Leading Trivergence Adoption

This capstone unit synthesizes organizational readiness, strategic planning, collaboration, culture, leadership, and risk considerations necessary to implement trivergence initiatives (the convergence of data, computing, and human systems). Students assess readiness, craft actionable strategies, foster innovation and cross-functional collaboration, and identify ethical, privacy, and security perils while planning their own leadership development.

Learning Objectives

• Analyze organizational readiness for trivergence initiatives by conducting a readiness assessment that identifies at least three structural, technical, and cultural gaps and proposes prioritized mitigation actions.
• Apply trivergence-focused strategic frameworks to design a concise business strategy that aligns data science, computing, and human-capital goals with measurable objectives and success metrics.
• Evaluate opportunities for cross-functional collaboration alongside potential perils (ethical, privacy, security, and operational) and recommend governance and risk-management measures to mitigate at least three identified risks.
• Demonstrate leadership and change-management practices by creating an implementation action plan that fosters a culture of innovation, specifies stakeholder engagement tactics, and includes a personal professional development roadmap for sustained trivergence leadership.