Strategy Execution In 2024

8:30 am

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

9:00 am

INTRODUCTION – SETTING THE SCENE
MC – Kate Dodd, Founder of Intent Strategy

The hitchhiker’s guide to navigating expectations, opportunities and challenges with a strategy futurist. Blend design thinking and decision science to inform business and place strategy across geographies and generations in talent, workplace, and tech.

9:30 am

RETHINKING THE WORKPLACE EXPERIENCE TO SUPERCHARGE STRATEGY
Caroline Boyce, Head of Workplace Futures, Lendlease

In a world where we can work anywhere, how do we maximise value when coming together in one place? Caroline will explore the opportunities we have to supercharge company culture and strategy by uplifting the workplace experience to exceed the expectations of a rapidly changing workforce.

10:30 am

Morning Tea

10:45 am

“STRATOPS” – ACCELERATING EXECUTION THROUGH AN ADAPTIVE STRATEGY
Ingrid Schnell, Head of Strategy and Architecture, Australian Institute of Company Directors

Strategy to Operations provides the traceability and feedback loop required for businesses to understand the impact of their strategic choices and adapt to market conditions rapidly. In this session, we’ll explore the initiative taken by the AICD and the progression in their strategy execution methodology.

11:45 am

EMPLOYING AI IN EXECUTING STRATEGY
Marek Kowalkiewicz, Professor in Digital Economy, Queensland University of Technology

Drawing from extensive experience advising CEOs and insights from his book “The Economy Of Algorithms”, the session will offer real-world examples and innovative frameworks. Attendees will learn not just how to adopt AI but how to strategically embed it for a lasting competitive advantage.

12:45 am

Lunch

1:30 pm

HARNESSING THE POWER OF KPIS TO BOOST EXECUTION
Graham Kenny, Managing Director, Strategic Factors and regular strategy
author in the Harvard Business Review

What gets noticed, gets done – and KPIs are one way of achieving this. Graham
will outline three pitfalls that managers stumble over in linking an organisation’s
performance scorecard to its strategic plan. Attendees will examine how in overcoming these pitfalls their organisations will be put on a path to better strategy execution.

2:30 pm

CLOSING THE GAP IN EXECUTION THROUGH BETTER COLLABORATION
Allan Ryan, Executive Director, Hargraves Institute

Allan’s presentation will explore current Australian research on how some organisations successfully navigated the Covid crisis and how leaders build dynamic capabilities to drive collaboration within and between internal teams also with suppliers and customers. The models and practical tools are applicable to everyone everywhere.

3:30 pm

Afternoon Tea

3:45 pm

PANEL DISCUSSION – STRATEGY EXECUTION IN A VOLATILE WORLD

Libby Day, CEO Defence Teaming Centre
Libby Day is the CEO of the Defence Teaming Centre (DTC), Deputy Chair of the
Australian Cyber Collaboration Centre and an advisor to the Medical Technology
Association of Australia. Libby excels with complex stakeholder and advocacy
management in highly technical industries.

Huw Thomas, Director, Huw Thomas & Associates
Huw is an expert in the leadership, management and governance of organisational change and transformation. He has led award-winning projects and advised, coached and trained thousands of leaders at organisations like InvoCare, Westpac, AMP, BHP Billiton, Cerebral Palsy Alliance and NSW Public Services.

Sandra D’Souza, CEO of ellect.biz
Sandra is the author of “From Bias To Equality” and has over three decades of
experience spanning media, IT, and leadership roles in renowned global corporations and as an entrepreneur.

4:45 pm

Review of Workshop

5:00 pm

End – with Networking Drinks