Discover how the world we are living in is changing: moving from a world of control into one of chaos.

This Masterclass deals with how unprecedented trends are transforming the World we are living in more rapidly than ever before, the Societies we build, Consumer profiles and aspirations, and the Companies we manage. And what a leader’s agenda to keep up with them should be.

What should the role of leaders in this context be? What specific skills and tools should a seasoned manager master? There are no unanimous answers to these questions, but there are certain practices that should allow us to step on solid ground from where we can look to the future.

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Nicolas Kfuri
Visiting Professor of Innovation and Strategy
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Crises, as painful as they are, are also wonderful opportunities to reflect on current business models and on how the future will be.

The use of scenarios and foresight have been equally valuable tools to peek into the future and aspire to building the new architecture for whatever post traumatic growth we will have to go through.

This masterclass will allow participants to be exposed to some examples of resilience and how innovation and need create compelling new narratives, aimed at the creation of new value. Join if you are interested in exploring the mindset of resilient organizations and how to use instruments to map your journey through and out of the crisis.

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Mark Esposito
Visiting Professor of Corporate Sustainability, Strategy and Economics
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The deepest recession since the financial crisis of 2008 arrived at our doorstep suddenly.

All levels of our lives from governments to companies to individuals will see a very different new economic normal. It is therefore vital to start thinking about the economic and financial impact that we will have to face.

In this webinar, we will look at various consequences from GDP management to people fighting for toilet paper, from business challenges to income inequality, and along the way highlight some of the threats that we must likely deal with as well as new opportunities that we may be able to capture.

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Terence Tse
Full Faculty Professor of Entrepreneurship
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The business ecosystem has become increasingly turbulent and somewhat frightening to navigate.

Not only are things changing faster than ever before, but they are changing in more dramatic ways, and it’s difficult to discern where the next change is coming from. The world is increasingly VUCA, which is an acronym for: Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous.

How do you prepare for a change that is unpredictable and out of your control?

Being robust is not enough. A system is only as robust as the disruption we can predict. If you can predict certain situations will occur, then it is possible to protect yourself against those disruptions. But in a VUCA world, change is unpredictable.

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Alessandro Lanteri
Visiting Professor of Strategy, Innovation, Entrepreneurship
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The Covid-19 crisis has generated an unprecedented reaction on financial markets, creating the fastest stock market crash ever.

Disruption across asset classes has been of amazing proportions, and policy response by governments has complicated the matter further. What lessons can we learn from this historic black swan and how best to position your savings in this new uncharted territory.

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Vittorio De Pedys
Affiliate Professor of Finance and Management
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The global pandemic poses a real test to all corporate leaders.

How can we lead in widespread anxiety and fear? How can we lead our teams to quickly adapt to remote working? How can we shape the team culture of resilience and hope in the dire reality of layoffs? How can we reorganise leadership in the post pandemic era?

This masterclass will cover these imminent challenges that our leaders are all facing. Participants will be introduced to some thriving examples of real practices, how empathy and mindfulness could help to endure shocks and shape mental resilience, how new design of talent strategy could turn adversity into opportunity.

Join us if you are keen on exploring tools to hone your leadership skills and guide you to lead with purpose and humanity.

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Lisa Xiong
Visiting Professor of Leadership and Management
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