Online Innovation & Technology Program

The mission of this programme is to teach students to underhand how Innovation and Technology, from a business approach and perspective, can help them develop a disruptive vision in their current or future projects. It is a fully practical online immersion programme, through the perspective of the top companies and experts in Silicon Valley.

The Online Innovation and Technology Program offers the student a complete strategic vision on the application of technological tools to innovation and entrepreneurship. The main objective of this program is to train students from a totally practical perspective, providing them with a superior immersion experience in the culture and expertise of Silicon Valley. The program focuses on inspiring and connecting participants with the network and opportunities offered by the San Francisco Bay ecosystem. Risking, sharing, collaborating, and embracing and celebrating failure are values that define a disruptive culture that is leading the transformation of the world.

Through this program, the student immerses in the culture, the leadership style, the approach to innovation, the technological disruption, the network and everything that makes the Valley the leading center of innovation and entrepreneurship and the inspiration for business leaders and entrepreneurs all around the world.

The academic program is structured in three differentiated blocks.The first block delves into technological tools and the use of data in an increasingly digital world. Combining Data Science with Computer Science, an approach to technology is proposed from a practical and functional approach.The second block addresses the application of technology to innovate and undertake.

The possibility of connecting directly with the professional network of the most innovative and disruptive area on the planet, allows catalyzing the digital transformation at any stage of organizational growth.

The third block focuses on offering a specialization option in the most advanced sectors in digital transformation. The student may choose to specialize their training in financial services, retail or health.

The mission of this program is to train students to understand the main Innovation and Technology solutions, as well as how to practically apply them for business, through a fully practical online immersion experience in the ecosystem of Silicon Valley experts.

It also allows them to specialise in specific solutions for industries such as: Services/ Fintech/ Insurtech; Retail/ Consumer Goods; Health/ Biotech.

Entrepreneurs will learn to develop new business models in which technology is a defining factor.

Executives will learn to develop the opportunities offered by innovation and technology to adapt and advance with greater agility to constantly changing business models.

• Young professionals and entrepreneurs with high potential and a clear orientation towards innovation, who want to focus their professional career or entrepreneurial project on new business models in which technology is a defining factor.
• Professionals with positions of responsibility in business, from outside the field of Technology, and who want to more deeply understand the opportunities offered by innovation and technology to more efficiently adapt and advance in their current sectors and companies.
• Innovation Managers and Directors, Business Development, New Product and Service Development, Digital Transformation.

Transformative Learning by ESIC is a new training ecosystem that pursues the professional and personal development of students within the highest standards of academic and teaching quality and constant interaction between students, teaching staff, the business world and other areas and services of the School.

What does it consist of?

• Asynchronous support materials, videos, readings, etc.
• Synchronous online sessions
• Self-assessment
• Case studies and role-plays
• Tutorial support and feedback
• Practical and experiential activities
• Assessment system combining demonstration of individual and group achievements
• Tutored final project