Five hours per week
With live discussion sessions
As disruptive innovations and new technologies continue to shape our world, being prepared to adapt is more important than ever. To keep up, your organization must have a strategy that enables your business to respond to our changing landscape and embrace emerging technology. From mastering new technologies to ensuring your teams can successfully adapt to technological change, avoid future roadblocks by strengthening your knowledge of digital transformation today
This eight-week online course, developed in partnership with the Ontario Engineering Academy and Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE), addresses the impact that technology is having on our workforce, and helps you discover new technologies and develop a plan for their integration into your workplace. It covers current digital transformation models, examples of new technologies and their applications, and offers unique case studies from a wide range of organizations that have undergone their own successful digital transformation.
You will also be able to interact with professionals from various industries through peer learning and a facilitated open forum. As millions of jobs are displaced by the division of labour between humans and technology, this course prepares you to balance your technology, people, and processes, so your organization can remain competitive and agile in today's marketplace.
WatSPEED has been approved by the Project Management Institute (PMI®) to issue contact hours and PDUs for our courses. This course provides 10 Ways of Working hours, 10 Power Skills hours and 20 Business Acumen hours for the Talent Triangle ® for a total of 40 hours.
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Professionals who lead or influence their organization’s digital transformation
Business and technology leaders seeking to innovate or adopt new technologies for their workplace
Project managers
For Project Management Professionals
Designed for experienced managers leading digital transformation projects
For Professional Engineers
Earn 40 CPD hours through the Ontario Engineering Academy (OSPE).
Earn a prestigious certificate upon program completion.
Beyond program sessions, get one-on-one guidance to shape your digital change ideas.
Peter Carr is a continuing lecturer in the Department of Management Sciences, and has been consulting on the topic of digital transformation for 18 years. He is an expert on the use of technology in business and society. His key areas of focus for research and teaching include: technology innovation and entrepreneurship, the strategic management of technology, project management, the use of social media to improve business performance, technology in developing countries, the social impact of information technology, and online learning.
Carr works on the use of technology in developing countries. Most recently this work has included the creation of the Technology Enabled Education Resource Library, with Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi. Prior to that, he contributed to over 20 projects with NetHope and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. He was the Technical Editor of the book “PMP Professional Study Guide, 3rd edition” by Joseph Phillips (McGraw Hill, 2009). He has taught Project Management and Operations Management courses internationally, and has been featured in case studies by Microsoft and BlackBerry. He has created two project management based online simulations. He recently completed contributions to a report on digital transformation in the manufacturing sector in Canada.
Carr holds a PhD in lean transformation of traditional manufacturing organizations from Cranfield University in the United Kingdom. He also has strong ties to industry. Prior to joining the University of Waterloo, he was executive director at the Centre for Innovative Management at Athabasca University.