From Efficiency to Resilience: The Future of Business Strategy
Charlotte Kemp Overview:
This webinar explores the strategic evolution from operational efficiency to future-fit resilience. You’ll learn how global trends are pushing leaders to rethink their priorities and how to adopt strategies that balance short-term performance with long-term viability. Using foresight tools and real-world examples, we’ll uncover what resilient strategy looks like in action-and how to start designing it in your own organisation.
Why you should Attend:
The world isn’t slowing down. From supply chain shocks and economic shifts to climate risks and technological upheaval, businesses that rely solely on efficiency are vulnerable.
Are you ready for the next disruption-or just hoping it doesn’t happen?
Don’t wait until your systems fail or your competitors outpace you. Learn how to redesign your strategy before the next shockwave hits. Discover what forward-thinking organisations are doing to create business strategies that don’t just perform in ideal conditions but excel in uncertain ones.
Areas Covered in the Session:
- The Limits of Efficiency
- Understand why traditional models focused on efficiency are increasingly fragile in complex, interconnected environments
- What Makes a Business Resilient
- Explore the core traits of resilient organisations, from adaptive planning to workforce flexibility
- Strategic Shifts in Thinking
- Learn how leaders are rebalancing priorities between cost-saving and capacity-building
- From Forecasting to Foresight
- Discover how futures thinking enhances strategic agility and prepares your organisation for multiple futures
- Resilience as Competitive Advantage
- See how resilience isn’t just a safeguard-it’s a growth strategy that appeals to stakeholders and customers alike
Who Will Benefit:
- Chief Strategy Officers
- Business Development Executives
- Heads of Operations
- Risk Managers
- Innovation and Transformation Leads
- CEOs and Founders
Speaker Profile
Charlotte Kemp is a futurist keynote speaker, author, and executive coach, specializing in strategic foresight and futures thinking. With an early career in financial services, Charlotte understands the complexities of banking, risk, and compliance-insights that now inform her work in helping leaders navigate uncertainty and prepare for emerging disruptions.
As the Past President of the Global Speakers Federation and an active member of the Association of Professional Futurists, Charlotte has worked with business leaders across industries to develop future-fit strategies. She is the author of multiple books, including Futures Alchemist, which introduces a practical framework for thinking about the future.
Charlotte’s approach combines scenario planning, ethical foresight, and strategic innovation, equipping executives and teams with the tools to anticipate industry shifts, manage risk, and seize opportunities. Her engaging style and deep expertise make complex futures concepts accessible and actionable.