
Professional Certificate
Digital Leadership & Innovation Course NYC
Learn to leverage disruptive technologies and digital transformation to drive innovation in your business.
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- Financing options
- Employer sponsorship

My ultimate goal was to start my own company... I knew that BrainStation could provide me with the skills I would need to take an idea from conception to execution.
Greg Hayes
Co-Founder and CEO at Branch
Learn Digital Leadership Skills Live, Led by Experienced Digital Leaders
Digital transformation has changed the status quo for how modern businesses operate. In this live class, learn how to interpret and apply disruptive technologies alongside digital business models to drive innovation in your business, and gain the skills to lead cross-functional teams through the execution of your vision.
Format
Online classroom. Live and expert-led.
Skill Level
Ideal for learners looking to upskill.
Real Outcomes
Complete an industry-ready case-based project.
Professional Certificate
Earn a BrainStation Digital Leadership & Innovation Certificate.






Upcoming Course Dates & Campuses
Due to COVID-19, some courses are currently being held online.
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June 16 August 4 | August 4 | 8 Thursdays | 6:30pm - 9:30pm EDT | Enroll Now |

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Unit 1
Foundations of Digital Leadership & Innovation
Through real-world case studies, explore the foundations of digital transformation and how some of the world’s leading businesses have harnessed digital tools and cutting-edge technologies to drive innovation in their industries. Learn how to interpret and analyze disruptive technologies, so you’re prepared to tackle the current and future technology landscape in this digital age.
- Key Skills:
- Digital Transformation
- Innovation
- Technology Evaluation
Understand Digital Transformation
Through case studies, understand how digital transformation has impacted a variety of industries, and learn how to begin thinking about it in your unique business context.
Evaluate Disruptive Technologies
Learn the framework for evaluating disruptive digital technologies and analyze how they can apply to a diverse range of business use cases. Practice applying this framework to a cutting-edge technology.
Unit 2
Understanding Disruptive Technologies
Guided by digital leaders who are experts in their fields, explore the highest impact technologies shaping businesses today, including data, Artificial Intelligence (AI), voice, blockchain, and more. Apply the Technology Evaluation Framework to each, and review industry case studies to understand how organizations have leveraged these technologies to disrupt their industries and build competitive advantages. Develop the skills to apply this analysis as the technology landscape continues to evolve, so you’ll always be prepared for innovation and emerging trends.
- Key Skills:
- Data
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Mobile
- Wearables
- Augmented Reality (AR)
- Virtual Reality (VR)
- Internet of Things
- Blockchain
Discover Key Disruptive Technologies
Go in-depth on digital disruption and the technologies being leveraged by leading businesses to drive transformation efforts and innovation. Learn what these disruptive technologies are, and how they create value across a variety of industries and businesses.
Practice Evaluating Current and Future Technologies
Use the Technology Evaluation Framework to analyze each technology, developing your ability to evaluate current and future technologies for your unique business needs.
Unit 3
Digital Business Models
Discover the role digital business models have played, alongside disruptive technologies, in driving innovation across the world. Led by your expert instructors, explore some of the most impactful digital business models in use today, and learn how to evaluate digital business models so you can apply them to your business and digital strategy.
- Key Skills:
- Business Model Evaluation
- Subscriptions
- Freemium
- Marketplaces
- Sharing Economy
Explore Key Digital Business Models
Learn how key digital business models have driven innovation across multiple industries through a case-based approach led by your experienced, expert instructors.
Learn to Evaluate Digital Business Models
Learn the framework for evaluating and deconstructing digital business models to uncover how they drive value and how they can be applied to your own business.
Unit 4
Leading Digital Transformation
Digital leaders must learn to capitalize on digital opportunities including planning and executing on their implementation. Discover Design Thinking, digital roadmaps and Agile delivery, and learn the mindsets and strategy to lead cross-functional teams through a digital transformation in a variety of hands-on workshops and case studies.
- Key Skills:
- Design Thinking
- Digital Roadmaps
- Agile Delivery
- Digital Culture
- Digital Management
- Leading High-Performance Teams
Unlock Creativity With Design Thinking
Learn how Design Thinking enables creative problem solving, and experience it in motion, through a hands-on group Design Thinking workshop.
Plan and Optimize With Digital Roadmaps
Learn the guiding principles of developing and optimizing your digital roadmap with strategic prioritization and unlocked efficiencies.
Learn Agile Delivery
Understand the Agile Manifesto and how businesses use this adaptive methodology to deliver solutions quickly and efficiently.
Lead High-Performance Teams
Explore the concepts and practices behind high-performance teams, and learn how to apply them to transform organizations.
Taught by Experienced Industry Experts
BrainStation Instructors are experienced practitioners who work at the world's most innovative companies. They're experts in their field, and enter the classroom with years of experience making sure you're learning the most up-to-date and practical skills companies around the world need.
Built With Experts From The World's Most Innovative Companies
BrainStation partners with industry experts when building all of our courses, ensuring every course covers the latest industry-relevant topics and tools businesses need. We continue to work with our network of experts to update our courses so they're always up to date.
Complete a Dynamic Digital Transformation Case Study
To earn your certificate, apply everything you’ve learned with a group case study where you will be presented a unique business challenge. You’ll have the opportunity to apply disruptive technologies and digital business models to define a new, innovative solution and plan your execution roadmap.

View Tuition, Financing Options, and More in the Program Package
View the Course Package to access:
- Tuition details and scholarships
- Financing options
- Employer sponsorship
Earn a BrainStation Digital Leadership & Innovation Certificate
Upon completing BrainStation’s Digital Leadership & Innovation Course, you’ll receive an industry-recognized professional certificate to share with your network and showcase all that you’ve learned. BrainStation certificates are formatted for sharing on LinkedIn.

Location
Learn in the Center of NYC
Located in the heart of the tech & retail district of SoHo Manhattan, BrainStation is at the center of New York’s cultural and tech scene, surrounded by the best tech companies in NYC. In addition to courses, BrainStation New York offers training sessions, industry events, expert panel discussions, and more.
136 Crosby St, SoHo, New York, NY, 10012
What Our Graduates Are Saying

Dylan Hebb
Senior Consultant at Content Bloom
When you take a BrainStation course, you're learning with some of the very best in the industry. You collaborate with product managers, digital strategists, UX designers, and all kinds of other backgrounds.
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Andrew Gosine
Product Designer
Our instructor... was clear, detail oriented, and made the learning environment safe and collaborative. We got a lot of real world examples from him, and all the little details he shared made this entire course special, and more than simply reading a textbook.
Overall, I'm a big advocate for Brainstation's courses - they've proved to be extremely valuable in my career.


Greg Hayes
Co-Founder and CEO at Branch
My ultimate goal was to start my own company, and though I didn’t have a specific idea in mind at that time, I knew that BrainStation could provide me with the skills I would need to take an idea from conception to execution.
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Christopher Spinelli
Art Director at New York School of Interior Design
It's always hard to start something new, especially when it involves learning skills that you know will force you to think differently about your day-to-day work. I'm glad I got over that fear and signed up for two classes... both were fantastic!
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Frequently Asked Questions
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What is digital leadership?
Effective digital leadership is the strategic use of a company's digital assets, channels, and processes to drive innovation, improve organizational performance, and achieve business goals. Digital leaders need to foster digital understanding and leadership at the individual and organizational level, across departments.
The most successful digital leaders understand digital technology, its disruptive potential, and how it can be leveraged to enable new business models. They also use Design Thinking and digital transformation to apply technology and drive rapid innovation.
A digital leader requires essential skill sets which include digital literacy, an agile mindset, and critical thinking among other critical skills. Digital leaders understand how to use their skills in concert to support teams and lead digital initiatives through a changing, uncertain environment filled with new, emerging technology.
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Why is digital leadership important?
In today's fast-paced digital world, effective digital strategy and leadership is increasingly important. Digital leadership helps organizations navigate change and develop competitive advantage by understanding and leveraging disruptive, new technologies. Through this, organizations will be able to create new workflows and business processes that drive innovation, support new technology capabilities, and allow for new products and services.
Effective digital leadership can help a modern business remain viable through new digital programs, and is essential for a traditional business to incorporate and develop to survive in a new digital age.
As new technologies continue to emerge, the need for effective digital leaders will persist to help manage a company's digital assets, incorporate the right digital tools, and connect with key stakeholders to contribute to new systems and digital initiatives.
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Will I earn a Digital Leadership Certificate?
Yes, when you complete the Digital Leadership course, you will earn a BrainStation Certificate which can boost your LinkedIn profile and resume, showcasing your digital skills and helping you stand out in the job market and advance your career in becoming a digital leader.
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What payment options do you offer?
BrainStation offers some of the most competitive payment options for digital leadership training, with a range of flexible plans and scholarship opportunities.
These include:
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Monthly payment installments
Allowing you to split your tuition into smaller monthly payments.
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Employer sponsorship
Get your tuition reimbursed by your employer.
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Scholarships
We offer a range of scholarships to make learning digital leadership more accessible.
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Monthly payment installments
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Do I need a technical background for this Digital Leadership course?
No, you do not require a technical background or developed technical skills to succeed in the Digital Leadership course. While many of our learners come from tech companies, digital leadership is applicable across industries, fields, and positions. This course is intended to benefit anyone looking to develop their leadership skills to become an effective digital leader and drive innovation in their organization.
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Are there any prerequisites for this Digital Leaderships course?
There are no prerequisites for BrainStation’s Digital Leadership course.
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What kind of backgrounds do people have that take this course?
By enrolling in BrainStation’s Digital Leadership course, you can expect to learn from experienced digital leaders, and to collaborate with like-minded, ambitious professionals keen to boost their digital leadership skills.
From an educational point of view, 80 percent of learners at BrainStation have a post-secondary education, with 20 percent having earned a Master’s degree or PhD.
The Digital Leadership course typically has students with extremely varied backgrounds, as digital leadership skills are highly valued across a range of fields and industries, including finance, marketing, healthcare, retail, and more.