1. a new age of uncertainty, and a refocusing on business
risk and sustainability
$
Major Fraud/Litigation/
Governance Failure
Scandal/Reputation
Transaction Failure Financial/Economic Crisis
Crisis/Marketing Failure
Major Security or other
Supply Chain Crisis
Discontinuity Failure
Onerous Regulations
Demographic/Market Shifts
Oil Price/Supply Crisis & Disruptive Innovation
Emerging Markets
Competitors
Currency Collapse or Major Terrorism
Debt/Trade/Economic Crisis
Natural Disaster
Cost Inflation/Interest Rate Spike
Labour Disruption
Climate Change (Water Shortage,
Pandemic, Droughts, Storms, Flooding etc)
Takeovers &
Industry Consolidation
Minor Litigation/
Compliance Failure
TOP CANADIAN BUSINESS RISKS
%
http://www.weforum.org/pdf/globalrisk/globalrisks09/global_risks_2009.pdf
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2. rethinking the need to grow
$
time
http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2009/04/02.html#a2357
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3. new business model: the basics are free
http://skype.com/
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/16-03/ff_free
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4. a business “world of ends” and then “peer production”
Prosumers
http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2003/11/04.html#a504
http://www.thenewyorkerstore.com/search_results.asp?
sitetype=1&advanced=1&section=all&artist=Robert+Weber
Prosumers
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5. from ‘free trade’ to ‘fair trade’
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/fair-trade/
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6. growing oil scarcity
http://www.energybulletin.net/primer
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7. growing water scarcity
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/09/28/world/asia/choking_on_growth_2.html#story4
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8. an entrepreneurial boom, in three stages
“finding the sweet spot”
(available at fine bookstores everywhere)
http://www.adpemploymentreport.com/
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9. the Gen Y phenomenon
Gary Hamel:
Gen Y’s New Business Rules
1. All ideas compete on an equal footing.
2. Contribution counts for more than credentials.
3. Hierarchies are natural, not prescribed.
4. Leaders serve rather than preside.
5. Tasks are chosen, not assigned.
6. Groups are self-defining and -organizing.
7. Resources get attracted, not allocated.
8. Power comes from sharing information, not hoarding it.
9. Opinions compound and decisions are peer-reviewed.
10. Users can veto most policy decisions.
11. Intrinsic rewards matter most.
12. Hackers are heroes.
http://blogs.wsj.com/management/2009/03/24/the-facebook-generation-vs-the-fortune-500/
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10. a shift back to basics and real value
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1881098,00.html
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references:
more on this top 10 list http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2009/05/12.html#a2377
download these slides http://www.slideshare.net/davepollard
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