We operate in a volatile and uncertain environment, across geographies, across industries. How can you StandOut from the Clutter and be visible as a leader?

1. Leading in
CHANGING TIMES
Anjana Vivek; beanie@venturebean.com

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“To Trigger Thinking”
Change
At the Start
Impact on Planning
Leading in Changing Times
In the Future..
More points “To Trigger Thinking”
Agenda
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“To Trigger Thinking”
Are you planning for a future based on future
expectations?
Or
Have you just extrapolated the past
experience into the future?
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”To Trigger Thinking”
Are you planning for the future based on future expectations? Or
Have you just extrapolated the past experience into the future?
CHANGES: examples
• Do you communicate on mobile apps like WhatsApp
as if it is something you have always been used to..
• Do you use apps or are comfortable to
– Purchase online
– Hire cabs/autos online
– Rent/sell online including homes and more
• Would you have imagined this was possible
– 5 years ago
– .. Or 3 years ago?
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Change
Darwin’s Origin of Species
“it is not the most intellectual of the species that
survives; it is not the strongest that survives; but
the species that survives is the one that is able
best to adapt and adjust to the changing
environment in which it finds itself.”
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Change
• Peter Drucker, described as ‘the most enduring
management thinker of our time’ by Business
Week, has said in his book “Management
Challenges for the 21st Century,” that one cannot
manage change, one can only be ahead of it.
• In periods of upheavals, such as the one we are
living in, change is the norm. He goes on to say
that in times of rapid structural change, the only
ones who survive are the Change Leaders.
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Change
• Change is inevitable
• Change is rapid in this century, more than in any
other century that has gone by.
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Change
• Change is inevitable
– Can be +ve
– Can be -ve
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Change
• If you do not change and go with the flow of
change, you can get left behind
– As a society
– As a group
– As an organisation
– As an individual
• Hence CHANGE is about SURVIVAL; and
growth and impact
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At the Start
• What would you like to change about yourself
(3 points)
• What would you like to keep the same (3 points)
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At the Start
• Why would you like to change somethings
about yourself
• Why would you like to keep somethings about
yourself the same
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At the Start
• In organizations we periodically stock take
to understand where we are
• What are the things we measure
– Financial
– Non-financial
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At the Start
Somethings things we measure
• Revenue
• Costs
• Profit
• Growth
• Valuation
• Impact??
– Do we measure this
– How can we measure this?
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Impact on Planning
• How do our measures for the future – ie
forecasts and budgets get impacted by
change?
• Key Events impacting countries and
individuals in 2016
– Brexit
– US Elections
– Demonitisation
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Impact on Planning
• Do/DID we factor in these environmental
changes?
• How?
• Rolling budgets and forecasts and plans?
• Any suggestions/thoughts?
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Leading in Changing Times
• Changes are sudden and unexpected
• Changes impact countries, business, individuals
• How do you cope, how do YOU lead in times of
change?
• How can YOU be a leader that Your team
– Looks up to and respects
– Trusts to help them navigate uncertainty
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In the future
• Expect More Change
• Expect More Rapid Change
• Uncertainty is seen as the biggest risk today
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More points to trigger thinking
• Change first starts in the Mind… with a
willingness
• Change requires you to discard old
patterns, a rocket moving into the next
orbit sheds majority of its content as it
moves ahead
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More points to trigger thinking
To lead in Changing Times:
• Revisit business, personal models: Think
through emerging models of engaging with
others
• Tangiblize the intangibles: Take stock of your
experience, capability knowledge; articulate
these, PLUS they need to be seen in your
actions and not just through words
• How can you Stand Out from the clutter:
People are getting tired with so much
information overload with limited time and
energy available to them
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Thank You!
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