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Creating a strategy is straightforward, but executing it is where many organizations stumble. Learn how to bridge the gap between strategy and execution with a proven framework for success in this companion course to The Execution Challenge: Delivering Great Strategy at Scale. Ideal for those who have read the book and those who have not, this program dives deep into key concepts with hands-on practice, case studies, and real-world examples. Through these activities, you will learn how to effectively use this unique approach to inform, translate, plan, and align strategy execution efforts within your team or organization

Key Topics Include:

  • A Proven Approach to Strategy Execution
  • Understanding The Multi-Dimensional Business
  • A Holistic Model for Execution
  • Translating Understanding Into Action
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The Series

Participate from wherever you are

Our live remote instruction model allows you to participate from a location convenient for you - while still engaging in challenging, application-focused activities that focus on your work.

Learn from expert faculty and other leaders

You will be 'live' with the expert instructors and networking with other leaders facing similar challenges form a variety of organizations and industries.

Customize for your team

We'll design your custom solution so your team will be able to actively transfer what is learned in the program to real life, creating real value for your organization.

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Meet the program faculty.

Dr. Brian Cameron

Dr. Brian Cameron

Brian H. Cameron is the Associate Dean for Professional Graduate Programs and Executive Education in the Smeal College of Business and a Senior Consultant with Cutter Consortium's Business & Enterprise Architecture practice. He is a Founding Director of the Center for Enterprise Architecture in the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State and Founding President of the Federation of Enterprise Architecture Professional Organizations (FEAPO).

Brian has worked with a wide portfolio of companies on a variety of consulting engagements, ranging from systems integration projects to enterprise and business architecture planning and design with firms like Accenture, AT&T Wireless, Avaya, Boeing, EMC Corp, Lockheed Martin, NSA, Oracle, Raytheon, US Marine Corps, and many others.

Whynde Kuehn

Whynde Kuehn

Whynde is a recognized global thought leader and a long-time pioneer, practitioner and educator in strategy execution and business architecture, a foundational discipline for enabling end-to-end transformation and organizational agility. Additional areas of expertise and research includes digital transformation.

Whynde has worked with an extensive array of organizations to build their strategic business architecture teams and capacity for end-to-end strategy execution, including Fortune 500 and global enterprises, governmental and non-profit organizations, social enterprises, startups, and cross-sector initiatives.

She regularly speaks, writes and chairs/co-chairs events with a mission to advance best practices and facilitate community and advocacy in her areas of expertise across the globe. She is the author of the book Strategy to Reality, and creator of Biz Arch Mastery, a dedicated online platform and community that helps professionals master the art and science of business architecture.

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No. 11

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Smeal professors rank among the best in the world.

-The Economist

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