| Dates | Location | Tuition |
|---|---|---|
| - |
Philadelphia
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$7,900 |
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New Delhi, India
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$11,900 |
As the speed of change accelerates and uncertainty pervades global markets, it’s becoming more difficult to get a good night’s sleep and set direction amidst threats to our financial system, rising greenhouse emissions, cyber-attacks, food and water shortages, volatile energy prices, the threat of global disease, and the outcome of critical elections in many countries — the list grows daily. Yet past experience has not adequately prepared top executives for today's unprecedented and unrelenting pace of change. Organizations lack flexibility and agility. Many are simply adrift or stuck trying to use business models that served them well in days past.
For this reason, we created the Wharton Fellows — a lifelong network of thought leaders, senior executives, Wharton faculty, and leading experts that provide continuous critical knowledge and unparalleled decision support to meet the business challenges of nonlinear, disruptive change. The program's unique format — short, global master classes and a continuously linked community of experts — helps senior leaders to constantly challenge their assumptions, develop and test new ideas, and stay ahead of the competition.
2012–13 MASTER CLASSES
Master Classes offer an integrated set of sessions on the changing business environment. While Fellows can benefit from attending any of the Master Classes individually, the full set of classes provides a more complete set of tools and fresh perspectives to challenge your view of the world and your own business.
October 14-17, 2012 • Philadelphia, USA
Innovative Growth Strategies
Faculty Director: Professor Jerry Wind
This Master Class will focus on best practices of fueling organic growth that delights both customers and shareholders alike. The Fellows will learn how to conduct an “Innovation Tournament” to learn how the most successful innovative organizations filter the possibilities of their next big idea and then how to generate enough word of mouth advertising to take it viral. For a firsthand look at how to achieve internal and external growth when the rules of the game are changing, the Fellows class will visit companies that execute on strategies that take advantage of this economy to include a site visit to Comcast World Headquarters and the University of the Arts.
March 3–6, 2013 • New Delhi, India
The India Dynamic: Market, Resource and Global Competitor
Faculty Director: Professor Jerry Wind
This Master Class will take place in Delhi. We will focus on the implications of India's push to grow internally, and the best ways to enter and grow in India (and other emerging markets). Many experts feel that India will continue to grow, but with the export market shrinking, they must turn their focus to their internal markets and make investments to create sustainable growth.
For a firsthand look at how to achieve internal and external growth when the rules of the game are changing, the Fellows class will visit organizations that are executing on strategies that take advantage of this economy. We will also visit companies that are making significant changes to their business model, and those that are completely rethinking their business.
To answer these questions and give you insight into this growing, difficult market, we will visit multi-nationals with years of India experience, growing domestic companies and government agencies, and we will talk to other India experts. We will also look at the India business culture and how best to build relationships. We will examine what to expect when participating in their domestic market or partnering with Indian companies around the world.
July 14–17, 2013 • Silicon Valley, California
The Next Big Thing
Faculty Director: Professor Jerry Wind
October 13–18, 2013 • Cape Town, South Africa and Nairobi, Kenya
Discovering Africa
Faculty Director: Professor Jerry Wind
VIRTUAL LECTURES
The Fellows annual membership fee entitles members to participate in virtual community, which will include knowledge sharing between members of the Fellows Community, on-going threaded conversations led by Wharton faculty, and preparatory sessions for upcoming master classes. Occasionally, we will offer Virtual Classroom lectures that will focus on cutting-edge business issues that may not yet be affecting business today but will certainly have an impact in the future. The class environment, while virtual, is conducted live and in real time, with a video broadcast and two-way audio participation with all participants. Attendance at lectures will be limited to encourage an active dialogue between faculty and participants, and among Fellows.
ONGOING EXPERT NETWORK
Upon admission, new Fellows immediately join an exclusive expert network that provides rich opportunities for ongoing, real-time, peer-to-peer interaction around your critical issues. Components of the network include:
- An exclusive ongoing community that extends knowledge sharing on critical topics as identified by Fellows and faculty, allowing for rapid topic selection and knowledge creation. Executives can attend and interact online and/or via phone from any location in the world.
- Regular updates from Wharton via Knowledge@Wharton (the School's acclaimed business knowledge source), the Fellows Forum monthly e-newsletter, and Fellows Field Reports that recap and summarize each master class in real time.
- Reverse mentoring with MBA students and entrepreneurs for a unique cross-generational exchange of new ways of thinking.
About Fellows
- Fellows status is obtained after admittance to the Fellows program.
- Fellows receive Wharton Alumni status after completing 36 full days of classes or 12 Master Classes.
- Annual dues of $1,200 is required to maintain membership in the Fellows program.
- Attending one Master Class is required every two years to maintain membership.
- A partners program is available for spouses at 75% of cost for full participation in Master Classes, or a flat fee of $2,500 to attend three sessions, dinners, and social events.
Admission is limited to senior executives with more than 15 years of management experience. All candidates must submit an application for acceptance into the Fellows program prior to registering for any Master Classes.
Wharton Fellows goes beyond traditional executive education. It is designed by and for senior leaders, offering:
- Immediacy: Ongoing real-time decision support on immediately critical issues.
- Relevancy: Sessions take place several times per year in geographic centers relevant to the critical issues at hand.
- Networking: Webinars, regional events, and an online community give continuous access to the global Fellows community.
- Access: Faculty and experts are drawn from the best of academia, business, and other relevant fields (technology, science, politics, the arts, etc).
- Intimacy: Each master class is limited to 50 participants to encourage interaction and dialogue.
- Efficiency: Each master class is compressed (typically two-days) for maximum knowledge gain in minimal time.
- Exclusivity: The program is limited to top executives and high potentials/change agents.
- Action: Master classes and the ongoing expert network are action oriented, helping you apply critical knowledge and test new concepts/ideas immediately. Wharton Fellows draws on more than 50 additional faculty and experts who are closely matched to each master class theme.
Wharton Fellows draws on more than 50 additional faculty and experts who are closely matched to each master class theme.
JERRY WIND, PhD
The Wharton School
