PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

TECHNOLOGY FOR BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS

MARKETING AND SALES

FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING

IT TECHNICAL

TECHNICAL PROGRAMS

SKILLED PROGRAMS

INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

TECHNOLOGY FOR BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS

MARKETING AND SALES

FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING

IT TECHNICAL

TECHNICAL PROGRAMS

SKILLED PROGRAMS

INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

BUSINESS MODELLING AND INNOVATION PROGRAM

Program Description

This program covers a wide range of topics including strategy, innovation, marketing, and organizational transformation. Participants will learn essential skills for disruptive innovation and how to revitalize existing products and services. The program also emphasizes aligning purpose, performance, and people, making it suitable for those seeking to drive innovation within organizations.

Key Themes

• Strategy
• Innovator’s DNA: Mastering Five Skills for Innovative Disruption
• Innovating in Existing Markets: Reviving Mature Products and Services
• Marketing Innovation
• Aligning Purpose, Performance, and People
• Business Model Innovation for Organizational Transformation
• Developing and Managing a Successful Technology Strategy
• Navigating Transitions During Disruptive Change

DESIGN THINKING PROGRAM

Program Description

This program focuses on human-centered design, problem-solving, and empathy to foster creativity and innovation. It emphasizes the importance of user needs and includes ideation, prototyping, and feedback loops to develop desirable, feasible, and viable concepts and products.

Key Themes

• Human-centered design for innovation
• Problem solving and user needs
• Empathy and understanding
• Creativity
• Ideation and prototyping
• Iteration and feedback
• Desirability, feasibility and viability

INNOVATION & CORPORATE VENTURES FOR LEADERS AND DECISION MAKERS PROGRAM

Program Description

Geared towards leaders and decision-makers, this program covers corporate venturing, process management, innovation ecosystems, and relationship management. It provides the knowledge and tools needed to lead innovation initiatives within organizations.

Key Themes

• Corporate venturing
• Processes management
• Innovation ecosystems
• Relationship management

Entrepreneurial / Intrapreneurial Mindset Program

This program explores entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial mindsets, providing insights into fostering these mindsets within large organizations. It covers best practices for business and enterprise innovation, making it valuable for individuals looking to drive innovation within corporate settings.

Entrepreneurship for Corporates Program

This program covers entrepreneurial frameworks, opportunity sizing, customer value proposition, and market research. It also addresses team building, forecasting, corporate venturing, and the development of innovation ecosystems, making it suitable for corporate professionals seeking to drive innovation.

Design Thinking & Innovation – Advanced Program

Building on design thinking principles, this advanced program delves into value creation, leadership, business model analysis, and effective communication. It also addresses the cultural aspects of innovation within organizations, offering a comprehensive approach to innovation.

Entrepreneurship Bootcamp Program

This program emphasizes entrepreneurial innovation, market share growth, and the role of innovation in market disruption. It offers a concentrated focus on practical entrepreneurship skills and strategies.

Ecosystem & Platform Business Models & Strategy

This program focuses on understanding and creating platform-based businesses, emphasizing value creation, seeding platforms, and building partnerships. Participants will learn to identify strengths and weaknesses in business ecosystems, making it relevant for those involved in platform strategy and innovation.

TECHNOLOGY FOR BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS

BUSINESS MODELING INNOVATION & PLATFORM BUSINESS PROGRAM

Program Description

This program equips participants with frameworks for generating profitable ideas and adapting them to existing markets, products, and infrastructure. It emphasizes the retooling of business models to gain a competitive edge.

Key Themes

• Profit-generating frameworks for idea generation
• Business model retooling
• Yielding competitive advancement

INTRODUCTION TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM

Program Description

Key Themes

• AI-Powered Ideation Strategies
• Adapting with AI in Markets
• AI-Enhanced Business Models

CYBER SECURITY CONCEPTS FOR EXECUTIVES PROGRAM

Program Description

Aimed at executives, this program delves into understanding the cyber landscape, common threats to businesses, and their potential impacts. It also covers strategic cybersecurity management, risk assessment, policy development, and incident response planning.

Key Themes

• Cybersecurity management
• Cybersecurity risk assessment
• Company policy development
• Incident response planning

DATA SCIENCE & AI FOR EXECUTIVES PROGRAM

Program Description

This program introduces data science, big data, machine learning, and AI, offering insights into their practical applications. It also explores data strategy, governance, and management, making it valuable for executives seeking to harness data-driven decision-making.

Key Themes

• Data science
• Big data
• Data strategy
• Governance
• Management
• Data-driven decision making

DATA, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & CHATGPT (INTERMEDIATE) PROGRAM

Program Description

Focusing on digital technologies, data, and artificial intelligence, this program addresses the evolving expectations of customers and employees, emphasizing the use of technology for competitive advantage.

Key Themes

• Digital technologies
• Customer alignment
• Technology for market expansion

DEMYSTIFYING CHATBOTS AND CHATGPT PROGRAM

Program Description

This program explains the uses, benefits, and functions of chatbots, including Chat-GPT. It highlights their applications in business for efficiency and productivity gains.

Key Themes

• Uses and benefits of chatbots
• AI and generating human-like text
• Business applications of AI

FUNDAMENTALS OF INTERNET OF THINGS PROGRAM

Program Description

Covering the basics of IoT, this program explores integral components, interactions among IoT devices, and various business applications. It also addresses security and ethical considerations related to IoT.

Key Themes

• IoT basics
• IoT components including sensors, connectivity, data processing and ser -interfaces
• IoT systems and interactions
• Business applications of IT
• Security and ethical considerations of IoT

INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM:

Program Description

This program defines digital transformation and explores its impact on products, platforms, and business models. It covers digital financial maturity, economies, customer experience, leading digital strategies, and the role of agility and user experience.

Key Themes

• Defining digital transformation
• Digital transformation concepts
• Digital transformation’s impact on products and platforms
• Designing digital business models
• Digital financial maturity
• Digital economies and customer experience
• Role of being agile
• Mastering user experience

Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies

This program provides comprehensive insights into the world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies, covering their definitions, the evolution of the crypto landscape, and the future of payments. It also explores decentralized finance (DeFi) and its impact on the financial industry, as well as cross-industry applications and business models.

Blockchain Principles for Business Leaders

Focused on blockchain’s relevance to business, this program defines blockchain and its role in modern financial systems. It explores blockchain solutions and the concept of decentralization while emphasizing how businesses can leverage blockchain for value creation.

Customer Service Using Chatbots

Covering chatbot capabilities, this program discusses their role in enhancing customer service, satisfaction, and loyalty. It provides guidance on implementing chatbots within existing customer service frameworks, including the use of artificial intelligence, ethics, and user-centric design.

Digital Transformation for Managers and Executives

Focused on digital culture, this program helps identify existing digital initiatives, game-changing technologies, and strategies for digital transformation. It emphasizes performance measurement and digital leadership.

Artificial Intelligence for Executives

Aimed at executives, this program explores AI’s potential, practical applications, and alignment with business goals. It covers ethical considerations and creating a culture of ethical AI within organizations.

User Experience (UX) Bootcamp

Focusing on UX design, this program covers user research, prototyping, content design, and design principles. It introduces various tools and methodologies for creating user-centric experiences.

User Interface (UI) Design Principles

Covering UI and UX design principles, this program explains how to design user experiences, apply insights, create wireframes, prototypes, and conduct user testing to ensure a smooth web experience.

Understanding and Leveraging Decentralized Finance

This program provides foundational knowledge on DeFi, its key concepts, benefits, and risks. It also explores blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies, and real-world applications of DeFi in business.

User Interface (UI) Design - Advanced

Geared towards UI designers, this program explores advanced techniques for building mobile applications, website designs, and prototypes. It emphasizes professional workflow, UI kits, and typography.

User Interface Design Sprint

This program focuses on creating UI designs for apps, sites, or systems, balancing form and function, designing for mobile devices, and using visual elements effectively. It covers typography, data visualization, and UI fundamentals.

MARKETING AND SALES

MARKETING STRATEGY & AUTOMATION FOR MIDDLE AND UPPER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

Program Description

Geared towards middle and upper management, this program explores integrating AI into marketing, gathering customer insights, content strategies, and adopting technology for enhanced marketing outcomes.

Key Themes

• Artificial intelligence integration for marketing
• Gathering customer insights
• Technology adoption for improved marketing outputs

CUSTOMER CENTRIC SELLING FOR SALES REPRESENTATIVES PROGRAM

Program Description

Participants in this program learn how to sell based on customer needs rather than just product offerings. It includes role-playing, coaching, and development of selling skills, communication skills, and emotional intelligence.

Key Themes

• Differentiating between customer needs and product offerings
• Coaching sales professionals
• Role playing sales skills
• Communication skills
• Emotional intelligence
• Body language

SALES, PIPELINE MANAGEMENT AND SALES AUTOMATION FOR EXECUTIVES PROGRAM

Program Description

Addressing executive-level sales optimization, this program covers sales strategies, compensation systems, and organizational structures to motivate sales teams and distribution channels. It also delves into sales pipeline management and automation.

Key Themes

• Optimizing sales teams’ performance
• Sales strategies
• Compensation systems and organizational structures

Branding and Digital Branding – Foundational

This program distinguishes between branding and digital branding, emphasizing the principles of branding, successful digital branding strategies, and social media branding. It covers brand positioning, product positioning, and practical examples from platforms like Facebook and Instagram.

Digital Marketing – Theory and Practice

This program provides an introduction to digital marketing, covering strategy, social media management, advertising, content development, SEO, SEM, video content creation, and email marketing. Participants also practice these skills on live websites and campaigns.

Digital Marketing Practical Training

Focusing on digital marketing strategy and execution, this hands-on program covers social media management, SEO, SEM, content development, and email marketing. It includes practical exercises on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Google Ads, and YouTube.

Sales & Presentation Excellence for Executives

This program hones presentation design and message delivery skills, focusing on fundamental selling skills and creating a common language for sales teams to improve productivity and results.

Strategic Selling for Executives

Designed for executives, this program addresses successful selling in a VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) world. It covers the primary elements of strategic selling, territory management, CRM usage, sales cycles, and action plans.

Customer Centric Retailing and Cross Selling Upselling Techniques

This program focuses on customer-centric retailing as a business strategy, enhancing customer satisfaction, building loyalty, and driving business success through retail sales. It also explores cross-selling and upselling techniques.

Mastering Sales Management for Sales Managers

Aimed at sales managers, this program covers managing and coaching sales representatives, strategy development, team management, coaching techniques, performance analysis, and utilizing sales data for informed decision-making and improvement.

FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS IFRS PROGRAM

Program Description

This training provides a comprehensive understanding of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), focusing on improving knowledge and adherence to IFRS standards. It covers the role, scope, and latest developments in IFRS, major accounting concepts and policies, and the preparation and presentation of financial statements in accordance with IFRS.

Key Themes

• Role & scope of IFRS
• Latest developments of IFRS
• IFRS financial statements preparation
• Accounting concepts and policies

FINANCE FOR NON FINANCE PROFESSIONALS PROGRAM

Program Description

This program equips participants with essential financial skills, including defining key financial statements and terms, interpreting the financial health of a company or division, and using financial data for management and evaluation. Participants learn how to prepare operating budgets aligned with strategic objectives, apply capital budgeting techniques for long-term decision-making, and use cost behavior concepts to enhance short-term decision-making.

Key Themes

• Key financial skills
• Basics of financial states
• Operating budgets

Financial Analysis Program

This program covers fundamental financial concepts, including financial statements and accounting principles. Participants learn to analyze balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements to assess a company’s position and performance. They also conduct ratio analysis and overall appraisals based on financial and operating data.

Entrepreneurial Finance Program

This program explores venture capital, private equity, and industry dynamics. It covers topics like pitching, funding, investing, managerial processes, financing, exit strategies, acquisitions, and valuation techniques. It also includes practical case studies and pitching sessions.

IT TECHNICAL

BUILDING CHATBOTS (TECHNICAL) PROGRAM

Program Description

Geared toward technical audiences, this program covers chatbot frameworks, natural language processing (NLP), intent recognition, and dialog management. It includes coding sessions and emphasizes the design, implementation, deployment, and maintenance of chatbots, along with integration and scalability.

Key Themes

• Chatbot frameworks
• Building blocks of effective chatbots
• Natural Language Processing (NLP)
• Conversation flows
• Machine-learning models
• Coding for problem solving
• Scalability and user experience

FUNDAMENTALS OF ETHICAL HACKING AND CYBER OFFENSE FOR ENGINEERS PROGRAM

Program Description

Focusing on ethical hacking and cyber offense, this program offers practical knowledge and skills, covering network scanning, vulnerability assessment, system exploitation, password cracking, and more. It emphasizes both technical proficiency and ethical considerations in cybersecurity.

Key Themes

• Ethnical hacking and cyber offense
• Testing and securing systems
• Network scanning
• Vulnerability assessment
• System exploitation and password cracking
• Web application hacking
• Ethical and legal compliance
• Improving organizational security

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS, CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESSFUL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM

Program Description

This program unpacks AI for IT professionals, covering AI concepts, tools, and strategies for practical implementation. It also addresses AI strategy, governance, and ethical considerations, ensuring responsible and effective AI adoption in business.

Key Themes

• AI tools, frameworks and applications
• AI for problem-solving and operational efficiency
• AI tools for business scenarios

INTRODUCTION TO CODING & PYTHON PROGRAM

Program Description

This introductory course provides an overview of programming and the Python language, covering core concepts and practical coding exercises, making it suitable for beginners who want to delve deeper into programming topics. It will offer the opportunity for a hands on coding exercise exercises using commonly used data structures, writing custom functions, and reading and writing to files.

Key Themes

• Core programming concepts such as data structures, conditional, loops, variables, and functions.
• Running and writing python

REPORTING ON SECURITY & CYBERSECURITY PROGRAM

Program Description

Designed for middle to senior-level managers, this program educates on cybersecurity’s technical aspects and equips participants to communicate the importance of cybersecurity to both technical and non-technical executives. It emphasizes the integration of security into corporate strategy.

Key Themes

• Reporting on nuanced technical security and cyber security concepts to all levels of technical and
non-technical management
• Incorporating security and risk mitigation into corporate strategy

Artificial Intelligence For Technical Minds

This program offers an in-depth technical exploration of AI, covering algorithms, data structures, machine learning models, neural networks, and emerging AI trends. It targets individuals in IT and provides a deep understanding of AI’s technical aspects.

Demystifying ChatGPT, Generative Pre-trained Transformers, and Large Language Models

This technical course delves into language models, particularly Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPTs) and Large Language Models (LLMs) exploring their underlying structure, tokenization, fine-tuning, and practical applications. It provides insights into ChatGPT, its features, implementation, customization, and ethical considerations.

Advanced Ethical Hacking and Cyber Offense for Engineers Large Language Models

Focusing on ethical hacking and cyber offense, this program offers an advanced approach to ethnical hacking and cyber offence, with practical knowledge and skills of more advanced concepts of cyber offense including but not limited to wireless security, mobile security and use of social engineering in cyber offense.

Smart Contracts and Blockchain

This technical program delves into blockchain technology, smart contracts, and their applications. It includes hands-on coding experience, covering development platforms like Ethereum and languages like Solidity, with an emphasis on real-world, applicable skills and security.

Understanding and Leveraging Decentralized Finance (DeFi)

Focusing on DeFi, this program explores its fundamentals, blockchain foundations, DeFi platforms, and smart contracts. It includes practical sessions and application development, preparing participants to interact with DeFi platforms and manage potential risks.

Internet of Things (IoT) for Technical People

This technical program offers an in-depth exploration of IoT, covering architecture, protocols, hardware, software, security, privacy, and real-world applications. Participants gain hands-on experience and insights into IoT’s technical and practical aspects.

TECHNICAL PROGRAMS

ESG Reporting Regulations Program

Kuwait’s ESG Reporting Regulations training program is designed to help companies navigate the evolving landscape of ESG reporting regulations, with a focus on Boursa Kuwait’s comprehensive guide.

Participants will gain insights into Kuwait’s sustainable development goals, including carbon neutrality commitments, and learn how ESG practices can attract long-term investors, enhance profitability, and manage risks effectively.

The program emphasizes the importance of understanding the audience, materiality, and relevant performance indicators when reporting on ESG issues, and it provides guidance on various reporting formats and standards.

Companies are encouraged to adopt ESG principles into their business strategies and operations, recognizing their pivotal role in Kuwait’s sustainable future.

The program equips participants with the knowledge and tools needed to align with regulatory expectations and leverage ESG opportunities effectively.

Kuwait CMA Program

This program provides candidates with a deep understanding of the CMA rules and regulations that govern firms and staff within the CMA.

Candidates will benefit from practice questions and mock exams as part of their preparation, ensuring they are well-prepared for the examination.

The program aims to equip candidates with a high-level overview of CMA rules and regulations, enhancing their knowledge and compliance in the financial industry.