Jim Collins, Author, Good to Great, Built to Last and Turning the Flywheel

In this time of unprecedented dynamism, risk and opportunity, the imperative for clear strategy is essential—even existential—to every business leader. That makes it the right moment for you to spend time with Jim Collins. The best-selling author of the business classics Good to Great, Great By Choice and Built to Last, Collins is the most well-known and highly-regarded business strategist of the last half century.

In this intimate, exclusive, interactive session, you’ll engage with Collins to refocus on the essentials he’s discovered about what makes great companies great, what truly sustains success over time, and how you can lead those efforts within your own organization—no matter what comes next.

Part 1: Good to Great has been voted the #1 business book for CEOs repeatedly in Chief Executive magazine’s surveys. What makes some companies outperform their competitors over sustained periods, and how can you leverage these secrets? Collins did the research on over 1,400 companies over 40 years and uncovered several truths that great companies apply – and he will share with us what they are and how to achieve extraordinary results.

Jim Collins, Author, Good to Great, Built to Last and Turning the Flywheel

Part 2: We will have the opportunity to get insights from one of the deepest business thinkers of our time on how to deal with your challenges: talent shortages, inflation, supply chain disruptions, economic and uncertainties, changing customer demographics and needs, technological factors and more.

Patricia Frost, Chief Human Resources Officer at Seagate Technology after a 32-year career in the U.S. Army, most recently as Director of Cyber, Electronic Warfare and Information Operations

Patricia will share the military lessons she learned and balanced as a Soldier, Leader, Mother and Wife to her new career leading people strategies for a leading tech company. Many of the lessons from the military about how to recruit, train, manage, lead and create new leaders translate to the private sector. She also has unusual insights into the power of good information and strong decision making and debriefing/learning processes from her experience in cyber and electronic warfare. Patricia will share the lessons she has learned and applied successfully in a thriving business.

Lior Arussy, CEO, Strativity Group; Author, Next is Now and Customer Experience Strategy

Lior will share his strategic framework for converting organizations from product to customer centricity to create delightful customer experiences and execute profitable customer strategies. He draws on decades of work with leading brands including Capital One, Thomson Reuters, HSBC, Nokia, SAP and Wyeth. He will also share how companies in the post Covid world need to adapt to the new normal and constant change. Predictability and consistency are giving way to uncertainty and adaptation. Old business models for change don’t work anymore – welcome to change resilience to not only survive change but thrive in it.

Get practical advice and ideas on the topics you want to talk about from your peers in professionally facilitated discussions. Select from breakout roundtable topics such as: