case Studies and Real-World Examples
Clearing the Way for Digital: Align Technology
Target and Walmart: Who is Better Prepared to Take on Amazon?
Examining Product Platform: FitBit and Intuit
Michelin Group: Embracing Culture While Adapting to Change
AI at Google and Adobe
Graduate or Professional?
Time Commitment
Achievement
Classmate Interactions
Cost
Graduate Certificate Courses
90–120 hours per course
Earn up to 18 units of academic credit that may contribute to a certificate or a degree
Frequent collaboration with other students taking courses at the same time
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Professional Certificate Courses
6–13 hours per course
Earn a certificate and, in some cases, professional education units
Potential to connect with other participants through private social media groups
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Featured Courses
Featured Courses
Foundations of Digital Transformation
For an organization to grow and evolve in today’s tech-centered landscape, it must develop a company culture that promotes risk-taking, collaboration, and speed. In this course, you'll examine the key factors that enable an organization to take advantage of the opportunities that emerging technologies provide and to stay competitive as these technologies evolve.
Building an AI-Enabled Organization
See how leading professionals are utilizing AI in their companies to create superior customer experiences and increase operational efficiency. Through real-world examples, you’ll learn proven tips and tools to build an AI business strategy, optimized for a company’s size, industry, and data management capabilities.
Build a Product Platform Strategy to Accelerate Growth
Learn strategies for designing, monetizing, and launching a product platform. You’ll see how companies including LinkedIn, Nintendo, and Fitbit have adapted to digital transformation and successfully utilized their product platform to create value and realize revenue
Systems Leadership: Managing Uncertainty in the Digital Age
Learn how to lead digital transformation by mastering the skills of systems leadership. You will discover strategies for uniting decentralized networks and diverse teams, driving change, and leading through uncertainty by recognizing patterns and taking action.
The Industrialist’s Dilemma: How to Adapt to a Changing Landscape
See how the world’s best startups are taking on the world’s biggest companies, and how those large companies are adapting to survive. Ensure that your company isn’t overtaken by an emerging startup by learning how to prepare for this shifting landscape.
Transforming the User Experience through Artificial Intelligence
This course connects human-computer interaction (HCI), the multidisciplinary field that focuses on designing interactions between humans and technology, to the transformative effects of AI so that you can better serve your customers and drive your company forward.
Featured Faculty
Pamela Hinds
Program Director and Professor, Stanford University
Robert Siegel
Lecturer, Stanford University.
Pedram Mokrian
Assistant Professor, Stanford University
Michael Bernstein
Associate Professor, Stanford University
Hear insights from featured guest speakers such as…
- Dr. Won-Pyo Hong - CEO atSamsung SDS
- Jeff Wong - Global Chief Innovation Officer at EY
- Dan Leibfried - Director of Advanced Technologies at John Deere
- Ed Chi - Principle Scientist at Google
- Ali Raiz - CEO at OrbitMI
