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Download Peter Fisk’s keynote WaveRiders for Oracle.

Oracle’s new Signature Series for Top Talent brings together the most inspiring ideas from the top professors at the world’s leading business schools. The series kicks off with this session.

Worldchanging: How do you see the future?

We live in a time of incredible change. Dramatic, pervasive, and relentless. More change in the next 10 years than the last 250 years. Incredible technologies, expectant consumers, climate crisis, social distrust, and much more. The biggest question for leaders is “How do you see the future?”

Every market is shaken up, how pandemic accelerated the future
Asia to AI, GenZ and gene-editing, sustainability and the super-apps
Exploring the new order in markets, from energy to finance, healthcare to retail

Megatrends: How to harness the change drivers?

How will you embrace the megatrends? Disruptive technologies, connected and intelligent; economic power shifts, 80% of the middle class in emerging markets; resource scarcity, where water is the biggest risk; demographic change, where markets are older, demanding and mobile; and rapid urbanisation, 33 of the 45 megacities in Asia.

What the 5 megatrends mean for me, turning challenge into opportunity
Starting from the future back, working from the outside in
How to explore the future and deliver today

Reimagining Business: What are the new codes of business?

The old codes of business don’t work anymore. The most innovative companies – from Alibaba and Bytedance, to Coupang and Deepmind – succeed with new codes. So what are the new ideas to win in a fast and dynamic world of Asian renaissance, entrepreneurial supremacy, social conscience and smarter machines?

What can we learn the world’s most innovative companies right now
Exploring the radical innovations of companies like Orsted and PingAn
Finding better purpose, smarter growth and faster transformation

Rethinking Leadership: How to lead a better future?

Where do you start? With a future mindset. Start from the future back, and outside in. Seek purpose before profit. Connect talent and technology. Turn hierarchies into ecosystems. And what does it take to lead in this future? Curiosity and imagination, humanity and responsibility, transformation and collaboration, grit and impact.

How do we lead differently in a world of uncertain, relentless change?
What does it mean for a business like Oracle, and how we work with clients?
How do you see the future? Being curious, creative and courageous.

Download Peter Fisk’s keynote WaveRiders for Oracle.

Oracle’s new Signature Series for Top Talent brings together the most inspiring ideas from the top professors at the world’s leading business schools. The series kicks off with this session.

Worldchanging: How do you see the future?

Every market is shaken up, how pandemic accelerated the future
Asia to AI, GenZ and gene-editing, sustainability and the super-apps
Exploring the new order in markets, from energy to finance, healthcare to retail

Megatrends: How to harness the change drivers?

What the 5 megatrends mean for me, turning challenge into opportunity
Starting from the future back, working from the outside in
How to explore the future and deliver today

Reimagining Business: What are the new codes of business?

What can we learn the world’s most innovative companies right now
Exploring the radical innovations of companies like Orsted and PingAn
Finding better purpose, smarter growth and faster transformation

Rethinking Leadership: How to lead a better future?

How do we lead differently in a world of uncertain, relentless change?
What does it mean for a business like Oracle, and how we work with clients?
How do you see the future? Being curious, creative and courageous.

Change is dramatic, pervasive and relentless. The challenges are numerous. The opportunities are greater.

Incredible technologies and geopolitical shifts, complex markets and stagnating growth, demanding customers and disruptive entrepreneurs, environmental crisis and social distrust, unexpected shocks and uncertain futures.

The old codes that got us here don’t work anymore. Moving forwards needs a new mindset.

This program is for business leaders who seek to progress in today’s rapidly changing world, and to create the organisations that will thrive in tomorrow’s world.

We explore how to lead a better future, to reimagine your business, to reinvent markets, to energise your people. It describes how to combine profit with more purpose, intelligent technologies with creative people, radical innovation with sustainable impact.
We dive deep into the minds of some of today’s most inspiring business leaders – people like Anne Wojcicki and Jeff Bezos, Emily Weiss and Devi Shetty, Daniel Ek and Tan Le, Mary Barra and Masayoshi Son, Satya Nadella and Zhang Ruimin.
We learn from the innovative strategies of incredible companies – Alibaba and Amazon, Babylon and BlackRock, Meituan Dianping and Microsoft, Narayana Health and Netflix, Patagonia and PingAn, Spotify and Supercell, and many more.

It’s about you – realising your future potential – by developing your own codes for more enlightened progress, personal and business success.

Do you have the courage to create a better future, for you and your business?

Equate is a global producer of petrochemicals and the second largest producer of Ethylene Glycol in the world, providing reliable products and solutions that serve as the basis to everyday consumable products and participate in sustaining a better world. The Company prides itself as the partner of choice to global customers and is an active member of the community in which it supports stakeholders to attain their objectives.

Leading by example in best business practices, Equate’s investments in operational excellence and sustainable development have earned it internationally recognized achievements. The Company has adopted its Sustainability Strategy focusing on 16 strategic initiatives that it aims to achieve by the year 2025. These initiatives are divided into building a sustainable work and operational environment, innovating for a renewable and sustainable energy industry, and positively impacting the environment and local communities.

Equate’s successful partnership benefits from the advantages of combining innovation and industrial expertise with competent human resources, technological breakthroughs, rich feedstock and valuable infrastructure.

Established in 1995 as Kuwait’s first international joint venture in this industry, Equate embodies its “Partners in Success” slogan through the partnership between Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC), The Dow Chemical Company (Dow), Boubyan Petrochemical Company (BPC) and Qurain Petrochemical Industries Company (QPIC).

Download the masterclass Leading the Future by Peter Fisk.

Suntory Group is a leading drinks, food and health business, with annual revenues of $19.2 billion.

The diverse portfolio ranges from award-winning Japanese whiskies Yamazaki and Hibiki, The Premium Malt’s beer, and iconic American spirits Jim Beam and Maker’s Mark to non-alcoholic favourites Orangina, Lucozade, Ribena, TEA plus, BOSS coffee, Iyemon tea, and Suntory Tennensui water. Suntory also produces wellness products and operates a flower business.

Founded as a family-owned business in 1899 in Osaka, Japan, Suntory Group has grown into a multi-national corporation, with operations across the world. It took 46 years to make its first profit, such is the long-term vision of the business.

Suntory is driven by “Yatte Minahare” – the spirit of bold ambition – and the group’s 37,745 employees worldwide draw upon a unique blend of Japanese artisanship and global tastes to explore new product categories and markets.

The group is committed to our founding promise to coexist with people and nature: protecting water resources, nurturing our communities and fostering the arts. It believes “we grow for good together when we stay true to ourselves and pursue the paths that nature intended.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j5VWfsmvA8

Suntory’s Promise … “Mizu To Ikiru”, meaning living with water, is the promise to consumers … forging greater bonds of appreciation between people and the world around them, we will promote richer, more fulfilling lives, to inspire the brilliance of life. More about Suntory’s Mizu to Ikuri

Suntory’s Mission … “Creating harmony with people and nature” is why the group exists … or more practically, to make a positive impact on society and the environment.

Suntory’s Vision … “Growing for good” is what the group seeks to achieve … recognising that the larger the group becomes, the more positive impact it can have.

Suntory’s Values … “Yatte Minahare” meaning to have bold ambition, while also giving back to society.

Suntory’s Way … Nature, Humanity, Consumer, Quality, Challenger

Global Leadership Forum

The workshop for global leaders sets out to bring these inspiring yet diverse philosophies together, to make them practical, distinctive and profitable for Suntory’s businesses across the world.

Inspired by some of the world’s most innovative companies, we explore what it really means to create brands that deliver “the brilliance of life”, and a business built on “growing for good”.

Here’s a sneak preview:

Background

Coca Cola: With more than 1.9 billion drinks served every day Coke is one of the world’s largest beverage companies. From its humble beginnings selling a single product at a drugstore for 5 cents a glass, the company now has a roster of 200 brands that includes Coke, Fanta, and Sprite. But with health and wellness trends on the rise, the company has been forced to pivot. CEO James Quincey describes why innovation matters more than ever, but not just in products:

Adidas: Since 1973, the iconic Stan Smith has more or less stayed the same. But now, Stan Smith sneakers need to change. Committed to help end plastic waste, and without sacrificing the infamous design, adidas reinvented the Stan Smith by using Mylo, alternative leather-like material made from mushroom roots, and a series of other high-performance recycled materials. Bringing style and sustainability together, and creating a better business for the world.

Danone: The French food business wants to make its products more appealing to health-conscious consumers by going deeper into the hidden world of plants. The world’s largest yogurt maker is broadening a deal with San Francisco-based Brightseed, a startup that uses artificial intelligence to uncover molecules in plants that have direct links to human health. The partnership, which is expanding from just North America to include Danone’s global supply chain, is the latest example of “food as medicine,” a growing movement that intends to blur the lines of pharmacology, nutrition and sustainability.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJehWuDKoHo

Pernod Ricard: Absolut, Beefeater, Chivas are just a few of their brands, with a shared mission “to bring good times to a good place”. As “Créateurs de Convivialité” the purpose is to turn every social interaction into a genuine, friendly, and responsible experience of sharing. It’s strategy is built around 4 “Essentials”, based on historic strengths (operations, talents, sustainability, channels), and 4 Accelerators to meet evolving consumer needs (portfolio, digital, innovative experiences, premium/luxury).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG9OWnP8lvQ

Unilever: “Sustainable Living” has become the core strategy of Unilever in recent years. Take the beauty business. “Positive Beauty” is about building a more inclusive vision of beauty for people and the planet. That’s why they’ve removed the word ‘normal’ from beauty products and advertising, all over the world – to do less harm but also to do more good through beauty and personal care brands. To be both people positive and planet positive.

More about Digital and Sustainable Innovation

Download Peter Fisk’s Purpose-Led Strategy Masterclass

Al Ghurair Group is a diversified family-owned conglomerate based in the UAE.

The group’s origins trace back to the 1930s when Ahmad Al Ghurair and his son Saif were pearl divers in Dubai, going on to create the UAE’s first cement factory, flour mill, and sugar refinery.

There are three main lines of business – manufacturing, including petrochemicals, aluminium steel and packaging; real estate including shopping malls; and financial investments including a major stake in Mashreq Bank. The business also has an expanding global presence.

Looking to the future, the group seeks new growth opportunities with a diversifying portfolio, while adhering to its values of excellence, innovation and integrity. The group’s ambition is to triple net profits over the next 5 years, with 25% of profits coming from new activities.

Foresight and innovation will be key to unlocking assets and capabilities in new ways, guided by a purpose to enhance life. This will require new mindsets and perspectives, to link strategic horizons with ideation, to think differently about how to drive long-term, innovative growth.

Useful background

Put purpose at the core of your strategy: it’s how successful companies redefine their businesses (Tom Malnight et al)
The business case for purpose: why you should put purpose at the heart of your business (EY)
Playbook for strategy: the five essential questions at the heart of any strategy (AG Lafley et al)
Power shifts: scenarios for the future, exploring the drivers and possible outcomes (IFTF)
Towards a circular economy: Accelerating the shift towards a sustainable business (Ellen Macarthur Foundation)

Download a summary of Peter Fisk’s WaveRiders: Leading the Future Megatrends.

The old codes of business don’t work anymore. The most innovative companies – from Alibaba and Bytedance, to Casper and Deepmind – succeed with new codes. So what are the new ideas to win in a fast and dynamic world of Asian renaissance, entrepreneurial supremacy, social conscience and smarter machines?

How will you embrace the megatrends – disruptive technologies, connected and intelligent; economic power shifts, 80% of the middle class in emerging markets; resource scarcity, where water is the biggest risk; demographic change, where markets are older, demanding and mobile; and rapid urbanisation, 33 of the 45 megacities in Asia?

Where do you start? Look forwards not back. Start from the future. Seek purpose before profit. Connect talent and technology. Turn hierarchies into ecosystems. And what does it take to lead in this future? Curiosity and imagination, humanity and responsibility, transformation and collaboration, grit and impact.

Do you have the courage to create a better future, for yourself and your business? Time to be inspired by the passion of Tan Le, the vision of Masayoshi Son, endurance of Eliud Kipchoge, to transform like Satya Nadella, create legacy like Jack Ma, and realise dreams like JK Rowling.

Sense makers … making sense of change and uncertainty – finding new opportunities for innovation and growth – as we emerge out of pandemic, towards a different future:

More change in the next 10 year than last 250
How every market is shaken-up, energy to finance, mobility to food
Riding the megatrends, how to embrace the big strategic global shifts

Market disruptors … Competing in markets of relentless change – with new agendas and tech-powered possibilities … inspired by the world’s most innovative companies:

Having a growth not fixed mindset, inspired by Satya Nadella and Jessica Tan
Reimagining markets and business, from Haier and Reliance Jio, PingAn and Tesla
Thinking from the outside in to redefine your purpose, reframe your business.

Change drivers… Driving business transformation as a core capability – strategy and culture, process and ecosystem, building a portfolio to win today and tomorrow

Starting from the future back, then working now forwards
Inspiring transformation like Netflix and Orsted, DBS and Philip Morris
Building a future-today portfolio for relentless change, like Fujifilm

Future leaders … leadership in a world of change – the courage to let go, open up, and dare … the challenge of seizing and shaping the future to your advantage

Leading in a complex and uncertain world, inspired by Ugur Sahin and Masa Son
7 ways to become an ambidexterous leader, thinking long and short-term
Being curious, creative and courageous

Download a summary of Peter Fisk’s masterclass: Innovation Safari.

Who are the world’s most innovative companies? What do they do? What are the future drivers, shaping markets and customer agendas, brands and business models?

And in particular, for Chalhoub, one of the Middle East’s leading luxury businesses, how are luxury brands, and retail, being transformed?

Having established itself as an indispensable door into the Middle East for luxury brands since its founding 65 years ago, the Chalhoub Group has undergone a profound transformation in the last few years.

In order to maintain its leading position in the region, the distribution giant, which was founded in Damascus by Michel Widad Chalhoub in 1955 and moved its HQ to Dubai at the beginning of the ’90s, has undertaken a veritable digital revolution and doubled down on strategic partnerships, while also investing in high-tech distribution solutions with start-ups.

With operations in 12 countries, including India, where the group distributes fragrances, the company runs 700 stores and 12 e-commerce sites in the Middle East. It employs 12,000 people and distributes some 400 brands, from big-name luxury brands to niche labels, not to mention the group’s own private labels and brands.

Innovation Safari … Making sense of change and uncertainty – finding new opportunities for innovation and growth

More change in the next 10 year than last 250 … What’s driving this accelerated, exponential change?
How every market is shaken-up, energy to finance, mobility to food … Who are the new winners and losers?
Riding the megatrends, how to embrace the big shifts and new customer agendas … Where should you focus?

Wild Animals … Competing in markets of relentless change – learning from the world’s most innovative companies

Having a growth not fixed mindset, inspired by Satya Nadella and Jessica Tan
Inspired innovation from Kering and Peleton, Glossier and StockX, Haier and Jio
Thinking from the outside in to reframe your business, and redefine your purpose

Bounty Hunters … Driving business transformation as a core capability – build a portfolio to win today and tomorrow

Starting from the future back, rather than always working now forwards, stretching the legacy of today
Inspired transformation, Burberry and Porsche, Netflix and Orsted PingAn and DBS
Building a future-today portfolio for relentless change, being a today and tomorrow business

Innovation Leaders … Leaders in a world of change – the challenge of seizing and shaping the future to your advantage

Leading in a complex and uncertain world, inspired by Ugur Sahin, Jeff Bezos and Masayoshi Son
7 ways to become an ambidexterous leader, combining physical and digital, thinking long and short-term
Being curious, creative and courageous