STRATEGY PLANNING ESSENTIALS: DRIVING CORPORATE STRATEGY AND ACHIEVING BREAKTHROUGH RESULTS

Strategic planning isn’t just about defining your corporate strategy and direction, a framework for making decisions, and deciding how you’ll allocate resources to achieve your goals. It’s also a process of charting your company’s future and navigating a path through a world of growing uncertainty and disruption. In this eye-opening and engaging workshop, leading futurist Scott Steinberg – a strategic adviser to 1000+ brands, and the management consultant behind many of today’s most successful consumer and business solutions – not only explains how to create a winning go-to-market strategy and game plan. He also reveals how to create forward-thinking business strategies… and adapt to fast-changing business and market environments . Using the same frameworks and methodologies that market leaders in every field employ to set themselves apart from the pack, Steinberg doesn’t just explain how you can future-proof your organization and get smarter about making any business decision. This leading trends expert also reveals how – no matter what kind of capabilities or resources that you’re working with – you can stay one step ahead of emerging trends, and transform challenges into opportunities at every turn.

PARTICIPANTS WILL LEARN HOW TO:

• MASTER THE ART OF STRATEGIC PLANNING AND TREND FORECASTING
  
• BUILD A FUTURE-PROOF COMPANY OR OPERATING STRATEGY
  
• SPOT AND ADAPT TO EMERGING TRENDS AND MARKET SHIFTS
• LEVERAGE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AUTOMATION, AND DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
  
• TRANSFORM CORPORATE CULTURE AND INSPIRE LEADERSHIP AT EVERY LEVEL
  

THINK LIKE A FUTURIST: HOW TO SPOT AND CAPITALIZE ON TOMORROW’S TRENDS TODAY

Trade secret: Even in an increasingly unpredictable and rapidly-changing world, we all have the ability to think like a futurist. What’s more, you don’t need a crystal ball or psychic powers to stay ahead of the curve… or be able to spot and capitalize upon tomorrow’s hottest new trends today. As thousands of satisfied attendees can attest, all it takes to get ahead is greater willingness to practice a little bit more critical thinking and foresight… and the art of futurism (learning to anticipate what’s coming next). Here, world-renowned futurist Scott Steinberg – hailed as the Master of Innovation for his game-changing work with over 1000 companies on hundreds of today’s most-celebrated products and brands – offers an inside look at how you can stay one step ahead. Just a few key insights that attendees will learn from our most popular seminar and training workshop include how to:

• SPOT AND CAPITALIZE ON EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES BEFORE RIVALS CAN REACT
  
• IDENTIFY NEW TRENDS + AREAS RIPE FOR BUSINESS EXPANSION
  
• ACCELERATE GROWTH BY APPLYING NEW TECHNOLOGIES, TOOLS AND BEST PRACTICES
  
• DESIGN FUTURE-READY BUSINESS + OPERATING STRATEGIES
  
• SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATE THROUGH CHANGE AND UNCERTAINTY
  

THE ART OF CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE: MASTERING USER EXPERIENCE (UX) AND DESIGN STRATEGY

Customer experience isn’t just the ultimate source of competitive advantage in an online, hyperconnected era where audiences expect increasingly personalized, contextualized, and user-friendly brand interactions at every turn… Suddenly, it’s everything in a business world where countless competitors are suddenly just a click or call away. Discover how to design and deliver memorable customer experiences, differentiate from rivals at a glance, and craft must-see marketing and advertising campaigns in this one-of-a-kind workshop that teaches the art of user experience (UX), customer service, and design strategy. Jam-packed with practical tools and strategies for businesses looking to reimagine how they connect and engage with clients, and deliver winning customer service programs, it explains how to discover what customers want – and provide it in inspired and creative ways that peers simply can’t.

PARTICIPANTS WILL LEARN HOW TO:

• DELIVER GAME-CHANGING CUSTOMER SERVICE PROGRAMS
  
• CREATE MUST-SEE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES AT EVERY TURN
  
• DESIGN MIND-BLOWING MARKETING, ADVERTISING AND SALES CAMPAIGNS
  
• STAY AHEAD OF CHANGING CUSTOMER BEHAVIORS + PURCHASING HABITS
  
• WOW AUDIENCES AND INSPIRE POSITIVE CHANGE
  

ADAPTING TO THE FUTURE OF WORK: MASTERING NEW WORKPLACE TRENDS AND INNOVATIONS

In a time of unprecedented change and disruption, uncertainty is the only certainty that business leaders can now predict. The rise of new workplace trends from digital transformation and flexwork to artificial intelligence, automation, and blockchain technology, coupled with ongoing geopolitical upheaval and the rapidly-accelerating pace of innovation, has given rise to an environment of constant flux. The future of work now belongs to companies who can seize the moment, and leaders that can make the strategic, operating, and HR shifts needed to adapt to a world that’s becoming increasingly globalized and virtualized with each passing day. In this practical and thought-inspiring workshop by leading futurist Scott Steinberg, you’ll learn how to:

• IDENTIFY AND ADAPT TO TOMORROW’S TOP WORKPLACE TRENDS + WORKFORCE INNOVATIONS
  
• USE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY TO GROW THEIR BUSINESS
  
• CREATE FORWARD-THINKING HR, LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
  
• RECRUIT AND RETAIN TOP TALENT / INSPIRE ALL GENERATIONS (GEN Y, Z, ALPHA, ETC.)
  
• BOOST ACCOUNTABILITY + CREATE A CULTURE OF CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION
  

WINNING WITH DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION: LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY TO ACCELERATE GROWTH + INNOVATION

From artificial intelligence (AI), automation, and 5G high-speed networking to biometrics and edge / cloud computing, technology continues to reshape the world of business at a blistering clip. In one of our most sought-after workshops, you won’t just discover how the world’s most successful enterprises apply new technology trends and developments in mobile and cloud computing to boost productivity and performance. You’ll also discover how they leverage new innovations of every kind to better engage customers and stay one step ahead of the curve. Offering detailed insights on how to craft winning IT roadmaps and rollouts, attendees will discover how build successful digital strategies – and capitalize on emerging developments to build competitive advantage at every turn. Breaking down core principles and practices behind game-changing high-tech transformation efforts, participants will discover how to:

• FAST-TRACK BUSINESS GROWTH + SUCCESS USING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
  
• TRANSITION OPERATIONS AND WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT TO CLOUD SERVICES + ONLINE APPS
  
• CREATE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE BY CAPITALIZING UPON DIGITAL DISRUPTION
  
• ADAPT TO A WORK OF ONLINE, VIRTUAL, AND REMOTE WORK
• GIVE BUSINESS PLANS AND MODELS A DIGITAL UPGRADE