Advanced Certificate in Catalysing Future-Ready Enterprises
- Innovation & Business Improvement
- Leadership & Management
This module is conducted on-campus.
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12 days
Weekdays (9am - 6pm)
Who Should Attend
- Leaders and Managers across General Management, Operations, Human Resource (HR), Commercial and Project Functions
- Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) Business Owners
- Anyone stepping into a broader leadership role, leading change in their organisation, or wanting to lead confidently in a digitalisation-enabled future
PREREQUISITE
There are no prerequisites for this programme. As this programme is conducted in English, participants should be proficient in reading, writing, and communicating in English.
Overview
Designed for leaders responsible for shaping organisational performance and competitiveness, the programme provides a comprehensive framework for building agile, resilient, and future-ready enterprises.
Participants will gain expertise in leveraging data-driven performance intelligence, developing future-ready talent, leading organisational transformation, fostering high-performance collaboration, building strategic partnerships, and designing innovative business models enabled by emerging technologies and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Through applied learning and evidence-based frameworks, participants will learn how to translate strategy into execution, align organisational capabilities with evolving market demands, and create sustainable value across complex business ecosystems.
The programme prepares leaders to navigate disruption with confidence, champion enterprise-wide transformation, and position their organisations to compete and succeed in an evolving global economy. By integrating strategic foresight, organisational excellence, and innovation leadership, participants will be equipped to build enterprises that are adaptive, growth-oriented, and ready for the future.
The Advanced Certificate in Catalysing Future-Ready Enterprises is a collaboration between SMU Academy and Universal Stage (UStage), a consultancy-based training company, to equip leaders with the versatile capabilities to lead their people and enterprises in a digitalisation-enabled future.
ABOUT UNIVERSAL STAGE
Universal Stage is a result-oriented consultancy and integrative learning firm founded to provide enterprises and learners with holistic solutions that work. Through business-centric management consulting and consultancy-based training programmes, Universal Stage serves as the stage for transformative growth for progressive enterprises that wish to create business value, and for individual learners who want to realise higher potential in their work and life.
Universal Stage's mission is to work alongside its customers to question existing approaches and deliver transformative solutions that increase business, work and personal value in a sustainable manner. Its core values are built on collaboration, leveraging the collective efforts of every stakeholder it works with. The firm works hand in hand with business owners, management, operations teams, employees and learners to jointly take on complex issues and emerge victorious together, guided by its motto: It's better with US.
What sets Universal Stage apart is its commitment to being hands-on with business owners and their management teams on some of the most challenging consulting projects in the industry. By translating the deep insights gained from executing complex consulting cases into transferable training programmes, Universal Stage has shared its experience with a growing number of learners. Harnessing both its consultancy expertise and training capabilities, the firm infuses the essence of both strengths to deliver a truly comprehensive and integrative solution for its customers.
Learning Objectives
At the end of the 12-day course, participants will be able to:
- Design data-driven performance management systems that align strategy, execution, and business outcomes
- Implement talent and succession strategies that build future-ready leadership pipelines and organisational capabilities
- Lead organisational transformation initiatives that leverage technology, innovation, and change management methodologies
- Develop collaborative cultures and interdisciplinary teams that enhance organisational agility and performance
- Structure and manage strategic alliances, partnerships, and stakeholder ecosystems to maximise value creation
- Apply analytics, Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, and digital technologies to support evidence-based organisational decision-making
- Design innovative business models and enterprise transformation roadmaps that generate sustainable competitive advantage
- Create future-ready organisations that balance technological innovation, human capability development, and strategic growth
Topic/Structure
To achieve the Advanced Certificate in Catalysing Future-Ready Enterprises, participants will need to complete the following modules offered by SMU Academy:
- Optimising Business Results through Performance Intelligence
- Nurturing Future-Ready Talent for Business Succession
- Driving Organisational Transformation for Competitive Advantage
- Fostering High-Performance Interdisciplinary Collaborations
- Creating Strategic Alliances for Value Maximisation
- Architecting Business Model Design with Artificial Intelligence Innovation
The modules need not be taken in sequential order and can be taken in separate cohorts.
Assessment
As part of the requirement for Skills and Workforce Development Agency (SWDA), there will be an assessment conducted at the end of every module. The mode of assessment, which is up to the trainer’s discretion, may be an online quiz, a presentation or based on classroom exercises.
Participants are required to attain a minimum of 75% attendance and pass the associated assessment for each of the 6 modules within 2 years in order to be awarded the digital Advanced Certificate in Catalysing Future-Ready Enterprises issued by SMU Academy.
Calculate Programme Fee
Fee Table
| EMPLOYER-SPONSORED | |||
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PARTICIPANT PROFILE |
SELF-SPONSORED |
SME |
NON-SME |
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Singapore Citizen < 40 years old Permanent Resident LTVP+
|
$3,924 (After SWDA Funding 70%) |
$1,524 (After SWDA Funding 70% |
$3,924 (After SWDA Funding 70%) |
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Singapore Citizen ≥ 40 years old |
$1,524 (After SWDA Funding 70% |
$1,524 (After SWDA Funding 70% |
$1,524 (After SWDA Funding 70% |
|
International Participant |
$13,080 (No Funding) |
$13,080 (No Funding) |
$13,080 (No Funding) |
All prices include 9% GST
Please note that the programme fees are subject to change without prior notice.
SkillsFuture Level-Up Programme for Mid-Career Individuals
A SkillsFuture Credit (Mid-Career) top-up of $4,000 will be provided to Singaporeans aged 40 years and above to further offset out-of-pocket course fees for this programme.
Post Secondary Education Account (PSEA)
PSEA can be utilised for subsidised programmes eligible for SkillsFuture Credit support. Click here to find out more.
Self Sponsored
SkillsFuture Credit
Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above may use their SkillsFuture Credits to pay for the course fees. The credits may be used on top of existing course fee funding.
This is only applicable to self-sponsored participants. Application to utilise SkillsFuture Credits can be submitted when making payment for the course via the SMU Academy TMS Portal, and can only be made within 60 days of course start date.
Please click here for more information on the SkillsFuture Credit. For help in submitting an SFC claim, you may wish to refer to our step-by-step guide on claiming SkillsFuture Credits (Individual).Workfare Skills Support Scheme
From 1 July 2023, the Workfare Skills Support (WSS) scheme has been enhanced. Please click here for more details.
Employer Sponsored
Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS)
- Organisation must be registered or incorporated in Singapore
- Employment size of not more than 200 or with annual sales turnover of not more than $100 million
- Trainees must be hired in accordance with the Employment Act and fully sponsored by their employers for the course
- Trainees must be Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
- Trainees must not be a full-time national serviceman
- Trainees are eligible for ETSS funding only if their company's SME status is approved prior to the course commencement date. To verify your SME's status, please click here.
Please click here for more information on ETSS.
Absentee Payroll
Employers who sponsor their employees for the course may apply for Absentee Payroll here. For more information, please refer to:
AP Guide (Non-SME Companies)
Declaration Guide (SME Companies)
Intake Information
| Modules | Dates |
|---|---|
| Optimising Business Results through Performance Intelligence | To be advised |
| Nurturing Future-Ready Talent for Business Succession | To be advised |
| Driving Organisational Transformation for Competitive Advantage | To be advised |
| Fostering High-Performance Interdisciplinary Collaborations | To be advised |
| Creating Strategic Alliances for Value Maximisation | To be advised |
| Architecting Business Model Design with Artificial Intelligence Innovation | To be advised |
