Tuck Launches Executive Sprints for Business Leaders

New live, online programs from Tuck Executive Education connect busy executives with timely insights from Tuck’s award-winning faculty.

From fast-changing tariff regimes to the acceleration of artificial intelligence, today’s executives are hard-pressed to simply stay on top of the latest developments, let alone create a strategy to address them. Carving out time to dive deep into complex topics can seem like an impossible luxury. 

Enter Tuck Executive Sprints—a new offering from Tuck that meets executives where they are, with the flexibility they need.

These live, online programs are delivered in modular sessions that give executives need-to-know insights and actionable advice based on the latest research from Tuck faculty. With rotating topics developed in response to the latest business trends, Tuck Executive Sprints offer of-the-moment guidance for leaders that’s accessible anywhere in the world.

“In our fast-changing world, we saw a pressing need for digestible, deeply current topical programming that brings the core of the Tuck experience—live interaction with our expert faculty and a cohort of engaged peers—to leaders wherever they are,” says Alva Taylor, senior associate dean for executive learning. “We’d also heard from a number of Tuck alumni that they wished they could access something similar to the sprint courses offered in the MBA program since 2022, so we decided the time was right to adapt that model for executives.”

The first Tuck Executive Sprint—Power the Future, led by award-winning professor and thought leader Vijay “VG” Govindarajan—launched in spring 2024 and ran again that fall. Over two sessions, participants learned to use real-time data to build competitive advantage by elevating their products, strategies, and customer relationships.

Professor Dean Alderucci taught the executive sprint AI Transformation for Executives in the spring. Alderucci is a leading voice on AI who has advised both organizations and the federal government. | Photo by Laura DeCapua

This academic year brought two new and equally relevant sprints: Leadership in Disruptive Times and AI Transformation for Executives.

Professor Scott Anthony, a noted expert on the adaptive challenges of disruptive change, taught Leadership in Disruptive Times in fall 2024 and spring 2025. Anthony’s extensive industry experience—including more than two decades as an advisor to Innosight—informed a program designed to equip leaders with practical tools to not only weather but capitalize on the increasing volatility of the global landscape. Participants left with new frameworks for identifying and overcoming hidden barriers to change, aligning their teams around a shared purpose, and building an environment of psychological safety.

“Technology, customer expectations, and the lines between industries are shifting rapidly, and it’s critical for executives to make the time to stay on top of these trends,” explained Anthony. “The sprint format allows us to deliver relevant content and practical tools in a timely, flexible, and executive-friendly way.”

Cutting through complexity was also a major focus of AI Transformation for Executives, led by Professor Dean Alderucci in the spring. Alderucci, a leading voice on AI who has advised both organizations and the federal government, demystifies key AI concepts and technologies to help leaders look past the hype and find opportunities to capture real, durable value for their organizations.

“The companies that rapidly adopt AI and incorporate AI in their strategy will acquire a competitive advantage over the companies that don’t,” said Alderucci. “CEOs need a detailed understanding of AI’s capabilities and potential impact on their industries.

The expertise of Tuck faculty is what sets these sprints apart. This format allows them to share their newest research on the topics affecting organizations right now. These are insights you won’t find anywhere else.
— Alva Taylor, Senior Associate Dean for Executive Learning

“The Executive Sprints have been a reminder of the outstanding quality of a Tuck education,” says Rebecca Joffrey T’97, IT innovation officer at Cornell University. “The program accelerated my learning curve in the best possible way.”

In addition to the discussions held within the programs’ core sessions, both of this year’s executive sprints also offered participants access to a post-program “master class” with its faculty leader, allowing them to follow up on specific challenges and questions.

Currently, Taylor and the Tuck Executive Education team are working to scale up the executive sprints portfolio, with the goal of offering multiple unique programs each year. Each program will have a limited run before it is replaced, ensuring that content remains timely and fresh while offering executives the opportunity to engage with multiple programs based on their business needs.

One thing won’t change: the online sessions will continue to deliver the immersive, rigorous, and participant-focused education Tuck is known for.

“The expertise of Tuck faculty is what sets these sprints apart,” says Taylor. “This format allows them to share their newest research on the topics affecting organizations right now. These are insights you won’t find anywhere else.”

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