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Made Smarter Leadership Programme – Build a Business Fit for the Future

Do you have the skills to lead digital transformation in your business?

Become a digitally informed, empowered leader and know how to prepare and help your business respond more effectively to technology driven change.

The Made Smarter Leadership Programme, delivered by Lancaster University Management School, is designed for manufacturing SMEs wanting to improve their productivity through the adoption of new industrial technologies (IDTs)

Programme Overview

This blended programme will help you explore the value of Industrial Digital Technologies for your business. With a mixture of face to face and online delivery, you will complete a series of workshops, action learning sessions and site visits to see businesses that have successfully adopted digital technologies and learn from business leaders lived experiences. You will be part of a peer network group where you can share your challenges and achievements within a facilitated action learning forum. You’ll also learn how to create ‘Sprint projects’ helping you to test ideas out in your workplace.

The programme starts on 15th March.

Who is the programme for?

Designed for operational leaders/decision makers in manufacturing SMEs.

What will it cost?

The programme is offered at a 50% subsidised rate and will cost £2,500 per
delegate.

Join the next cohort

Date: 15th March 2022 – 13th July 2022

Delivery: Blended

Commitment: 2/3 sessions per month

Participant Jeremy Kemsley-Pein, Director, Heatsense Cables said: “I want to develop a digital strategy. It’s all very well doing little snippets, but you need the whole picture before you start to spend money on that type of journey. This programme is certainly helping that.” 

Find out more here: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/lums/business/sme-programmes/made-smarter/

Contact madesmarter@lancaster.ac.uk to register your interest.