Building capability for what’s next
FIIB Centre for Executive Education
Technology is changing what organisations can do. Human judgement determines what they should do—and whether transformation succeeds.
FIIB CEE builds the capabilities professionals and organisations need to adapt, decide and lead what comes next.
Leaders and Organisations Represented
Organisations where CEE faculty, practitioners and advisors have led work.
AI fills the knowledge gap. Human judgment carries the transformation.
Our Thesis
Strategic judgement is deeply human. That is the human advantage.
Saurabh Mittal · CEE Advisor
The Human Edge
Three capabilities that carry the transformation.
This is what CEE develops in the people who have to decide, govern and lead—whatever the technology in front of them.
AI can
Retrieve · Analyse · Draft · Forecast
What CEE develops
AI Acumen
01
Understand AI's possibilities, limits and implications sufficiently to engage with it intelligently.
Strategic Judgement
02
Frame the right problem, evaluate trade-offs and make decisions under complexity.
Leaders must
Frame · Decide · Govern · Mobilise
Ethical Grounding
03
Act with accountability, governance and trust when technology changes what is possible.
AI Acumen
72% vs 36%
72% of respondents say the skills expected of them have shifted because of AI—yet only 36% feel they have received adequate upskilling.
Source: Boston Consulting Group, AI at Work: Strategy Matters More Than Tools, 2026.
Ethical Grounding
~30%
Only about 30% of organisations have reached advanced maturity in AI strategy, governance and agentic-AI controls.
Source: McKinsey & Company, State of AI Trust in 2026: Shifting to the Agentic Era, 2026.
Independent 2026 Research
The Human Edge Is Becoming the Performance Edge
AI is increasing speed, access and productive capacity. But the latest global research shows that organisational readiness, leadership judgement and responsible governance are not keeping pace. The advantage is shifting to leaders who can combine technological fluency with human discernment and accountability.
Research published by BCG, Deloitte, McKinsey & Company and PwC points to the same conclusion: AI capability and human capability must be developed together.
The opportunity is not to choose between human capability and AI capability. It is to build both—together.
FIIB CEE's Human Edge develops the three capabilities leaders increasingly need to work effectively with AI: AI Acumen, Strategic Judgement and Ethical Grounding.
Strategic Judgement
60% vs 5%
60% of executives use AI in decision-making—but only 5% say they manage AI-enabled decision-making well.
Source: Deloitte, From Tensions to Tipping Points: Choosing the Human Advantage — 2026 Global Human Capital Trends, 2026.
The Human Edge
2.5×
New tasks added to AI-exposed roles are 2.5 times more likely to rely on empathy, judgement and creativity.
Source: PwC, 2026 AI Jobs Barometer — Two Futures for Jobs in an AI Era, 2026.
Find Your Programme
For Professionals
Start with what you want to achieve, how much time you have and the format that fits your work. These are current flagship and upcoming programmes; the full list sits below.
AI & Digital
Upcoming
Master's Certificate in Human-Led AI Transformation
Build the judgement to decide where AI belongs in your function—and to carry people through the change.
Audience: Working professionals and middle managers
Duration: 9 months
Format: Alongside work
Governance & Responsibility
Upcoming
Executive Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Sector Governance
Develop the governance and risk grounding that regulated decisions demand.
Audience: Working professionals in financial services
Duration: 9 months
Format: Alongside work
Leadership & People
The Transformational Enterprise Leader
Strengthen the leadership judgement needed to align people behind an enterprise-wide change.
Audience: Senior and general managers
Duration: 9 months
Format: Alongside work
Upcoming
AI & Digital
Upcoming
Executive Certificate in Applied AI Deployment
Move from experimenting with AI tools to deploying them where they create value.
Audience: Working professionals
Duration: 3 months
Format: Alongside work
AI & Digital
Upcoming
MBA in AI, Analytics & Enterprise Leadership
A degree-equivalent route for professionals who want enterprise breadth alongside analytical depth.
Audience: Working professionals (PGDM)
Duration: 24 months
Format: Weekend
Governance & Responsibility
Upcoming
2-Day DPDP Act Bootcamp
A short, focused intervention on what the Digital Personal Data Protection Act asks of your organisation.
Audience: Governance, legal, data and technology teams
Duration: 2 days
Format: Workshop
FOR ORGANISATIONS
Capability Built Around Your Organisation
01
02
Start with the organisational priority, not a course catalogue.
We begin with the strategic priority, leadership challenge or transformation agenda—then design the capability journey around the context in which people must perform.
Agree the audience, the decisions they own and the capability to be built.
SELECTED PAST ENGAGEMENTS
03
Design the learning journey—format, duration and practitioner inputs—around that context.
Yamaha Motors India Pvt. Ltd.
Gender Relations, Cultural Context and Social Structures
A contextual learning intervention on workplace gender relations, culture and social structures.
Capability developed: inclusion and workplace culture
Hero MotoCorp
Strategic Business Communication
Strengthening clear, influential and strategically aligned business communication.
Capability developed: communication and influence
JK Tyre & Industries Ltd.
Driving Sustainable Procurement
Building procurement capability around sustainability-informed business decisions.
Capability developed: responsible sourcing decisions
Systemair India Pvt. Ltd.
Empowering Data-Driven Decision-Making
Helping managers use evidence and data more confidently in everyday decisions.
Capability developed: evidence-based decision-making
Dot Converse
Transforming Data into Insights
Turning business data into relevant and actionable insight.
Capability developed: analytical interpretation
SKUAST-K
Strategic Thinking & Decision-Making
Developing structured strategic thinking and stronger decision-making capability.
Capability developed: strategic judgement
Have a capability priority of your own?
Start with the organisational priority. Work with FIIB CEE to shape the appropriate learning response.
Capability Is More Than Skill
How CEE Builds Capability
The Human Edge explains what CEE develops. This is how CEE designs and delivers the learning: what people can do, who they become as leaders, and how closely we stay engaged along the way.
What people can do → Who leaders become → How CEE engages
What people can do
Productive Potential
Practitioner-led sessions built on real business problems, with applied work that participants take back into their own professional context—capstone or applied projects in selected programmes.
Practitioner-led
Applied outputs
Real business problems
Who leaders become
Human Potential
Structured reflection, feedback and personal-growth inputs that strengthen judgement, self-awareness, adaptability and resilience—with coaching or mentoring where the programme design includes it.
Judgement
Leadership
Adaptability
Resilience
How CEE works with people
High-Touch Engagement
Small-cohort attention: we recognise the learner's context, give relevant feedback and guidance, and stay meaningfully engaged through the learning experience.
Context
Ongoing engagement
Feedback
Guidance
Coaching, mentoring, simulations, organisational projects and capstones appear where the programme design includes them; they are not part of every programme.
Academic Governance
Business-school rigour. Executive relevance.
Executive learning shaped within FIIB's academic and quality systems.
Executive-Focused Design
Programme structures and learning formats shaped around the realities of working professionals and organisational priorities.
Practitioner Proximity
Perspectives from leaders and practitioners close to current business decisions.
Responsible Management
Ethics, responsibility and sustainability embedded within how leadership capability is developed.
Years of education excellence (FIIB, institution-wide)
32+
60+
Programmes delivered (FIIB CEE)
5,000+
Executives trained (FIIB CEE)
Industry practitioner faculty (FIIB CEE)
50+
Selected CEE programmes extend learning through reflective labs, immersive retreats and exposure to varied business contexts—deepening judgement, leadership and application.
Learning designed to move people
Strategic Capstone Project
A real commercial problem inside your own organisation, solved end to end.
Available in selected programmes
Experiences vary by programme.
Executive Immersion & Risk Simulations
Crisis, bottleneck and trade-off — rehearsed before they cost you anything.
Available in selected programmes
C-Suite Fireside Dialogues
Candid hours with senior C-suite leaders, off the record.
Available in selected programmes
Advanced Domain Masterclasses
Hyper-specialised sessions that end in frameworks you can apply on Monday.
Available in selected programmes
One-to-one work on presence, blind spots and career trajectory.
Executive Coaching
Available in selected programmes
Leadership Retreats
Away from the routine, leadership teams find clarity and alignment.
Available in selected programmes
Strategic Leadership Mentoring
A seasoned industry veteran in your corner for the long game.
Available in selected programmes
Personal Growth Labs
Available in selected programmes
Structured reflection that strengthens judgement under pressure.
Learning across cities, contexts and live businesses.
Multi-City Residences
Available in selected programmes
Learn from experts who are solving business problems in the industry
Sessions are taken by industry practitioners who are already solving business problems in real time, alongside academics—each mapped to the module that matches their expertise, from strategy and leadership to governance, data and AI.
All
AI & Digital
Data Privacy & Governance
Governance & Public Policy
Rakesh Maheshwari
Sr Dir and Group Coordinator (Coord and Parliament).
Law, Ethics & Data Privacy
Khushbu Jain
Advocate
Strategy & Analytics Consulting
Nitin Jain
Partner — Analytics Consulting
Enterprise & Transformation Leadership
Suryasnata Mohapatra
Executive Leader — Digital and AI Transformation
Bhaskarjit Sarmah
AI & Financial Services
Head of AI Research for Financial Services
AI Governance & Advisory
Dr. Aniket Mhala
Chief AI Officer (CAIO) — AI Solutions, Advisory, DPDP & TrustStack™
CEE Advisory Board
A senior group drawn from global industry, investing and academia who shape the direction of the CEE proposition and the design of its programmes.
CEE Advisor
Dr. Radhika Shrivastava
Henley Business School · IIM Bangalore · IFC, World Bank Group · Deloitte
CEE Advisor
Manish Kheterpal
WaterBridge Ventures · Stanford University · Actis · Providence Equity Partners
CEE Advisor · Thesis film
Saurabh Mittal
University of Oxford · Wipro · IIT Delhi
CEE Advisor
Rantej Singh
eligere · Your Enterprise AI
CEE Advisor
Rajat Monga
Microsoft · TensorFlow · IIT Delhi
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CEE Advisor
Amitabh Jhingan
EY-Parthenon
Faculty and practitioner participation varies by programme.
In Their Words
Evidence, Outcomes and Testimonials
FIIB CEE's own proof: an organisational sponsor, a participant, and a leader's perspective on the thinking behind the Centre.
Organisational and leadership perspectives
“Much of today's AI education falls into one of two extremes: either it dives deep into individual tools without establishing the strategic context, or it skims the surface with buzzwords that leave professionals inspired but unequipped. The real need is a middle path — one that builds a clear mental model of AI before teaching its applications…”
Mr. Kartikeya Singh — Chief Digital & Transformation Officer, Lemon Tree Hotels
“Human potential is when you're saying personal growth, leadership, coaching, mentoring—this is all human potential.”
Mr. Saurabh Mittal — CEE Advisor
Participant experience
“As an HR professional, the program was very valuable in helping me understand the various labour laws currently implemented for the welfare of the Indian workforce. I liked the vast range of topics covered throughout the session. And the speaker was also well paced, allowing sufficient time for the attendees to grasp the information.”
Ms. Kaamini Jha — Associate Manager – Learning & Development (HR)
AACSB Accredited
Institutional standing
Institutional Credibility
Accreditations, regulatory approvals, memberships and recognition
PRME Champion 2026–27
FIIB CEE sits inside an accredited business school. These are the accreditations, approvals and memberships that govern how its programmes are designed and delivered.
AICTE Approved
EdAMBA Member
NBA Accredited
BGA Member
AIU Recognised
Great Place To Work
CEE Insights
Perspectives from the Centre
Executive perspectives and approved CEE thought leadership. New insight pieces are added as they are published.
Thought-leadership film
AI fills the knowledge gap. Human judgment carries the transformation.
Saurabh Mittal, CEE Advisor, on why strategic judgement remains a human capability—and what that means for how leaders learn.
Research reading list
The independent 2026 research behind the Human Edge
The four external 2026 reports—BCG, Deloitte, McKinsey & Company and PwC—that inform how CEE frames AI acumen, judgement and governance. Sources open directly.
Before you enquire
Frequently Asked Questions
If your question is not here, write to exec-ed@fiib.edu.in and the CEE team will respond.