Companies often overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will happen in the next 10 years. Consolidation is inevitable across most industries that leverage digital technologies in multiple market segments. If companies are to thrive amid rapid transformation, they must reorient the relationships between society, government, and the way we do business. The ability to understand these global Mega Trends and key transformative themes and their impact on human lives over the next decade allows companies to better prepare for a future of growth.

In this session, Frost & Sullivan Futurists will discuss the 12 transformational themes emerging from our universe of Mega Trends along with real-world scenarios. We will also cover the implications and outcomes of these transformations across industries and business types.

Key Take-Aways:

• How to effectively approach these points of disruption and outline a mechanism to act.
• The core trends that will drive opportunities over the next decade.
• The tools that translate trends into optimal growth potential.
• How companies can embrace trends as innovation fuel to drive new ideation and support existing initiatives.

This case study focuses on successful digital transformation while revealing the main challenges faced by the organization’s leadership in various key strategic areas from strategic planning, customer understanding, business model redesign to the collaborative relationship between the CEO and the CIO.

Key Take-Aways:

• Highlight the main success factors as well as the biggest challenges to digital transformation.
• Identify the organizational pathway to align the organization for change.
• Discuss the strategic, leadership and talent decision-making process.

The Government of Mexico seeks to increase the country’s competitiveness through the development of new talent and new skills of the workforce in all industrial sectors. It’s expected that Mexico faces and overcomes the challenges posed by the growing trend of automation systems, artificial intelligence and Internet of Things in the Mexican advanced manufacturing sector.

Key Take-Aways:

• Understand the strategic decisions to attract and retain new talent.
• Identify the mechanisms to re-train current workforce.
• Learn how public policy can enable the skills required for the future of work.

Under the new disruption, we are not only experiencing a change of the business cycle. We are deeply immersed in an economic, political and social restructure. This session, experts seek to highlight the main elements of a successful transformation into high-quality Customer Experience.

Key Take-Aways:

• The discussion will provide important recommendations on how to achieve a competitive advantage base on creating unique customer experiences, while considering the increasing importance of privacy and cybersecurity.
• Understand the importance of business model redesign in order successfully deliver strong value propositions.
• Explore how digital technologies are enabling personalization and customer-centric strategies.

This panel seeks to hold a conversation on how global factors impact regional and local markets and identify innovation as a critical factor to grow in increasing competitive economies.

Key Take-Aways:

• Discuss business Best practices to develop a workforce focused on innovation.
• Analyze the options to develop innovations that quickly respond to global, regional and local dynamic environments in constant change.
• Discuss the relationship between technological development, talent and processes to stimulate innovation.

The discussion about the most relevant topics of the day continue during the luncheon designed to promote conversation and networking among participants, speakers and Frost & Sullivan’s experts.

Key Take-Aways:

• Excellent moment to personalize the discussion with current colleagues.
• Perfect opportunity to meet new and valuable contacts.
• Consider hosting a full table with key contacts under the Capitan’s Table.

This debate focuses on the need for organizations of all sizes to consider a corporate governance and social responsibility vision and strategy in order to contribute to a positive social impact and strengthen these important pillars for economic development.

Key Take-Aways:

• Identify the new social challenges faced by corporations in an increasingly regulated economy.
• Discuss the benefits of implementing socially responsible programs.
• Highlight the main pillars to improve a company’s community affairs strategy.

Digital Transformation is not only a temporary shift of the economy. Today, we are facing a complete restructuring of our economic, social, business and political landscape. Strategy is the main driver of transformation, not technologies. Today, we are not only experimenting a change in the business cycle, but rather we are living a profound transformation of our political, social and economic cycle. Incumbents are being threaten in different areas by different types or companies not typically seen as direct competitors. Bold movers are utilizing digital technologies to redefine business models and leadership perspective, but most importantly the agile, fast and adaptable companies are redefining how to deliver more value to customers.

ARE YOU PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE?