How executives can see the weak signals of future change

In a world of complexity and global surprises, many executives are worried about what might happen if several of these surprises occur at the same time e.g., pandemic, and thermonuclear warfare. The current term for this is a Polycrisis. This talk will investigate how executives can identify the weak signals of future change better than they can presently and therefore develop more resilient strategies for their organisations.

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is Professor of Management in the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship at Strathclyde Business School.

Also, he is a distinguished adjunct professor of management at the Brussels School of Governance, VUB, and holds other adjunct professorships at the University of Malta and the University of Notre Dame, Australia.

He has authored, edited, or co-authored 10 books, including the bestseller “Sharpbenders” on organisational turnaround, and he has won prizes for his research on organisational leadership, organisational sense-giving, growth strategies in SMEs and top management teams. He has published in the leading academic journals in both Europe and in the USA. Peter’s main research and practice is on how countries, institutions and organisations learn about how their future might unfold and how they might prepare their current policies/strategies to cope. He has held many governance positions in the private and public sectors e.g., the Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS), and chaired those of major public bodies e.g., West Lothian FE College, Scotland. He is a co-founder of the successful social movement - Responsible Research in Business and Management (RRBM).

The British Academy of Management (BAM) has honoured him in 2016 with their lifetime achievement award and again in 2022, with their highest senior award for outstanding leadership and contribution to the profession (the Cooper Medal). In 2013, CEEMAN honoured him with their Institutional Champion of the Year award. He has been Chairman and President of the BAM, and Vice-President and President of the European Academy of Management (EURAM), where he was a co-founder of i) the Academy; ii) its house journal - the European Management Review; iii) its Research Leadership programme, and iv) the EECC. He is a past Dean of the Fellows College of BAM and he is the current Dean of the Fellows College of EURAM. He holds Fellowships of BAM and EURAM and of five other international academic and professional bodies (CABS, FBAM, FEURAM, FAcSS, FGIA, FGC, FCMI, FRSA).

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

CDC Management Development (M) Sdn Bhd, Unit 5-01 Level 5 Block F Phileo Damansara 1, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia