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ELITE STUDY & LEADERSHIP PROGRAM IN THE US 2026
THE ART OF RESONANT LEADERSHIP IN THE NEW ERA
A 10-day flagship learning journey in the United States — created exclusively for Vietnamese entrepreneurs and business leaders living in the U.S.
‣ HARVARD UNIVERSITY & MIT (BOSTON)
‣ BLUE CLIFF MONASTERY (NEW YORK)
10 days
Aug 22 – 31, 2026
WHY DO SO MANY LEADERS KNOW SO MUCH — YET NEVER BREAK THROUGH?
After years working side by side with leaders at the very top of their fields, we keep coming back to one truth: the more successful you become, the easier it is to become a prisoner of the very playbook that got you there.
And now a new force is rewriting every playbook: artificial intelligence. Since AI became an everyday tool, the way we work — and how much we get done — has changed for good. The question is no longer whetherto use AI, but whether you can build the judgment to use it well enough to lead your organization through what’s coming.
78%
of organizations now use AI in at least one business function (McKinsey, State of AI 2025)
75%
of knowledge workers already use AI on the job (Microsoft Work Trend Index)
58%
of AI users say they’re producing work they couldn’t have a year ago (Microsoft)
The gap between leaders who know about AI and leaders who actually put it to work widens every single day. Technology moves fast — but in the end, it’s human instinct and inner steadiness that decide who breaks through. This program is built to align a leader’s three centers of power — HEAD, HEART, and HARA — so that what you learn (AI included) doesn’t just live in your head; it becomes who you are.
Knowledge that never leaves your head (HEAD)
You know you should delegate. But the moment pressure hits, your brain snaps back to the reflexes you built 20 years ago. Knowledge is just information — your reflexes are what actually run your life.
A heart that isn’t open enough (HEART)
We try to solve people problems with logic, but people are only ever led through empathy. When fear freezes the heart, you can’t connect — and you end up alone at the top.
No inner anchor (HARA)
You’ve got the vision (Head) and the drive (Heart), but you’re missing the steadiness (Hara) — the ground that keeps you calm in the storm. Without it, a single market shock can knock you off balance.
It is time
to break through and become innovative
& mindful leaders.
CREATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR
ACCOMPLISHED ENTREPRENEURS AND LEADERS ACROSS VIETNAM AND THE UNITED STATES
Led by some of the most respected executives, strategists, scholars, and entrepreneurs in the United States — with the chance to learn firsthand at Harvard and MIT and join a global community of excellence.
WHAT YOU’LL GAIN
WORLD-CLASS LEARNING
A world-class education in AI and leadership from top executives, strategists, and renowned scholars at Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Northeastern, and Boston — alongside some of America’s most influential entrepreneurs.
BUSINESS CONNECTIONS
Plug into the U.S. business community and leading experts, and open doors to deeper global opportunities long after the program ends.
MINDFULNESS PRACTICE
Practice mindfulness at Blue Cliff Monastery, surrounded by nature at one of the most beautiful meditation centers in the world.
LASTING RELATIONSHIPS
Build genuine relationships with fellow members throughout the trip — and keep them alive through regular gatherings afterward.
WORLD-CLASS FACULTY
& advanced coursework from:
Plus distinguished members of the Boston Global Forum (BGF) and other renowned AI leaders.
MEET THE FACULTY
Prof. Thomas E. Patterson
- Research Director, Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation (MDI)
- Professor of Government and the Press at Harvard Kennedy School
- Co-founder and board member of the Boston Global Forum
GS. Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland
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Named one of the “World’s 7 Most Powerful Data Scientists” by Forbes
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Founder and Director of the MIT Media Lab and Media Lab Asia in India
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Toshiba Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at MIT
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Appointed as a “Data Revolutionary” by the UN Secretary-General
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McKinsey Award Recipient from Harvard Business Review
Prof. Elaine Chen
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Cummings Family Professor of the Practice in Entrepreneurship and Director of the prestigious Derby Center for Entrepreneurship at Tufts University
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Senior Lecturer and Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) for nearly a decade at the MIT Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship
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Recipient of the MIT Monosson Prize for Entrepreneurship Mentoring
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Founder and CEO of ConceptSpring
Prof. Mark Esposito
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Professor at Harvard Kennedy School
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Founding Research Fellow at the Centre for Circular Economy, University of Cambridge Judge Business School
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Incoming Professor of Economic Policy at Northeastern University and Adjunct Professor of Public Policy at the Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government (MBRSG) in the UAE
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Co-founder of Nexus FrontierTech
Prof. Sharad Goel
- Professor of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School
- Faculty Member at Stanford University
- BS in Mathematics from the University of Chicago
- MS in Computer Science and PhD in Applied Mathematics from Cornell University
Brian Kenny
- Chief Marketing and Communications Officer (CMCO) at Harvard Business School
- Oversees the HBS brand globally
- Vice President of Marketing and Communications at Northeastern University
- Oversees global marketing for the management consulting firm The Monitor Group
- Led marketing initiatives for Genuity, Arthur D. Little, and Boston University
Nicco Mele
- Director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School
- Author of the international bestseller “The End of Big: How the Digital Revolution Makes David the New Goliath”
- Co-founder of Echo & Co (formerly EchoDitto)
- Former Senior Vice President and Deputy Publisher of the Los Angeles Times, and Venture Partner at Link Ventures
John Fisher
- Senior Lecturer in Marketing at the Carroll School of Management, Boston College
- Holds a BA in Economics from Marietta College and an MBA from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College
- Specializes in brand strategy, product management and development, sales management, advertising, public relations, and strategic marketing
Paul McManus
- Professor at Boston University
- Award-winning faculty member in the Strategy & Innovation Department at the Questrom School of Business
- Advises investors, multinational corporations, government agencies, and startups within the international venture community
- Former executive leader in new venture development, product management, and engineering in the high-tech sector with Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
Nada Sanders
- An internationally recognized thought leader and expert in global supply chain, risk management, and human-technology integration
- Ranked among the Top 2% of Scientists Worldwide by Stanford University (2020 Study)
- Advises leading global organizations, including Amazon, Dell, Kinaxis, and Lego
- Author of seven books, including the multi-award-winning “Humachine: Humanity, Machines, and the Future of Enterprise”
Hossein Rahnama
- Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University
- Visiting Professor at the MIT Media Lab
- Founder and CEO of Flybits Inc., a data intelligence firm serving a global clientele
- Author of over 30 publications and holder of 23 patents in computer science
- Named to the prestigious MIT Technology Review TR35 list, honoring the world’s top 35 innovators under 35
John K. Werner
- Chief Innovation Officer at MIT Connection Science
- Named one of New England’s Top 50 Tech Power Players by The Boston Globe in 2024
- Former Vice President at Meta, and Managing Director of the Emerging Worlds SIG, Imagination in Action, and Link Ventures
Along with many other leading professors, scholars, and AI leaders.
THE 2026
INTEGRATED JOURNEY
WHEN KNOWLEDGE
BECOMES
THE SELF
A Dual Design to Align HEAD – HEART – HARA, the Three Critical Energy Centers of a Leader.
PHASE 1
August 23 – 27, 2026
The Harvard & MIT Leg (HEAD)
Unlock intellectual excellence with an immersive program at Harvard and MIT in Boston, learning directly from world-class professors, pioneering entrepreneurs, scholars, and leading voices in the United States. This is your opportunity to elevate the HEAD—expanding your vision, mastering the global playing field, and understanding the breakthrough technologies reshaping humanity.
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
- English
- Vietnamese
CORE MODULES (TENTATIVE)
- Leadership Mindset in the Age of AI
- Family Business in the Age of AI
- The Future of Leadership & Emerging Tech Trends
- Optimizing Business Operations with AI
- AI in Manufacturing and Supply Chain Networks
- Building Corporate Culture in the Age of AI
- Branding & Marketing 5.0 in the Age of AI
- AI and Social Ethics
- The Art of Negotiation in the Age of AI
1
PRE-PROGRAM PREPARATION
Review preparatory materials and formulate real-world business challenges from your own organization to discuss with faculty and experts.
2
INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION
Engage in direct dialogue and case study analyses, driving deep insights and extracting winning formulas alongside world-class scholars.
3
POST-PROGRAM NETWORKING
Engage in ongoing networking and mentorship with global tech and business gurus to sustain development and elevate your leadership after the program concludes.
HIGHLIGHTS OF VIETNAMESE LEADERS AND ENTREPRENEURS PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM AT HARVARD & MIT 2025
PHASE 2
August 27 – 31, 2026
The Blue Cliff Leg (HEART)
Absorb compassion and mindfulness at Blue Cliff Monastery (New York) with the “Breathe and Smile” business retreat, uniquely tailored for Vietnamese leaders and entrepreneurs. This is the moment to nurture the HEART—allowing the knowledge from Harvard to run deep, transforming into empathy and the true inner peace of a leader who masters themselves.
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
- English
- Vietnamese
DISCOVER BLUE CLIFF
The World’s Most Beautiful Plum Village Monastery
Following the program at Harvard and MIT, organizational and business leaders will transition into an immersive mindfulness practice at Blue Cliff Monastery, connecting with nature and the pristine atmosphere of one of the world’s most beautiful monasteries.
This experiential program is designed to help leaders cultivate the practice of turning inward to regenerate mindful energy. By mastering the self, leaders can make lucid decisions, deepen empathy, and ultimately develop the capacity to cultivate their own sustainable happiness.
We learn to pause.
This is the moment to nurture the HEART—allowing the knowledge from Harvard to flow deep into our veins, transforming into empathy, compassion, and the true inner peace of a leader who masters themselves.
TENTATIVE ITINERARY (August 22 – 31, 2026)
Day 1 · Aug 22 — Gather in Boston, USA & rest.Day 2 · Aug 23 — Campus tour of Harvard University.Day 3 · Aug 24 — Study under the AIWS Leadership Program 2026 at Harvard & MIT.Day 4 · Aug 25 — Study at Harvard & MIT; afternoon campus tour and study session at MIT.Day 5 · Aug 26 — Study, business networking in Boston & Certificate Presentation at Harvard; Evening Gala Dinner on a Charles River cruise.Days 6–9 · Aug 27–30 — Mindful leadership practice at Blue Cliff Monastery – Plum Village New York.Day 10 · Aug 31 — Conclusion of the journey.
*The itinerary is tentative and subject to change based on actual conditions.
ADMISSION
CRITERIA
CRITERIA
- Being entrepreneurs or senior executives within businesses and organizations.
- Possessing a minimum of 5 years of leadership or management experience.
- Demonstrating a strong desire to learn and apply new knowledge—particularly regarding AI—into practice, with a continuous passion for personal development.
- Possessing a good level of conversational English.
- Demonstrating an aspiration to grow their business and community, and to contribute to a sustainable, happy world.
PRIORITIES
- Candidates who have made significant contributions to the community.
- Candidates with outstanding achievements in business activities.
- Candidates who hold significant influence both domestically and internationally.
Optional Extended Programs
in Vietnam
Solidify your leadership mettle with the Zen Leader training program — a journey of HARA integration
Through breathing techniques, Tai Chi, and the “10 flips of consciousness” led by Dr. Ginny Whitelaw and the Faculty Team. When Head – Heart – Hara integrate, you lead not by authority, but by Presence. You no longer play the role of a leader — you ARE leadership itself.
DR. – ZEN MASTER GINNY WHITELAW
- Ph.D. in Biophysics
- Former Deputy Manager of NASA’s Integrated Space Station Program
- President of the Zen Leadership Institute
- Co-founder of Focus Leadership
- Zen Master of Chozen-ji, Rinzai School
- Aikido Martial Artist – 5th Degree Black Belt
- Author of “The Zen Leader”
- Co-creator of FEBI® – Leadership assessment software mapping mind-body patterns
WHAT ALUMNI SAY ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Insights from leaders & entrepreneurs who joined the Harvard – Blue Cliff journey
“I had the opportunity to meet highly elite individuals and brilliant Professors… simultaneously absorbing intellect at Harvard and cultivating inner peace at Blue Cliff. When the mind is at peace, everything illuminates with absolute clarity!”
“I gained access to the world’s latest and most profound knowledge, studying in a professional environment while experiencing a meditative practice that allowed me to pause, look within, and cultivate wisdom.”
“The program has empowered me to think bigger and act bigger to integrate into the global economy, while forging connections with exceptional leaders and entrepreneurs — a remarkably high-quality community network.”
REGISTRATION AND PARTICIPATION PROCESS
Simple — 4 steps. All applications and confirmations are processed via email.
INTERESTED
Request the brochure or review the detailed program information.
CONSULTATION & INTERVIEW
Receive a consultation and schedule an interview with the Program Management Board.
REGISTRATION & PAYMENT
Receive and confirm your application via email, then complete the registration and tuition payment.
PREPARATION & ATTENDANCE
Prepare your essentials and mindset, and join the delegation for the full 10-day journey in the United States.
ACCOMPANYING
TEAM
“Warm greetings!
We are the Organizing Committee of the “RESONANT LEADERSHIP IN THE NEW ERA” program.
We look forward to accompanying you on your journey to lead your organization toward sustainable success while creating positive values for the community.
Join us on this journey to unlock new mindsets, resonate capabilities, and together co-create breakthrough transformations!”
📞 0979 988 989 (Mr. Duc Anh)
📞 0906 184 728 (Ms. Tam Cat Tuong)
☎️ Hotline: 0838 184 728
✉️ c2h@manguonhanhphuc.org
🗓 August 22 – 31, 2026
📍 Harvard & MIT (Boston) · Blue Cliff (New York)
With thorough preparation, we are confident that the program will bring you exceptional and highly valuable experiences.
RESONANT LEADERSHIP IN THE NEW ERA