Facing the Risk of Being Blindsided in Business
Polaroid went bankrupt and Kodak was blindsided by the rapid rise of digital photography. An 18-year-old decimated the profitability of a $40 billion industry. Napster, changed forever the way music will be distributed. Why is it that it's Apple – a computer company – and not one of the major record labels – that has defined and dominated digital downloads?
Jim Balsillie, Co-CEO, Research In Motion was quoted: “Change is now a constant in business. The risk of being blindsided by disruptive forces is the ‘Russian Roulette' of business. I recommend sharpening your radar against these risks!”
This webinar, ‘Facing the Risk of Being Blindsided in Business' will walk you through and explore some of the key factors that will help you answer:
- Why are companies and even whole industries being blindsided?
- What laws guarantee blindsiding will not only continue but accelerate?
- How can decision makers identify early warning signs?
- What systems and structures can leaders put in place to avoid being blindsided
Armed with these answers you'll be in a much better position to determine:
- How to blindside your competition
- How to develop future scenarios that could blindside your company/industry by using the tools and tips from the webinar
- How to implement a methodology to identify one trend, technology or potential competitor that could change your industry forever .
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Guest Speaker: Jim Harris
Jim Harris is one of North America's foremost management consultants, authors and thinkers on change and leadership. He speaks internationally and conducts strategic planning sessions with executive teams, focusing on the most pressing issues. He works with select clients that include: Barclays Bank, Certified Management Accountants, Cleantech, Columbia Tristar Pictures, Glaxo Wellcome, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, MasterCard, Novartis, Sybase, among others.
Jim's new book, A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste , will be published in 2010. His prior book, Blindsided! is published in 80 countries. His second book, The Learning Paradox , argues that “job security” as we know it, is gone. Individual and organizational security is now based on learning, changing and coping with uncertainty. Paradoxically this is what, we as adults, fear most.
Jim Harris was one of the first seven Canadians personally trained by Nobel Prize winner Al Gore in Nashville to give his “An Inconvenient Truth” presentation.
Take advantage of this unique opportunity to talk with Jim and participate in a lively exchange of insights, knowledge and experience.
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