The world is changing. Yesterday’s management systems are simply not capable of delivering on today’s demands. These briefings provide executives with a high-level overview of what it takes to do business at the speed of now.

All briefings can be customized to meet the unique needs of your executive team or association event.

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Introduction to Business at the Speed of NOW!

Succeeding During the Biggest Economic Shift in a Century

With the shift from a Mass Production global economy to one driven by Mass Customization, the rules for competition have changed. This briefing examines the nature of the shifts and describes what it takes to respond when YES is the only viable value proposition and NOW is the only acceptable timeframe.

This briefing introduces the concept of YESability℠, the degree to which people in an organization can solve problems and pursue opportunities in the NOW. It also looks at the enabling forces of social media, the millennial mindset and power of cloud computing to prosper in a world of instant everything.

In addition, the Introduction to Business at the Speed of NOW provides an overview of the NOW Management System℠ including the core concepts and major system components.

Available as a four-hour or full-day briefing

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 Understanding the NOW Enablers

Social Media, The Millennial Mindset and Cloud Computing

Three forces are changing the competitive landscape by both driving change and facilitating it. Social media has moved the private conversation into the public square, driving transparency and public accountability. The Millennial Mindset thrives in the NOW, demands social responsibility and insists on work/life balance.

Cloud computing is changing the value equation for data access and easing implementation of new technology tools.

How do leaders not only cope with these forces, but also take full advantage of all they have to offer?

A four-hour briefing

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The Executive Primer to Social Media

How Social Media “Inside” the Organization is Redefining Modern Management

Social media is redefining why, how, and when information flows, creating a new level of instant transparency. While it’s tempting to see it as irrelevant, the employees and customers from the millennial generation see social media as the primary means by which they connect, communicate and relate.

Social media has made its irreversible mark in the public domain of Twitter, Facebook and increasingly Google+. But the power of social media in the private domain of a company is just emerging as the new frontier of high-speed, real-time employee engagement and customer interface.

Executives will learn the basics of social media, what the core tools are, how they work, what they are used for, and how in the very near future they will be used as primary communications inside every contemporary organization.