Digital for Leaders

Get hands on!

Help your teams.

Improve your understanding of digital.

A tough, but rewarding, challenge.

How the course was born
Having worked with many established ‘non-digital’ companies, one common pain point stands out: the leadership often has little or no knowledge of how digital systems work.
This led to poor, costly and slow decision making.
This course was developed to help address the problem – it is challenging, fun and extremely rewarding.
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What you'll be using on the course...
Raspberry Pi
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The legendary credit card sized computer.
And some sensors.
https://www.raspberrypi.org/
Python
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You’ll use python to read data from sensors, store it in a database and write an api so your website can access the data.
https://www.python.org/
MySql
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You’ll create a MySQL cloud based database to store your data.
https://www.mysql.com/
HTML5
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Using a simple framework, you’ll write some HTML and JavaScript to display your data live from your sensors.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/HTML5
AWS
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You’ll use python to read data from sensors, store it in a database and write an api so your website can access the data.
https://www.aws.amazon.com/
FAQs
Perhaps you have some questions...
What equipment do I need to take on the course and what is provided?
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All materials are provided. This includes sensors, Raspberry Pi, monitor / mouse / keyboard. You will also receive a guide to help you complete the project step by step.
You are free to bring your own computer.
How long does the course take?
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The course lasts for two (intensive) days.
What group sizes do we work in?
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Ideally, you will work in groups of two to three.
What profile of person is this course designed for?
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The course was originally designed and run for leaders to gain some hands-on experience with digital – to do some coding, database creation, cloud deployment and get a feel for the challenges and opportunities digital technology can enable.
As such, all you need is interest and motivation – the course is very challenging but is designed with complete beginners in mind.