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Certificates: Digital Leadership" certificate
"Industry 5.0 Transformation Expert" Certificate with TÜV Rheinland-Certified Qualification -
Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeit mit Abschlusspräsentation
Transformation Expert Industrie 5.0 mit TÜV Rheinland geprüfter Qualifikation -
Teaching Times: Full-timeMonday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
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Language of Instruction: German
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Duration: 8 Weeks
Digital Leadership
Challenges of Digital Transformation (approx. 2 days)
Digital Leadership – The Big Picture
Distinguishing Between Leadership, Digital Leadership, and Digital Business Leadership
VUCA Environment / BANI Environment
Limits and Challenges of Digitalization in Leadership
Consequences of Digitalization for the Market and Competition
Customer Expectations in the Digital Age
Leading People Through Digital Transformation (approx. 4 days)
How Do People “Work”? (Insights from Neurobiology)
Systemic Perspectives on the Individualization of Leadership
Tasks and Roles of Leaders in the Digital Transformation
Motivation as the Foundation of Self-Management and Leadership
Emotional Intelligence as a Key Competency
Self-Leadership and Decision-Making in Complex Environments
Dealing with Uncertainty and Complexity in the Digital Leadership Landscape
Remote Leadership and Leading Hybrid Teams
Fostering Digital Skills Within the Team
New Work/Agile Leadership (approx. 2 days)
Work 4.0 - basics of a new world of work
Self-organization and self-management in a digital context
Team collaboration in digital times
Remote collaboration: tools, methods and rituals
Strategic and operational leadership in practice
Building, developing and supporting teams
Basics of agile methods (e.g. Scrum, Kanban - overview)
Designing organization and transformation (approx. 2 days)
Selection and introduction of digital processes, methods and tools
Change and transformation management
Ambidextrous organization (ambidexterity)
Dealing with skepticism and resistance in change processes
Analysis of the digital maturity level of organizations
Artificial intelligence as a management tool (approx. 2 days)
AI in everyday management
AI as a manager - competition or help
Effects of generative AI on work
Dealing with big data as a digital leader
Responsibility and risks
Digital business models, goals, strategies, key performance indicators and KPIs (approx. 3 days)
Value creation processes and digital business models
Development of goals and strategies
Defining key figures for process control
Defining and measuring key performance indicators (KPIs)
Introduction of objectives and key results (OKRs) as an agile target system
Project work (approx. 5 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Industry 5.0 Transformation Expert with TÜV Rheinland-Certified Qualification
Introduction to Industry 5.0 (approx. 2 days)
Industrial Revolutions and Stages of Development
From Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0 – Distinctions, Commonalities, Technological Bridges
Core Principles of Industry 5.0: Human-Centricity, Resilience, Sustainability
Current Trends in Industry
Maturity Models and Business Assessment
Key Technologies for Industry 4.0/5.0 (approx. 2 days)
Collaborative Robotics (Cobots), Human-Machine Collaboration
Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing
Sensor Technology and M2M Communication
Human-Machine Assistance Systems and XR
Digital Infrastructure and Data Management
Blockchain in the Supply Chain
Digital Twins and Smart Factory Components
Artificial Intelligence in a Human-Centered Workplace (approx. 4 days)
The Role of People in Digital Transformation
Generative AI and Machine Learning in Industrial Processes
Agentic AI – Autonomous AI Agents in Production, Quality Assurance, and Maintenance (Predictive Maintenance)
Physical AI and Autonomous Mobile Robotics
AI Labeling Requirements and Demonstration of AI Competence in Everyday Business Operations
Ergonomic Support Through Assistance Systems
Human Decision-Making Authority Despite Automation
Upskilling and reskilling
Self-Organization, Empowerment, and Digital Leadership
Internet of Things and Services (approx. 2 days)
From IoT to AIoT (Artificial Intelligence of Things)
Intelligent and sustainable smart services
Edge analytics and the role of autonomous systems
Legal Framework and Data Security (approx. 3.5 days)
GDPR, BDSG, NIS-2 Implementation Act, and Cybersecurity Enhancement Act
KRITIS and Cybersecurity
Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) – Reporting Requirements for Vulnerabilities, Relationship to Industrial Control Systems
EU AI Act – Risk Categories, Obligations for Providers and Operators
EU Data Act for machine and usage data
Industrial Accelerator Act and Clean Industrial Deal
Labor Law for the Protection of Employees
Ethics and psychosocial aspects (approx. 1.5 days)
Fairness, transparency, decision logic in AI
Responsibility and control mechanisms
Inclusion and diversity
Psychosocial effects of technological transformation
Digital Transformation and Agile Value Creation (approx. 2 days)
Digitization of Industrial Processes (Horizontal/Vertical)
A Comparison of Change Management 4.0 and 5.0
Agile Systems, Lean, and Smart Production
Sustainable Value Chains: Digital Product Passport (ESPR) and CSRD Reporting Requirements
Phase Plan for Implementing Transformation Projects
Project work, certification preparation, and the “Industry 5.0 Transformation Expert” certification exam with TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification (approx. 3 days)
Changes are possible, the course content is updated regularly.
You will also be able to contribute effectively as a specialist and manager in a modern, digitally networked working environment. You can contribute to the development of key strategies to implement processes in a meaningful way.
In addition, you are able to actively help shape the transformation from Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0. You understand key future technologies—from collaborative robotics to agentic AI and physical AI—and can implement them in the company in a human-centered, sustainable, and resilient manner. You are familiar with the current legal framework (including the AI Act, Data Act, Cyber Resilience Act, and GDPR) and implement its requirements in a practical manner. You assess the ethical and psychosocial impacts of digitalization, foster acceptance among employees, and independently develop phased plans for transformation projects that combine technological innovation, employee-centric approaches, and legal requirements.
This course is aimed at specialists and managers from all areas of the company who are involved in digitally networked, global work structures and want to successfully support processes and employees there.
The course serves as proof that you have acquired in-depth know-how for the digital world. Specialist knowledge in the digital field is in demand and applicable across all industries, both in large and medium-sized companies as well as in agencies.
Specialists in the field of Industry 5.0 can find employment not only at large industrial companies. Small and medium-sized businesses that want to participate in the digital transformation are also looking for qualified personnel with expertise in Industry 5.0. After completing the course, you’ll be able to demonstrate your new skills with a TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification.
Didactic concept
Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).
You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.
Virtual classroom alfaview®
Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.
The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).