The Future of Strategy Implementation Conference

Learn and interact with world experts and contribute to the strategy implementation white paper

8th to 10th February 2021

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The Strategy Implementation Institute is pleased to announce its first virtual and interactive conference.

With the life cycle of strategies shortening and pressure on leaders increasing to create new revenue and value streams, it is critical to ensure your strategy is implemented successfully.

This conference will ignite new ideas and provide new approaches to support you and your organization in your implementation journey.

During the conference, you will learn the latest thinking on:

  • Why strategy implementation is now its own distinct field rather than a subset of strategy
  • The challenges and opportunities of implementing digitalization
  • The evolving future of the project management profession
  • How you can develop into a strategy implementation professional
  • Best practices from around the world

Join us for 2 hours each day on February 8th, 9th and 10th. You’ll hear from thought leaders in the field of strategy implementation, identify what implementation success will look like tomorrow and be a co-creator of a white paper on the future of strategy implementation.

Conference Format

Staying true to the principles of the Strategy Implementation Institute, we don’t just want to talk theory but also put it into action. Therefore, this virtual conference will not just address the future of strategy implementation but will also produce an expert community white paper as a deliverable.

The Future of Strategy Implementation conference includes:

Discuss

The positioning of strategy implementation in tomorrow’s business.

Debate

What will change and how changes will impact organizations.

Deliver

Co-creation of an expert community white paper on strategy implementation’s future.

The conference features three days with 2-hour Zoom session each day. Each session will be opened by a world-recognized thought leader, executive or senior practitioner. It will be followed by Q&A that leads into breakout discussions and group sharing.

Conference Speakers

We are delighted our board advisors Professor Rita McGrath (Columbia University)  and Professor Tony O’Driscoll (Duke University) have confirmed to speak. Other speakers will be announced shortly.

Professor Rita McGrath

Columbia University

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Professor Tony O’Driscoll

Duke University

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Marvin Tan

Senior VP, Singapore Airlines

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Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez

Co-founder, Strategy Implementation Institute

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Robin Speculand

Co-founder, Strategy Implementation Institute

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Richard Pharro

Founder & CEO, APMG International

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Ricky Nowak

Conference emcee

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Conference Agenda

Day One

1.00pm

– Conference opening by Ricky Nowak, our emcee

1.10pm

– Conference welcome Antonio Nieto-Rodriquez and Robin Speculand

1.15pm

– Professor Rita McGrath, Columbia University, opening keynote

The keynote describes the new strategy playbook – a set of practices designed for highly uncertain and fast-changing circumstances. We’ll also be talking about the idea of competing in arenas, rather than in industries. It will leave you with a framework for organizational alignment that simplifies and integrates what is necessary to bring the new playbook to life.

1.55pm

– Q&A facilitated by Robin Speculand

2.10pm

– Group zoom breakouts on key points from Professor Rita McGrath keynote

2.30pm

– Group discussion and contribution to white paper on The Future of Strategy Implementation

3.00pm

– Conference Close

Day Two

1.00pm

– Conference opening by Ricky Nowak

1.10pm

– Professor Tony O’Driscoll, Duke University keynote

People-Centered Transformation: Putting People First to Reduce Organization Transformation Failure Rates

The failure rate in implementing organizational change initiatives is too high and too costly to be sustained. The Project Management Institute (PMI) pegs the cost of impotent transformation efforts at approximately $2 trillion per year. Said differently, more than $1 million every 20 seconds—or the GDP of Brazil every year—is being squandered on transformation efforts that change nothing. 

If organizations want to survive and thrive in today’s complex business context, they must change the way they change.Most transformation efforts fail because they under-estimate the complexity of the change, over-emphasize the tangible side of change, and under-emphasize the emotional one. 

Successful transformation can no longer be simply defined as changing the organization from one static state to another. Instead, organizations must develop a perpetual state of readiness to respond to the unexpected. Today, every organization must become an instantly “response-able” organization.

Organization transformation efforts have traditionally pulled the tangible change levers of structure, systems and process, while largely ignoring the feelings of the human beings who ultimately bear the burden of those changes. The truth is organizations don’t change unless people change and people must first believe in the change before they are willing to adjust their behavior to make it happen. 

Transformation only works when companies first identify the beliefs and behaviors they want to change and then create new structures, systems and processes to support those new beliefs and behaviors – not the other way around. What’s needed is a people-centered approach to transformation.

This session will bring the People-Centered Transformation (PCT) framework to life by

  • Describing the ten key elements of the PCT Framework
  • Defining the three key value shifts required to activate each PCT element
  • Identify the priority PCT element that you should begin to focus on today to begin your transformation journey

1.50pm

– Group zoom breakouts on key points from Professor Tony O’Driscoll keynote

2.20pm

– Group discussion and contribution to white paper on The Future of Strategy Implementation

3.00pm

– Conference Close

Day Three

1.00pm

– Conference opening by Ricky Nowak, our emcee

1.10pm

– Interview of Richard Pharro, Founder & CEO, APMG International hosted by Antonio Nieto-Rodriquez

Richard Pharro, will share his views about the evolution of project management towards strategy implementation, including his thoughts about the strategy implementation professional course and certification, as well as the evolution of credentials versus traditional (university) degrees and in-company certifications.

1.40pm

– Interview of Marvin Tan, SVP, Singapore Airlines hosted by Robin Speculand

2.10pm

– Group zoom breakouts on key points from Richard Pharro and Marvin Tan

2.30pm

– Group discussion and contribution to white paper on The Future of Strategy Implementation

3.00pm

– Conference Close by Antonio Nieto-Rodriquez and Robin Speculand

Timing and Dates

1.00pm to 3.00pm Central European time on 8th, 9th and 10th February

Conference Fees

We are pleased to offer Institute members complimentary access to the conference.

Strategy Implementation Institute Members

Non Members
Complimentary $139 Singapore Dollar (US$99) – Includes an electronic copy of the body of knowledge (S$265) and the opportunity to be a recognized contributor to the expert community white paper on the future of strategy implementation

Registration

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“Senior executives are paid for making the tough choices.”

– Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez & Robin Speculand