Day One: Megatrends - The New Global Economic Structure
- The major forces affecting business and the forecast trend.
- Business strategy in the post-COVID business environment
- Globalisation versus deglobalisation in business decisions
- The concept of strategic alignment
- How to align strategic and operational plans
- The new framework of an effective strategy
Day Two: Financial and Non-financial Dimensions of Business
- Financial evaluation of a business
- The financial “anatomy” of an organisation
- Balancing profitability, liquidity and gearing
- Non-financial evaluation of a business
- Framework for non-financial analysis
- Application of the ‘Balanced Scorecard’
Day Three: Assessing the Future Potential of a Business
- Tools and techniques of market and business analysis
- Hearing and understanding the “voice of the customer”
- Measuring and managing the impact of the product life-cycle
- Forecasting the future potential of a business
- Managing crisis and controlling recovery
- Identifying future organisational development priorities
Day Four: Innovation and Risk in Business Development
- Developing innovative offerings and business models
- Evolutionary and revolutionary innovation
- The impact of disruptive innovation
- Risk analysis in business decisions
- Identifying the right risk to take
- Tools and techniques of risk management
Day Five: Value Migration and Developing People for the Future
- What is the significance of value migration?
- Internal and external value migration
- The impact of value migration on strategy and structure
- Developing human capability for the future of the company
- The challenge of managing the agile organisation
- People development in a rapidly changing world