Cambridge and National University of Singapore – Global Leadership Programme: Navigating Future Trends
Prepare to lead in a complex, interconnected world by navigating AI, sustainability and geopolitics.
Upcoming programmes
Format:
Dates:
Duration:
Fees:
Blended
6 Oct 2025 (start date)
3 months
£16,000 + 9% Singapore VAT
Upcoming programmes
Format:
Blended
Dates:
6 Oct 2025 (start date)
Duration:
3 months
Fees:
£16,000 + 9% Singapore VAT
Overview
The Cambridge and NUS Global Leadership Programme: Navigating Future Trends is a cutting-edge executive development programme designed for global visionary leaders and senior management. Jointly offered by the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School and Cambridge Judge Business School, this programme enables participants to benefit from innovative multicultural perspectives, fostering robust dialogue and mutual understanding to strengthen their ability to lead in an interconnected, fragmented and polarised world.
The programme delves into key trends in technology, sustainability, and geopolitics, examining their dynamic interplay within today’s rapidly evolving business landscape. By focusing on these critical themes, participants will gain the strategic foresight and tools needed to navigate complexity, drive transformative change and create lasting impact within their organisations.
Benefits and career impact
- Develop strategic foresight to navigate complex global trends in technology, sustainability, and geopolitics.
- Strengthen your leadership skills to thrive in an interconnected, multicultural, and rapidly evolving world.
- Master practical tools and frameworks to translate emerging trends into actionable strategies for your organisation.
- Expand your global network by collaborating with senior leaders, industry experts, and world-class faculty from NUS and Cambridge Judge Business School.
- Enhance your ability to lead diverse, cross-cultural teams and drive innovation across global markets.
- Build leadership capability to drive innovation and sustainability in an increasingly complex global business environment.
- Equip senior executives with the tools to anticipate and respond to emerging trends in technology, sustainability, and geopolitics.
- Foster a culture of strategic thinking, collaboration, and adaptability to navigate uncertainty and global challenges.
- Strengthen organisational resilience through insights into geopolitical shifts, sustainable practices, and technological advancements.
- Enhance competitive positioning by leveraging diverse, multicultural perspectives and global leadership strategies.
By exploring the critical intersections of technology, sustainability, and geopolitics, participants will gain a deeper understanding of their influence on today’s fast-moving business environment. This programme will empower leaders with the forward-thinking vision and essential skills needed to navigate complexity, lead transformation, and create lasting impact within their organisations.
This programme is being delivered in collaboration with the National University of Singapore (NUS).
For more than 50 years, NUS Business School has offered a rigorous and rewarding business education to outstanding students globally. Founded in 1965, the same year that Singapore gained independence, NUS Business School stands among the world’s leading business schools today. It offers the best of global business knowledge with deep Asian insights, preparing students to lead Asian businesses to international success and to help global businesses succeed in Asia.
Programme content
Module 1: Emerging trends and perspectives: leading in a complex world (in Singapore)
- Introduction to the programme’s core themes: AI, sustainability, and geopolitics.
- Immersive workshops, keynote lectures, and panel discussions with industry experts and thought leaders across Asia.
- Cross-cultural activities exploring the interplay between Western and Asian business perspectives, with a focus on their applications in Asian markets.
Module 2: Translating global trends into strategic impact (Online)
- Deep dive into the interconnections between digital technology, sustainability, and geopolitics.
- Application of frameworks and knowledge through collaborative group projects guided by expert faculty.
- Structured discussions and focused feedback sessions to ensure impactful and actionable project outcomes.
Module 3: Leading in a fragmented world: advanced strategies for global impact (in Cambridge)
- Advanced discussions on leadership strategies to tackle global challenges in fragmented and polarised markets.
- Examine Western perspectives on digital technology, sustainability, and geopolitics, and their influence on global markets, including their relationship with growing Asian economies.
- Synthesis and presentation of group project outcomes to faculty and peers.
How you learn: Blended
This programme is delivered via a combination of face-to-face modules in Singapore and Cambridge and one Online delivery module. Online module delivery enables you to apply what you learn immediately, whilst the Face-to-Face element provides time away from home and office giving you the space to focus on your learning and networking objectives. Both formats offer a richly immersive interaction.
Who attends
This programme is suited to leaders who:
- have a minimum of 8 years of significant management experience in a leadership role
- are senior executives, directors, or business leaders responsible for driving innovation, sustainability or strategic growth
- work in industries significantly impacted by trends in digital technology, sustainability or geopolitics and are seeking to align strategies with global challenges
- lead diverse, cross-regional teams and aspire to enhance their global leadership capabilities
- are eager to expand their professional network with peers and faculty from world-renowned institutions such as NUS and Cambridge Judge Business School
- aim to develop practical, actionable strategies for navigating complex and interconnected global markets
This programme will connect you to senior leaders, industry experts and world-class faculty from NUS and Cambridge Judge Business School, where you will leverage cutting-edge insights from Western and Asian perspectives on leadership and innovation. You will leave the programme with the skills to effectively lead diverse teams across different cultural and business contexts, allowing you to enhance your competitive edge in an increasingly complex global context.
Faculty and speakers
Learn from our world-class faculty who bring fresh insights from their leading-edge research into all of our Executive Education programmes. The Academic Programme Directors (APDs) for the Global Leadership Programme are Professor Stelios Kavadias (Cambridge Judge Business School) and Professor Johan Sulaeman (National University of Singapore (NUS)).
Stylianos (Stelios) Kavadias
Margaret Thatcher Professor of Enterprise Studies in Innovation and GrowthCo-Director of the Entrepreneurship Centre
PhD (INSEAD)
Johan Sulaeman
Johan Sulaeman
Director of the Sustainable and Green Finance Institute and Associate Professor in Finance, National University of SingaporeWhy Cambridge Judge Business School?
Related programmes
The Cambridge and National University of Singapore – Global Leadership Programme belongs to our suite of Leadership executive education programmes. Here is a selection of related programmes:
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Step back. Take stock. Then return, ready to move forward and create immediate impact.
Cambridge Senior Management Programme
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Speak to a programme advisor
If you have any questions or would like to discuss how this programme could benefit you or your organisation, please get in touch with the programme advisor.
