“Build Back Better” with GERBUS Academy

September 2, 2020 at GERBUS Academy, Online Program (3 x 4 hours on 2, 8, 17 September)

“Build Back Better” is a new online program for business leaders, developed in partnership with GERBUS Academy.

It is your opportunity to step back and reimagine your business, how it can most effectively recover in the short-term, in a way that also creates a better business for the long-term.

The pandemic and subsequent recession are moments of dramatic change in every market, for customers and business. It is challenging, but also a time of opportunity. In fact, 57% of the Fortune 500 companies were created during downturns, when attitudes and priorities shift.

The post-pandemic world is a unique chance to rebuild your business in a better way, one which is more sustainable, more agile and resilient, more future-proofed.

How will you “build back better” after Covid-19?

Over three intensive, practical yet stretching, half-day online sessions, Peter Fisk will guide you through a process for accelerating your business recovery as we move from crisis to downturn, and also shaping your business for a better future.

The program is accessed through GERBUS Academy and will have a global context, but at the same time, practically applied to the specific context of your own business.

The program is build on practical insights from around the world – how companies from Airbnb to Zespri and coming to terms with the consequences of chaos and uncertainty, change and transformation. For some it is a complete pivot in terms of products and services, for others it is a rush to become a truly digital business.

However at the same time, to seize the opportunity of this moment, not just to rebuild the way we were, to to build back better – for a better future – in a more agile and resilient, customer-driven and future-proofed way – but also to address some of the most pressing challenges – how to align business and society, technology and humanity, profits and a higher purpose.

Here is some more background, ideas on which the program will practically build:

• The Great Reset: Seize the moment to create a better future
• The Big Pivots: How companies are adapting to a new future
• Danone and B4IG: Emmanuel Faber leads business for inclusive growth
• Purpose Works: Why purpose-driven companies do better
• Good Business: Great examples of innovations for a better world
• Future Recoded: Reimagining your market, driven by the mega trends
• Business Recoded: Why do we need to recode?
• Leadership Recoded: The 7 business shifts