Managing in the Next Society

The current crisis is accentuating and accelerating the transformation of our societies and our economies. The 2010 Forum will deal with the new challenges seen from the vantage point of management and will address key questions such as

What will the next society be like? What does this mean for management?
How to unleash the latent productive and creative energies of people in organizations? Will Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and new media finally fulfill their promise to enable and empower management and workers?
Do we have the management capabilities in our institutions and organizations to achieve a step change in innovation and value creation? How to build the capacity in a more comprehensive and systemic way? What can we learn from the emerging economies?
How to manage deep transformation and change in our society without creating widespread disruption? Can our societies become more nimble and adaptive?
Given the daunting challenges ahead – do we need to reinvent the practice of management in business and non-business organizations and institutions? Or would we just have to apply the basic management principles that have been defined by Peter Drucker and others?
Is the current corporate model adequate for the 21st century? What are the alternatives?

The dialogue will be led by speakers from business, academia, non-profit and public sector. It will be practice focused – leveraging insights from research and thought leadership. The line up of speakers includes Matthias Horx, Lynda Gratton, Julian Birkinshaw, Adrian Wooldridge, Peter Lorange and Andrew Keen. Please find the preliminary programme under the following link