University of San Francisco: Executive Education Programs

Whether you're interested in developing a specific set of new skills or learning to thrive on continuous growth and development, our certificate programs provide an opportunity to enhance your professional skillset and elevate it to new heights. We offer individuals the opportunity to take part in a transformative learning experience that will explore new opportunities, spark inspiration, develop new skills, and encourage the managerial and leadership capabilities to make the...se opportunities a new reality. Our next open enrollment program will run from February 1-5, applications are open now: usfca.edu/management/executive-education/individuals Please feel free to get in touch with us at any time at [email protected] if you have any questions!

The final day of Fitbit Compass Expedition #3 with USF Executive Education is over! Our final day included some highlights - we started off with A Panel with Gimena Pena Malcampo, CEO at Pier2Marketing, and Steven Yarger, VP of Membership at Life360, who guided us through a couple of transformational change management success cases - including some of their own! Subsequently, Prof. Kern Peng, Engineering Manager at Intel, led us through Strategic Project Management for Innova...tion. He joined Prof. Tom Maier and Derene Allen for Fitbit groups’ presentations - and provided some feedback and suggestions for them to take back to their journeys. Thank you to all participants and group leaders for visiting us virtually here in Silicon Valley - stay in touch! And thank you to all of our lecturers, company speakers, and panelists for making this a truly engaging virtual learning experience!

Another eventful and inspiring day is over for our participants from Fitbit! Amir Bonakdar, Business Lead for North America for SAP’s AppHaus / Design Thinking practice, kicked us off with a 360-degree overview of the SAP AppHaus, demonstrating how the company leverages Design Thinking principles to develop innovative solutions for their customers. Thanks for an exiciting presentation, Amir! IDEO is probably the company most known for it’s innovative business designs - many k...now that Apple’s first computer mouse was designed by them! We were thrilled to welcome Uvini Lokuge, who is a Senior Business Designer at IDEO, for an exciting presentation on IDEO and it’s principles - thank you! After Amir and Uvini, Prof. Thomas Maier helped Fitbit’s participants work on some of the Design Thinking challenges they are currently encountering in a truly hands-on format. Thank you all for your great contributions, and we’re looking forward to seeing you all again next Tuesday!

Over the next two weeks, a group of leadership development program participants from @Fitbit is joining us for a program on #ChangeManagement, #DesignThinking, and #CorporateInnovation! We were off to a fresh start yesterday with a lecture on change management from Social Innovation Strategist Derene Allen. Later that evening, Jimmy Douglas shared his personal experiences on driving progress and delivering results at Tesla.... We are excited for what’s coming up tomorrow - stay posted ;-)

Many startups fear that the economic distress caused by the Coronavirus pandemic will dry up their funding, or even worse - render their business models moot. Venture capitalists recognize this as well: The Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index Research Report for the first quarter of 2020 indicated its lowest reading of VC sentiment in the 16-year history of that Index. Yet, guidance from Silicon Valley venture capitalists may enable entrepreneurs to ‘sur...vive and then thrive’, Entrepreneurs, as agents of change, may be particularly well suited to evolve their ventures’ business models as there are fewer institutionalized methods of management in their nascent firms. To read more about challenges facing startups impacted by the pandemic and advice from Venture Capitalists, view this article by our Professor Mark Cannice: https://cmr.berkeley.edu/2020/08/entrepreneuring-pandemic/

We are thrilled to announce that we have run our first-ever virtual Silicon Valley Immersion program last month! Two groups of Durham University graduate students in Business Analytics, located in both the United Kingdom and China, received extensive training, got to virtually visit companies, and solved real-life business problems using analytics tools from our world-renowned faculty and exciting company speakers. Check out our video to learn more:... https://bit.ly/30nZ6Ui Learn more about our programs: https://bit.ly/33oohIy Email us at [email protected] if you have any questions! University of San Francisco Durham University

Majority of Americans Favor Work-from-Home, But Can We Multitask? #USFCA Professor Indre Viskontas details how multitasking can drain our cognitive resources impairing our ability to conduct each task in this piece by The Great Courses. https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/majority-of-americans/

The Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index (Bloomberg ticker symbol: SVVCCI) plummets to a 16 year low in Q1 2020, lower than it was during the 2008 debacle. Mark Cannice, Ph.D., Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation with the University of San Francisco School of Management, authors the research study each quarter and remarks the tragedy of the health pandemic and the accompanying economic shutdown and general uncertainty drove the sharp decline in sentim...ent. While this entails a metamorphosis of existing business models, the Silicon Valley culture of entrepreneurial optimism promises an innovative future. Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/gXkPNfC #SiliconValley #USFSVI #venturecapital #entreprneurship

NEW VIRTUAL PROGRAM! Our Virtual Certificate program includes both academic and hands-on components that reflect the latest trends in Silicon Valley innovation and entrepreneurship, with a variety of course options led by esteemed faculty and industry experts. This is a synchronous program where you will be immersing in learning with other executives and professionals at the same time. You will be able to engage with faculty in real time, network with other aspiring and curre...nt entrepreneurs, and meet industry experts and venture capitalists from the Silicon Valley. If you have any additional questions please feel free to reach out to us at [email protected]. #Virtual #USFSVI #SVVI #VirtualImmersion

If you're a startup looking for the the latest info from Silicon Valley, hear from one of our company partners! #SteveHoffman, CEO Founders Space discusses how startups can combat these tough times here: https://www.foundersspace.com/a/startup-survival-guide-in-/

"The internet is programmable information. The #Blockchain is programmable scarcity." -- Balaji Srinivasan, former CTO Coinbase Take these top online video courses on Blockchain on LinkedIn Learning by our adjunct faculty, Professor Jonathan Reichantal, CEO Human Future! #Learnfromhome #ExecutiveEducation #USFSVI... https://twitter.com/Reichental/status/1249780865644687361

DIY Masks could help flatten the curve! USF Data Scientist Jeremy Howard talks to CNN about the importance of 'cloth covers' and how the self-governance of wearing masks can prevent transmission. #ThanksHealthHeroes #MasksForAll https://twitter.com/USFCAExecEd/status/1248015131407048705

As so many of us shelter in place, let us stay strong and be reminded of this message from University of San Francisco President Paul J. Fitzgerald, S.J.: At this time, I find myself reminded of how St. Ignatius and the early Jesuits talked about their communitas ad dispersionem community in dispersion. In contrast with the older religious orders, who often lived, worked, and prayed together in a single monastery or convent, Jesuit communities spent much of their time scat...tered or dispersed in service to those in need. It wasn’t just that communities were dispersed; it was rather that the communities existed precisely to be scattered in this way. While we may be scattered temporarily during this time of disruption, wherever we are living, working, and studying, the people of USF are strong, supportive, and members of one beloved community. See more