In partnership with INSEAD & independent practitioners
Leading Complex Change
Lead through ambiguity, resistance and competing stakeholder expectations.
Step into a post-merger integration where cultural friction, insecurity and competing priorities are already creating tension. Practise aligning stakeholders and sustaining momentum when strategy depends on trust, timing and difficult conversations.
Skills include: Communicating change; De-escalating tension; Addressing resistance; Supporting transition; Building adaptability; Building collaboration
Curated by Philipp Meyer-Doyle, Associate Professor of Strategy, INSEAD
Psychological Safety & Accountability
Lead in ways that help people speak up, share information and learn without lowering standards.
Investigate a critical incident where fear, hierarchy and leadership signals shape what people say, and what stays hidden. Practise creating psychological safety while maintaining accountability and surfacing the truth needed to learn.
Skills include: Modelling vulnerability; Creating an open environment; Validating contributions; Remaining neutral
Curated by Mark Mortensen, Professor of Organisational Behaviour, INSEAD
Crisis Communication
Communicate clearly, take difficult decisions and protect trust when pressure is high.
Navigate high-pressure crisis situations where facts are incomplete, stakeholders are anxious and reputational risk is rising. Practise stabilising the situation, making decisions under uncertainty and communicating with credibility.
Skills include: Communicating clearly under pressure; Deciding under pressure; Managing crisis reactions; Upholding integrity; Adapting crisis messages; Empathic understanding
Curated by David Dubois, Associate Professor of Marketing, INSEAD
Leading AI Transformation
Build the leadership judgement needed to guide complex AI transformation.
Lead a large-scale AI transformation where the challenge is not just technology, but trust, resistance and changing ways of working. Practise helping people adapt, collaborate and move forward as AI reshapes the organisation.
Skills include: Communicating change; De-escalating tension; Addressing resistance; Supporting transition; Building adaptability; Building collaboration
Curated by Peter Zemsky, Eli Lilly Chaired Professor of Strategy and Innovation, INSEAD
Your Leadership Essence
Clarify your values, purpose and leadership identity.
Move from instinctive reflection to a clear expression of who you are as a leader. Through focused coaching conversations, refine your values, sharpen your language and articulate your leadership purpose with confidence.
Curated by Mette Johansson, Founder and CEO of MetaMind Training
Skills for the Future Accelerator
Build the behavioural, interpersonal and strategic capabilities needed for future-ready leadership.
A multi-module structured accelerator for emerging leaders stepping into broader responsibility. Practise critical leadership behaviours across realistic stakeholder situations, building confidence in how you think, communicate and lead as complexity increases.
Skills include: Critical Thinking & Inquiry; Decision Making & Judgement; Learning & Growth Mindset; Systems & Strategic Thinking; Coaching and Developing Talent; Performance Management; Strategic Technology Fluency
Strategy in the Age of Digital and AI
Build the strategic reasoning needed to analyse digital and AI-enabled opportunities, test assumptions and defend an executable strategy.
Work from external trend analysis to customer value and execution logic. Practise testing assumptions, selecting the right stakeholder perspective and defending a technology-enabled strategy under serious executive scrutiny.
Skills include: Synthesising strategic insights; Structuring logical arguments; Adopting a future-oriented perspective; Prioritising enterprise value; Designing and refining solutions
Curated by Peter Zemsky, Eli Lilly Chaired Professor of Strategy and Innovation, INSEAD
The Human Side of Technology Adoption
Lead technology adoption by recognising the mindsets that shape people’s responses to opportunity, uncertainty and risk.
Explore how FOMO, FOMU and FOMA shape responses to new technology. Practise engaging cautious stakeholders, channelling urgency into focused experimentation and bringing contrasting perspectives into productive alignment.
Skills include: Framing technology for business value; Anticipating technology risks; Handling objections and resistance; Influencing without authority; Weighing risks and trade-offs
Mastering AI Conversations
Communicate AI clearly, confidently and responsibly with different stakeholders.
Practise turning AI understanding into clear, business-relevant conversations. Explain AI to technical and non-technical leaders, frame opportunities through a commercial lens and address risks with practical safeguards.
Skills include: Tailoring technology communication; Framing technology for business value; Anticipating technology risks
Curated by Ville Satopaa, Professor of Technology and Operations Management, INSEAD
Building AI-Ready Leadership
Lead people through AI-enabled change with clarity, empathy and influence.
A multi-stage journey for leaders guiding organisations through AI transformation. Practise communicating about AI, addressing resistance, rebuilding trust and aligning people, process and technology as ways of working evolve.
Skills include: Communicating change; De-escalating tension; Addressing resistance; Supporting transition; Building adaptability; Building collaboration
Curated by Peter Zemsky, Eli Lilly Chaired Professor of Strategy and Innovation, INSEAD, and Ville Satopaa, Professor of Technology and Operations Management, INSEAD
Lead with Storytelling
Use story to communicate with clarity, authenticity and emotional impact.
Turn personal experience into concise, meaningful stories that help others reflect, learn and act. Practise shaping narratives that carry a clear lesson and resonate across coaching, motivation and leadership moments.
Skills include: Creating authentic, emotionally resonant narratives; Conveying a clear lesson; Crafting a clear structure; Developing relevant stories
Curated by Andy J. Yap, Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour, INSEAD
Luxury Clienteling
Build the emotional intelligence and communication presence needed for high-value client relationships.
Step into refined luxury client conversations where trust, recognition and service recovery matter. Practise using empathy, cultural awareness and storytelling to turn client encounters into lasting relationships.
Skills include: Building rapport and credibility; Applying cultural intelligence; Understanding customer needs; Impactful storytelling; Maintaining and repairing trust
Curated by David Dubois, Associate Professor of Marketing, INSEAD
Enterprise Sales Accelerator
Strengthen the conversations that move complex enterprise deals forward.
Practise the high-stakes conversations that determine whether enterprise deals progress, stall or close. Build confidence across discovery, solution alignment, stakeholder influence, forecasting, negotiation and price defence.
Skills include: Strategic Problem Solving; Objection handling; Negotiation & Value Defense; Commercial & Financial Acumen; Commitment & Next-Step Management
Sales Foundations for Coaches
Turn interest into committed coaching engagements with clarity and integrity.
Practise the conversations that move from first contact to discovery, value, pricing and commitment. Build confidence explaining your work, assessing fit and navigating hesitation without becoming overly sales-driven.
Skills include: Building relevance and credibility; Diagnosing needs and fit; Articulating value and outcomes; Navigating pricing and commitment; Supporting renewal and growth
Investor Pitch under Pressure
Communicate a venture clearly and persuasively under investor scrutiny.
Deliver a time-bound investor pitch and respond to rigorous questioning from a venture partner. Practise articulating your value proposition, demonstrating commercial judgement and staying credible under pressure.
Skills include: Articulating a clear value proposition; Responding to investor scrutiny and objections; Demonstrating commercial judgement and credibility
Building Coaching Supervision Capabilities
Support coaches through reflective, ethical and insight-driven supervision conversations.
As a Supervisor, create a focused space for coaches to examine their practice, judgement and professional development. Practise navigating subtle relational dynamics, ethical ambiguity and moments of uncertainty or overconfidence.
Skills include: Active listening; Encouraging self reflection; Exploring growth
Aligning Recruitment Needs
Turn unclear hiring needs into confident, evidence-based recruitment decisions.
Practise the conversations behind strong hiring decisions in a fast-moving business context. Clarify role requirements, assess candidate fit, evaluate trade-offs and present a well-reasoned recommendation.
Skills include: Active listening; Evaluating information; Building rapport and credibility; Assessing alignment and fit; Weighing risks and tradeoffs
LEARNING JOURNEYS
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Expert-crafted, AI-enabled practice experiences that help leaders, managers and professionals prepare for the moments that define performance — from AI transformation and psychological safety to complex change, crisis communication and leadership identity.