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Lead the Future

INSEAD's 12-month flagship online programme that accelerates global leadership capabilities for an increasingly complex and rapidly changing world.

Participant Profile

INSEAD Lead the Future convenes a carefully selected and exclusive cohort of mid to senior executives and leaders from diverse roles, industries and geographies. Participants benefit from the heterogeneity of the learning community.

Typical participants are: 

  • Senior executives looking for diverse lenses, perspectives, ideas and approaches to drive innovation and find new solutions for sustainable impact
  • Mid-level leaders looking to accelerate and extend their competencies and enhance the impact of their team and their own leadership going forward
  • High-potential managers looking for the tools, frameworks and knowledge to fast-track their leadership and deliver continuous value and impact
  • Enterprising professionals looking to collaborate and exchange expertise, experience and insights with other motivated and visionary leaders to drive impact and change.

Alumni status

Upon completion of the programme graduates of Lead the Future will gain complimentary alumni status for a period of three years, with the option to continue the membership and gain access to benefits thereafter on a minimal annual fee basis.

Only graduates of our world-famous degree programmes including the MBA, Executive MBA and PhD programmes, together with selected Executive Education programmes, are eligible for this status. The elite worldwide network consists of 70,000 alumni in more than 180 countries, many with very active National Alumni Associations.

Hear from Past Participants

Hear what Lead the Future participant, Alexandre Panciera has to say on the value of online learning.

Hear what Lisa Mondschein has to say on how the diversity of the cohort enriches the programme.

Hear from Mohammad Sammour, on how the programme helps you sense, deliver and sustain value out of your initiatives.

Listen to participant, Louise Van Nispen, share her thoughts on the power of networking in Lead the Future.