Dismantling Your Organization to Thrive in the 21st Century

Session Leader: Alpesh Bhatt, Principal, Center for Leadership Studies and Managing Director, Advisory Services

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Some things don't benefit from redesign. They don't grow through development. They don't improve with work and attention. Some things are best abandoned altogether, not because they are wrong or bad, but because they have outlived their usefulness.

From two decades of consulting experience working with established multinationals such as Pfizer, Deutche Bank, and Siemens, to innovators and 'new economy' powerhouses like Facebook, to small, narrow-niche businesses like HAI Group, Al Bhatt has learned that there are fundamental assumptions about the very nature of business and work that we habitually cling to but that, in the context of the 21st century economy, are no longer of use. Worse still, these assumptions significantly inhibit our ability to see the qualitatively different opportunities that are present in the emerging economy.

This highly engaging presentation, which has also been called a "2-hour MBA for the 21st Century," covers ‘The Five Transformations’, a unique and compelling framework for understanding the fundamental shifts that are occurring in the business world. In this conversation, participants will explore:

• The basic shift in what an organization actually does, regardless of size or industry
• How misunderstanding the new basis of competition has made many businesses extremely vulnerable
• The new forms of capital that must be managed
• How the very structure of an organization inhibits growth and value-creation

Other presentations on this subject typically fall into one of two categories: narrowly focused “how-to” sessions or mini-dissertations that sacrifice clarity and accessibility for comprehensiveness. The Five Transformations consistently receives positive feedback for the simplicity with which it presents a complex and far-reaching set of phenomena.