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<p>It’s new. And it’s designed for real-world challenges. With CBS Executive Upgrade, we introduce a new course format that allows you to build your skills one course at a time – at a high academic level and with direct relevance to your role and organisation. Choose from courses within strategy, leadership and digital fluency.</p>

EE5: Shaping the Future of Work with AI

<h5><strong>Back by popular demand: Join our event on the impact of AI on the future of work</strong></h5>
<p>In the 18th century, the steam engine powered the Industrial Revolution. In the 1990s, the World Wide Web connected workplaces across the globe. Today, we are in the midst of another profound technological transformation: the rise of artificial intelligence.</p>
<p>AI is already transforming the way we work – both individually and as organisations. The question is no longer <em>if</em> AI will shape the future of work, but <em>how</em>. Which skills matter now, and which will be vital tomorrow?</p>
<p>Our upcoming CBS Executive Education event explores how AI is reshaping our working lives. Three CBS researchers will share their perspectives on what the rise of AI means for people and organisations in the years ahead. This is your chance to equip yourself with the tools and insights to adapt to change and integrate AI effectively into your work, ensuring you stay ahead in a quickly evolving landscape.</p>
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<h6><strong>Programme</strong></h6>
<p>16:00-16:30: Arrival and registration</p>
<p>16:30-16:35: Welcome</p>
<p>16:35-17:05: Presentation by Ioanna Constantiou</p>
<p>17:05-17:35: Presentation by Anoush Margaryan</p>
<p>17:35-18:15: Workshop with Sine Zambach</p>
<p>18:15-18:45: Introduction to CBS Executive Education and networking reception</p>

EE6: Forecasting the Future: How Professional Investors Form Long‑Term Expectations

<h6><strong>About the event</strong></h6>
<p>Long‑term investment decisions are built on expectations about the future. At the heart of these expectations lie Capital Market Assumptions (CMAs) — the return forecasts that guide strategic asset allocation, portfolio construction, and risk management across the investment industry. Yet despite their central role, how these assumptions are formed and used in practice remains opaque to many.</p>
<p>At this event, CBS Assistant Professor Markus Ibert presents new research‑based insights into how professional investors develop, revise, and apply long‑term return expectations. Drawing on extensive data from asset managers, investment consultants, pension funds, wealth advisors, and professional forecasters, the event offers a rare look at the institutional investment process.</p>
<p>The event addresses three core questions:</p>
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<li>How are long‑term return expectations formed?<br><em>Understanding the behavioural and institutional factors that influence how professionals think about the future.</em></li>
<li>Why do expectations differ — and change — across institutions and market cycles?<br><em>Exploring how forecasts evolve over time, across asset classes, and within different organisational settings.</em></li>
<li>How do CMAs translate into real portfolio decisions?<br><em>Examining the link between stated expectations and actual asset allocation choices.</em></li>
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<p><strong>Who is this for?</strong><br>This event is particularly relevant for investment professionals, analysts, portfolio managers, advisors, and decision‑makers working with long‑term capital allocation, as well as professionals with an interest in finance, investing, and strategic decision‑making. Participants will gain new perspectives on how long‑term investment strategies are shaped in practice — and what this means for navigating an increasingly uncertain market environment.</p>

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EE7: Meet Mary Uhl-Bien – a Pioneer in Modern Leadership Thinking

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<p class="MsoNormal">Mary Uhl-Bien is one of the most influential scholars in contemporary leadership theory and is particularly known for her work on leadership and complexity in organizations. Her research is grounded in extensive studies on how leadership emerges through relationships, interactions, and dynamic processes within organizations. She is internationally recognized as a leading voice in the development of new perspectives on leadership in a complex and rapidly changing world. In 2023, CBS awarded Mary Uhl-Bien an honorary doctorate.</p>

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Meet Mary Uhl-Bien – a Pioneer in Modern Leadership Thinking

Gain fresh inspiration for your leadership when internationally recognized leadership scholar Mary Uhl-Bien visits Denmark to introduce Collective Leadership. This research-based perspective explores how leadership can strengthen organizations’ ability to navigate complexity and transformation.

<h6><strong>About the event</strong></h6>
<p>Djøf and CBS invite you to an exclusive event with Mary Uhl-Bien, widely regarded as one of the key architects behind the relational and complexity-based approach to leadership. Her work has had a significant impact on both research and practice, particularly in Scandinavia.<br><br>At the event, Mary Uhl-Bien will focus on Collective Leadership and what it means for leadership in complex organisations. Much traditional leadership thinking centers on the individual leader. Collective Leadership highlights how leadership emerges through relationships, collaboration, shared responsibility and joint action.<br><br>The core idea is to strengthen an organisation’s overall leadership capacity, so it is better equipped to address challenges, foster innovation and turn knowledge into action.<br><br>This is a unique opportunity to hear Mary Uhl-Bien unfold what it means in practice to work with leadership as a collective capacity and how this reshapes the role of the formal leader.<br><br>You will gain new perspectives to inspire your leadership and organisational development, whether you are a leader, specialist, or working in HR or strategy.</p>

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Time	16:30-19:30
Place	CBS Campus
Language	English
Speaker	Mary Uhl-Bien