Digital is a sprawling topic, making it challenging for organisations to know where to begin. The mantra of success of a digital program is an all-in approach—an exhaustive program in which digital touches all aspects of the enterprise, business units and functions. Digital doesn’t mean doing faster—it changes what you do based on socio-economic conditions. The success lies in forward planning, robust implementation and stringent operations.

Experts – Prof. Alex Siow, Ms. Phyllis Post, Ms. Olivia Chang, Mr. Heminder Ahluwalia

In the New Normal, enterprises need to focus on what they can easily control – costs and complexity.

Business and Finance Transformation allows companies to embrace complexities in the operational value chain and unlock the current investments to redeploy into new business models, thereby generating value from leading indicators.

Expert – Mr. Srinath Sridharan, Mr. Richard YAO, Mr. Raju Ananth

Legacy Modernization reflects a move of an organization’s quest to embrace frontier technologies keeping HUMANS at the core. The term “Noble Automation” coined by Christopher Hodges who will drive this conversation describes it as combining Intelligent Automation Technology with the inspired and insightful Leadership necessary to help Humans become heroes. Doing so stimulates a wave of human innovation and taps into the incredible potential of people working toward inspiring goals. Companies profit, and people thrive.

Experts – Mr. Jojo Guingao, Mr. Christopher Hodges, Mr. Faramarz Farahani

With the demand to be a responsible corporate citizen, the subject of Environment, Social, Governance (ESG) has started gaining steam. The topic of climate change, economic inclusivity coupled with ethical business have taken the center stage with Executives and investors. The visibility and interest in ESG will propel the next wave of corporate transformation. ESG gets to the core of business ethos and gives a purpose of aligning business models to societal good.

Experts – Dr. Lisa Friedman, Dr. Herman Gyr, Mr. Carsten Primdal, Dr. Slava Libman

The emergence of the fifth industrial revolution has accelerated the rise of frontier automation driving humans and machines coexistence. The revolution brings deep transformation to organizations in terms of business models, client-centricity, agility, digitalization, and more. While all these transformations are being driven by business needs, but can only work when people are given wide-ranging support. According to a Dell/Institute for the Future report, 85% of the jobs available in 2030 have not yet been invented. This uncertainty calls for a new approach to People Development, focusing on skills rather than jobs.

Experts – Mr. Sean Ness, Papa CJ, Ms. Jennifer McCollum

In today’s volatile environment, where business demands continually changing models across industries an executive is expected to be an influential strategic leader which requires both an organizational and individual commitment. The NextGen Professional Development of the Executive Board is designed to equip members with the new experiences and future skills required to successfully navigate this era of uncertainty and transformation.