ETHSUN Chief Strategy Officer Programme
Enterprise Strategy for the Modern CSO
Build the strategic architecture, competitive intelligence and scenario planning capabilities required to lead enterprise strategy in complex, rapidly changing environments.
Programme Overview
The CSO Programme equips senior strategy professionals with advanced frameworks for developing, communicating and executing enterprise strategy. Participants develop mastery in competitive analysis, portfolio management, business model innovation and organisational alignment — with a five-day executive immersion in Davos.
Choose Your Format
Full online programme combined with 5 days of international in-person immersion, with certificate award on-site.
Cohort Calendar
Curriculum
01Strategic Analysis & Foresight
- Competitive intelligence
- Scenario planning
- PESTLE analysis
- Strategic foresight
02Business Model Innovation
- Business model design
- Platform strategies
- Digital disruption
- Innovation portfolio
03Strategy Execution
- OKR and balanced scorecard
- Organisational alignment
- Strategic communication
- Transformation
04Corporate Strategy
- M&A strategy
- Diversification
- Corporate parenting
- Capital allocation
05The AI-Powered CSO
- AI-driven competitive intelligence and market scanning
- Scenario planning and foresight with generative AI tools
- Integrating AI into strategic planning and portfolio management
- AI governance for the strategy function
Professional Dissertation
As a culminating requirement of this programme, each participant completes a Mémoire Professionnel de Fin de Formation — a professional dissertation that bridges academic rigour with real-world strategic application. The memoir is defended before a jury of academic and professional experts.
- Strategic Issue Identification — Define and contextualise a concrete strategic or managerial challenge drawn from your own organisation or sector.
- Literature Review & Conceptual Framework — Anchor your analysis in relevant academic literature and establish the theoretical foundations underpinning your recommendations.
- Analysis & Strategic Recommendations — Conduct a rigorous diagnosis and develop actionable, evidence-based recommendations adapted to your context.
- Defence Before a Jury — Present and defend your findings before a panel of academic faculty and industry professionals at the end of the programme.
Learning Outcomes
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