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Open programs
IMD has developed a wide-ranging portfolio of open-enrolment programs that meet the needs of executives across functions and levels of seniority. We offer several sustainability-focused open programs, including our blended flagship sustainability program – Leading Sustainable Business Transformation, our Winning Sustainability Strategies program, and Driving Sustainability from the Boardroom. To ensure the broadest access and reach, the programs are delivered across all modalities: face-to-face, blended, and online.
In addition to open programs focused on sustainability, we have incorporated sustainability-themed modules in our portfolio of general management programs, such as our Advanced Management program and the Breakthrough Program for Senior Executives and Future Leaders.
Our sustainability programs are increasing their reach:
participants attended the Winning Sustainability Strategies online program in 2023
people attended the Leading Sustainable Business Transformation program, an increase from 45 participants in 2022
executives in three cohorts enrolled in the Driving Sustainability from the Boardroom program in 2023. In 2022, there were 31 participants in one cohort
participants from leading organizations attended the Driving Innovative Finance for Impact program in 2023
participants attended Orchestrating Winning Performance in Lausanne in 2023
“As a leader in the organization, I’m more equipped now to walk the talk and to be very aware of the impact I will have through how I lead, setting the tone for inclusive leadership.”
Extending our program offering
In 2023, we introduced two new open programs to meet the changing needs of executives seeking to drive sustainable and inclusive business transformation.
The Inclusive Leadership program, led by Corinne Post, recognizes that impactful leadership goes beyond achieving targets and delivering results. It’s about creating an environment where everyone feels seen, valued, and heard and where people of diverse backgrounds and talents come together to drive innovation and success. Participants are taken on a journey to uncover what it really means to adopt an inclusive mindset.
They learn the skills to overcome barriers to inclusion, communicate effectively, and implement diversity management strategies for organizational success.
The Driving Innovative Finance for Impact (DIFI) program, designed by Vanina Farber, supports multistakeholder solutions that integrate private capital into the humanitarian sector. The program shows how humanitarian solutions can be investable.
Developed in partnership with the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Lombard Odier Foundation, and the World Economic Forum, it serves as a catalyst for innovative financial instruments that support development and humanitarian projects,
helping to pioneer new avenues to address the critical shortfall in humanitarian aid globally. DIFI enables the private sector, philanthropic entities, NGOs, and development finance institutions to transform humanitarian projects into viable investment opportunities.
IMD’s Orchestrating Winning Performance, held biannually in Lausanne and Singapore, offers a unique perspective on how to lead through uncertainty, positively overcome adversity, and navigate change so that organizations are future-ready. The 2023 programs offered several sustainability-focused sessions and covered a broad range of pertinent topics.
Participants were invited to examine issues facing many leaders, including how to integrate sustainability into a firm’s strategy. In 2023, participants at OWP Singapore took part in a sustainability-focused 360-degree learning experience. Find out more.
The Reinventing Luxury Lab program, led by Stéphane JG Girod, is an annual strategy program that enables luxury industry professionals to prototype and field-proof the key elements needed to make their brands resilient and enduring.
In 2023, the Lab focused on “What’s Next for Growth.” The first day focused on accelerating the shift to circular luxury.
Through a series of new case studies, launched with senior executives of LVMH’s Nona Source, Zenith, and Pandora, participants worked on topics related to scaling circular materials supply chains, communicating on circularity without greenwashing, and the feasibility of new business models such as renting and sharing.
