INSEAD ESSENTIALS SERIES 2020
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INSEAD ESSENTIALS SERIES 2020
Next Normal Perspectives
Inclusive & Sustainable
In a new work environment
A #SDGSmart Conference
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Join alumni for a series of 4 live and interactive events on rethinking Business to meet the next normal.
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INSEAD ESSENTIALS is our flagship event and will be held on remote for the first time ever. This exclusive series of 4 webinars will gather academic, business leaders and alumni to address the most challenging topics of our times. Be ready to build the world of tomorrow !
THIS EXCEPTIONAL SERIES IS FOR OUR MEMBERS & STUDENTS ONLY | FREE OF CHARGE
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Making change an opportunity rather than a threat, has always been a critical success factor for companies.
But it seems that change... has changed!
The Climate Emergency, the need for more inclusiveness and equality had already been game changers but the Covid-19 situation we are facing is carrying us towards a new Change and a new way of working.
How will Business Leaders go one step beyond and internalize change?
In this new INSEAD Essentials Edition, we have asked Business Industry experts and academic to explain how they incorporate this 'new change' into the core of their strategic vision and governance.
#4 NEW TECHNOLOGIES & FUTURE OF WORK
📅 January 19th 2021 (6:30pm)
Sponsored by KPMG
The actual multifaceted crisis is increasing the speed of the technological transformation of industries and services. Gaining a competitive advantage through new technologies requires new organizational and people strategies.
As an introduction to this webinar, our sponsor KPMG will share with you the vision of Business and HR leaders across the globe on Future of work, in the context of the COVID-19 crisis.
Cécile Decourtray, Partner in charge of the Future of Work / Change management activity and Philippe Valo, Partner in charge of the HR consulting activity, at KPMG France will present the areas of priorities :
- Sustainable organizations to positively impact Society,
- New ways of working to serve purpose-led organizations,
- Workforce strategy and shaping to anticipate evolution of workforce skills,
-HR Transformation to better serve global business transformations.
Following this global overview, we will be pleased to welcome an extra-ordinary panel that will address the following key questions: How is the COVID-19 crisis accelerating those transformations| Which sectors, types of organizations, business functions will be the most impacted by new technologies? | How to make sure that new technologies remain a force for good? | How can organizations build a more resilient and data-savy workforce?
This panel will be moderated by Peter Zemsky, Deputy Dean/ Dean of Innovation at INSEAD:
- Mark Dixon, founder and CEO - IWG (formerly Regus)
- Ekkehard Ernst, Chief Macroeconomist – International Labour Organization
- Solenn Marquette, Operating Partner and President of The Future of Work Club of the INSEAD Alumni Association France
- Carlo Purassanta, President - Microsoft France
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#1 NEXT NORMAL PERSPECTIVES from INSEAD Alumni
📅 October 7th 2020 (6:30pm)
Sponsored by KPMG
The world has entered new reality defined by unknowns. New behaviors and ways of doing business that were unimaginable are rapidly becoming normality.
The “Next Normal Perspectives” project has been launched in April 2020 to invite INSEAD Alumni to join a collective brainstorming. Let’s discover the ground-based sense of how they are defining and dealing with the new challenges…
The findings will be presented by:
- Philippe Poggianti, TIEMBA INSEAD 11, Head of Value-Based Selling, Nokia
We will be pleased to welcome a panel with:
- Pr. Charles Galunic, Professor of Organization Behaviour, and the AVIVA Chaired Professor in Leadership and Responsibility
- Jean-Marc Liduena, MBA INSEAD 99, Senior Partner, KPMG Global Strategy Group
- Jérôme Pécresse, President & CEO, GE Renewable Energy
Moderated by
- Cigdem Demirel, EMBA INSEAD 12, Executive Project Management Leader Onshore Wind Asia Pacific, GE Renewable Energy
#2 LEADERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABILITY
📅 November 5th 2020 (6:30pm)
In partenership with CIC COMMUNITY IMPACT CHALLENGE
Global Warming seem to be the #1 challenge in/ of our society. How does business address this environmental crisis?
In a nutshell, will the economic recovery be green, how can corporations recreate their business vision and strategy to make it sustainable, and have a positive impact on climate, biodiversity and people?
We will be pleased to welcome a panel with:
- Magali Anderson, Chief Sustainability Officer, Lafarge Holcim
- Georges Desvaux, Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer at AXA
- Michel Frédeau, Managing Director & Senior Partner, BCG
- Tim Van Vliet, MBA INSEAD 19, co-founder, INSEACT
Moderated by
- Bianca Pitt, Strategic Advisor on Environmental and Sustainability Issues Environmental Funder
This session will be followed by a presentation of the Community Impact Challenge (CIC), an INSEAD alumni-driven, long-term initiative which mobilizes the community with concrete actions to create a positive impact, aligned with the United nations Sustainable Development Goals. As a co-founder, Chloé Andriamihaja (MAP INSEAD 17), will share the results of the Single use plastic challenge and give an update on the Sustainable food habits challenge which supports the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
#3 INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP: Looking at the benefits to create a new leadership style
📅 December 10th 2020 (7:00pm)
Sponsored by MCKINSEY & COMPANY
Inclusive leadership is often presented as the best required form of leadership to drive and succeed in our changing world. We will focus on gender parity as an important starting point to discuss diversity.
We will discuss some key questions such as: Is a new leadership style needed? How the new ways of work may impact diversity & inclusion? What makes us believe that diversity is driving better performance?
We will be pleased to welcome a panel with
- Janet Dekker MCC INSEAD 2006, EVP HR, Air France-KLM group
- Juan Ignacio Amat MBA INSEAD 04, Managing Director, Jacobs Douwe Egberts
- Guy Mamou-Mani, Co-President OPEN Group and Co-founder #JamaisSansElles
Moderated by Alix de Zelicourt, Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company. Published Women Matter reports
