The Invisible Forces Shaping Supply Chains & Operational Resilience
Charlotte Kemp Overview:
This webinar explores the emerging factors reshaping global supply chains-from political realignments and resource scarcity to automation and ethical sourcing. You’ll gain practical insights into how future-focused leaders assess risk, design for flexibility, and align operations with strategic foresight. Whether you're leading procurement, logistics, or business continuity, this session will help you transform vulnerability into foresight-driven strength.
Why you should Attend:
- You can’t manage what you don’t see
- Relying on outdated supply chain models or reactive responses could leave your business vulnerable to shocks you never anticipated
- What if your greatest operational risk isn’t a broken link-but a blind spot?
This session equips you to identify invisible forces before they disrupt your flow, and build resilience that goes beyond recovery-to long-term advantage
Areas Covered in the Session:
- Geopolitical and Environmental Pressures on Supply Chains
- Learn how global instability, trade shifts, and climate events create ripple effects across supply lines
- The Role of Technology in Supply Chain Evolution
- Understand the impact of AI, IoT, and predictive analytics in transforming operations
- Hidden Dependencies and Blind Spots
- Discover how to identify fragile links, unseen risks, and overlooked ethical implications
- From Efficiency to Redundancy and Flexibility
- Explore the trade-offs and benefits of moving beyond just-in-time models to resilient architectures
- Scenario Planning for Operational Resilience
- Use foresight tools to prepare for alternative futures and stress-test your strategies
- Key Outcomes
- Recognise and prepare for emerging risks in global supply chains
- Apply foresight principles to operational and supply chain planning
- Build resilient systems that respond flexibly to disruption
Who Will Benefit:
- Supply Chain and Procurement Professionals
- COOs and Operations Managers
- Risk and Resilience Officers
- Business Continuity Planners
- Strategic Sourcing and Vendor Managers
- Technology and Logistics Executives
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.