Hyper Island has been featured in the Financial Times in an article about the changing world of executive education.
The article explores how alternative learning providers are challenging traditional business schools, as organisations look for learning that is more practical, flexible and connected to real business needs. It also highlights the growing demand for leadership development that helps people and organisations respond to change faster.
For Hyper Island, this is a conversation we know well.
Hyper Island was born during the first digital transformation. Since 1996, we have helped people and organisations make sense of new technology, new behaviours and new ways of working. Today, AI is opening the next chapter.
As our CEO Heidi Rundt says in the article:
format_quote“Hyper Island has its roots in the first digital revolution, so AI is, in many ways, the next chapter of a much larger change.”
But the challenge is no longer only about understanding new tools. It is about leadership, judgement and direction.
AI is speeding up execution. Teams can produce, test and move faster than ever. But speed alone is not transformation. Leaders also need to make better decisions, create clarity, build trust and shape ways of working that help people use technology with purpose.
As Heidi explains:
format_quote“One of the clearest challenges is that AI is speeding up execution faster than many leaders are able to make decisions or set direction. That has opened up a new part of our business, as clients ask not only how to use AI, but how to reshape leadership, decision-making, and ways of working around it.”
This is where Hyper Island’s work continues to grow.
We help leaders and organisations build the capabilities needed to stay relevant when the world shifts. That includes technological fluency, but also human judgement, collaboration, adaptability and the courage to act when the path is unclear.
For us, the message is clear: the future of learning is not only about knowledge. It is about building capability that holds in real work, under real pressure, when change is already happening.
Read the Financial Times article here:
👉 Executive education challengers raise pressure on business schools
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