What did business executives learn from 2020?

2020 tested the entire global economy, and it stressed veteran business leaders where they had to respond to a very demanding environment by being both decisive reactionist and rapid innovators. That meant organizations had to operate in two different modes, reacting quickly and effectively to a crisis, a change in the business environment, shift in consumer behavior in parallel to onboarding the train of an accelerated transformation. We have learned strategy isn't static also get to know the balance between reaction and innovation, and we understood that people should be at the core of what business does.

In this episode, we continue the discussion about:

  • The importance of communication, alignment, and debriefing process while running multi-functions and complex projects.
  • Is lowering cost the primary objective for a business?
  • How to build a sustainable business? What are we learning from apple getting to the EV business? What did we learn from Apple's history with Blackberry and Nokia?
  • How to create engaging and customer-focused teams?
  • Understand how essential learning and development to business transformation. How could a people manager hire for tomorrow?
  • Last but not least, is employment the only way to get the job done for the business. Is the industry ready for the new work environment?