Singularity University Announces New And Updated Programs To Prepare Leaders For Disruptive Times, Identify Strategic Opportunities, Achieve High-Impact Growth, And Build A Better World
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Singularity University (SU), a global community with a mission to educate, inspire, and empower leaders to apply exponential technologies to address humanity's grand challenges, has announced new and evolved programs for individuals, startups, and large organizations. The announcement was made to 1,600 participants attending this week's SU's second annual Global Summit in San Francisco.
As advanced or exponential technologies (such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality, digital biology, and robotics) continue to develop at faster rates, it is becoming more challenging for organizations of all sizes to see far enough into the future to plan for how technologies and trends will disrupt as well as create opportunities for businesses and world markets. SU is dedicated to helping people learn to break free of the assumptions they have today, delivering the tools, partner and community networks, and exponential mindset they need to be successful and solve the global challenges we face.
"The world is changing faster than our linear-thinking brains can keep up," said Carin Watson, EVP, Learning & Innovation at Singularity University. "Exponential technologies and new business models enabled by digitization and democratization are impacting every industry in unprecedented ways. SU aims to help leaders better understand, anticipate, and respond to the future. The pace and approach that got us here aren't sufficient to get us there. Our wide range of programs, diverse faculty network, and global community of change agents help individuals and organizations learn to embrace an exponential mindset, develop new skills and tools, and pursue unexpected collaborations that result in both bottom line and social impact."
Enterprises and Large Organizations Require Leaders Who Know How to Succeed in a World of Disruption Caused by Exponential Technologies
The enterprise programs announced this week as new or evolved underscore SU's commitment to deepening the support to help drive organizational transformation. They include:
-- The all-new Program for Exponential Leadership prepares leaders to
anticipate and leverage disruption in technologies, markets and business
models, while learning to be futurists, technologists, innovators, and
impact-drivers in equal parts to create long-term value. Program
participants will develop a specific roadmap for exponential change and
are assigned a coach to ensure they are successful in the long term.
-- The Exponential Technology and Startup Radar enables enterprises to
identify competing startups and disruptive technologies that will likely
impact their business or industry. Offered as a one-month or three-month
sprint, it delivers real-time insights about emerging technology and
trends along with strategic recommendations to help innovation leaders
predict when and how disruptions are coming, so they can make the right
decisions today.
-- Disruption Workshops are designed for innovation, product, and strategy
teams to speed large organizations' ability to generate future-shaping
breakthroughs with exponential technologies. Participants develop
disruptive new business models and seek new opportunities at the edge of
the business.
-- Exponential Strategy Programs are custom 1-3 day programs, designed to
educate management teams about the unique disruptive forces affecting
their competitive landscapes and business.
-- Prototyping Sprints and Team Incubation enable large organizations to
innovate at the speed of a startup. Innovation teams learn to rapidly
test, learn, iterate, and vet ideas to the proof-of-concept stage
through to pilot. SU can drive the process in one-week sessions, or show
organizations how they can drive the process themselves internally over
the course of several months.
Impact-Driven Startups Need Long-Term Support to See Them Through
Recognizing that it takes time to solve big problems, SU is announcing SU Ventures, to provide end-to-end support for visionary, future-shaping entrepreneurs and startups--from concept to prototype to funding to market entry to scale, and beyond. Unlike traditional short-term incubators and accelerators, it's the first and only program dedicated to startups that apply emerging technologies to address the largest challenges facing humanity today. SU Ventures helps startups:
-- Source the capital they need from angel investors, VCs, and SU's Impact
Partners
-- Iteratively test their innovations during pilots with SU global partners
in the Fortune 1000 and into field deployments with development
organizations for real-world feedback and analysis that is funneled back
into design
-- Connect with global experts, SU faculty, industry leaders with expertise
in exponential technologies and their impact on market trends
-- Learn how to accelerate breakthroughs
-- Get the support they need in an "all-you-can-engage" format for as long
as they are in business.
SU's flagship Global Solutions Program (GSP) now also feeds into SU Ventures in a more intrinsic way as many GSP participants ideate solutions leveraging exponential technologies and bold thinking to solve humankind's global challenges: energy, environment, food, water, shelter, security, prosperity, space, governance, and disaster resilience. Out of the GSP ideas come the seeds for moonshot initiatives--those impacting global challenges and making a difference in the lives of 1 billion people around the world within 10 years. Selected teams are invited to participate in the SU Ventures Incubator to evolve their ideas into startups and innovative solutions. The 2017 GSP cohort focused on solving the challenges facing our climate and environment. To learn more about innovative projects developed during GSP 2017, please see Singularity University Completes 2017 Global Solutions Program.
New Immersive Open Enrollment Programs for Everyone
Singularity University has also expanded its portfolio of short programs for individuals, whether they are seeking their first introduction to the world of exponentials, to deepen their expertise in a given technology or global challenge, or to stay abreast of the innovations, players, and issues shaping the future.
-- Foundations of Exponential Thinking brings SU's perspectives and tools
to cities, initially in the U.S. In a focused 3-day learning program,
mid- and senior-level leaders become future-focused leaders. Topics
include: core exponential trends driving the future, the risks and
opportunities they represent, and methods of leveraging exponential
technologies to solve the world's grand challenges. The program will
equip participants to become change agents to influence the direction of
their organizations.
-- Re[solve] is a new series of 3-day programs focused on the global grand
challenges identified by SU as the most critical to solve using
exponential thinking, tools, and technologies: water, food, energy,
environment, shelter, disaster resilience, prosperity, security,
shelter, education, and global health. The first three Re[solve]
programs announced are: Re[solve] Learning, Re[solve]
Energy+Environment, and Re[solve] Food. In these experiential programs,
participants will learn how to "be exponential" in moving beyond current
assumptions of how to solve for these issues. They will learn a new
exponential approach to "re-solve" them, as well as recommit or
"resolve" to personally make a difference.
-- Experts on Air is a new weekly webcast series that features virtual
presentations and live Q&A with change-makers who are working on
cutting-edge exponential technologies and innovation. Through these
webcasts, SU experts bring you the latest breakthroughs from their
fields, give meaning and context to our changing world, and provide
actionable insights and frameworks for your daily life and business.
Recent speakers have included: Lisa Kay Solomon, SU Chair,
Transformational Practices on How to Be A Great Leader in Exponential
Times; Pascal Finette, SU VP of Startup Solutions on Between the Zeros
and Ones: Decoding Digitalization; and Jason Dunn, Co-founder and CTO of
Made In Space on How New Manufacturing Processes in Space Will Disrupt
Industries on Earth.
ABOUT SINGULARITY UNIVERSITY
Singularity University (SU) is a global learning and innovation community using exponential technologies to tackle the world's biggest challenges and build an abundant future for all. SU's collaborative platform empowers individuals and organizations across the globe to learn, connect, and innovate breakthrough solutions using accelerating technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics, and digital biology. A certified benefit corporation headquartered at NASA Research Park in Silicon Valley, SU was founded in 2008 by renowned innovators Ray Kurzweil and Peter H. Diamandis with program funding from leading organizations including Google, Deloitte, and UNICEF. To learn more, visit SU.org, join us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @SingularityU, and download the SingularityU Hub mobile app.
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