HOW (NOT) TO KILL YOUR BUSINESS IN THREE EASY DISRUPTIONS
A wake-up call for senior leadership on the three disruptions quietly deciding which businesses survive the next decade.
This keynote for CEOs, boards, executive teams and senior leadership names the three disruptions quietly reshaping which businesses survive the decade. 45% of global CEOs believe their business will not be viable in ten years if it stays on its current path (PwC). Kim shows where AI investment is most likely to succeed or fail and how to lead through it without losing your best people.
45% of global CEOs believe their business will not be viable in ten years if it stays on its current path (PwC 27th Annual Global CEO Survey). The technology is rarely the reason. AI bets fail at the human level. Talent walks. Leaders lose their nerve, their market position, or both.
Three disruptions are colliding at once, and each is survivable on its own. Together, they are quietly killing businesses that do not face them honestly. AI is changing what work gets done, and by who. The Polycrisis – multiple crises converging – is forcing every business to become more agile, innovative and creative. And the Rise of the Empowered Workforce is a perfect storm: a critical skills shortage colliding with people who have clearly defined priorities and are willing to vote with their feet.
This is the keynote that makes senior leadership sit up. It names the strategic risks hiding in plain sight, shows where AI investment is most likely to fail, and gives the C-suite and senior leaders the framework and the courage to lead through radical change without losing their best people.
TO FACE THE THREE DISRUPTIONS, THE C-SUITE MUST:
- Business – de-risk the AI bet. Most AI strategies fail not because the technology does not work, but because the people do not adopt it, do not trust it, or do not stay through the disruption. This is where the human risk is hiding in your AI strategy, and where the C-suite has to name the exposure honestly.
- Leadership – trade certainty for clarity. Command-and-control leadership is losing its grip. What replaces it is not softness but clarity – the ability to name what is changing, set priorities, and build trust when the ground keeps moving.
- Workforce – treat your people as your moat. Your best people are your competitive advantage, and they know it. The organizations that win are the ones that give people something worth staying for.
WHY ATTEND?
- Diagnosis: a clear-eyed look at the three disruptions reshaping your business, and the questions that need answers before the next strategic plan.
- Direction: the C-suite decisions that separate the leaders who carry their people through disruption from the ones who lose them.
- De-risking: where AI investment is most likely to fail, and how to protect the bet you have already made.
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