TOPICS
James covers a wide range of topics about the future, innovation, technology and corporate strategy.
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The New Normal: Flourishing in the post-pandemic world.
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Supply Chain Strategy: Exploring future markets and developing innovative capabilities.
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Digital Transformation: Implementing digital roadmaps to disrupt the disruptors.
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Technology & Innovation: Faster, more proficient with deeper intelligence.
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Sustainability (CSR & ESG): Pioneering ethical, responsible and sustainable profitability.
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Customer Trends: Delivering tomorrows customer experiences today.
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These topics (plus many more) can be covered individually for deeper insight, or combined to deliver a
holistic overview of emerging trends impacting the worlds supply chains. ​
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Below is an overview of James' most sought after presentations.
CONQUERING
THE NEW
NORMAL
The pandemic has been a double-edged sword for global supply chains. Whilst elevating the function's value, for many companies, it also unmasked glaring capability gaps. E-commerce readiness, lack of core systems, disparate data, fragmented networks and limited automation all opened the door for more agile and technologically enabled competitors.
​In this presentation, James covers how the global businesses landscape is evolving post-Covid and the role technology, data and people play in conquering the "New Normal".
THE AGE OF INTELLIGENT
DATA
In an age of autonomous machines, AI, hyper-connected customers and digital ecosystems, data has become the currency of tomorrow. Organisations capable of not only extracting data from their end-to-end ecosystems but harnessing it to drive intelligent solutions will dominate the future. Evolving in ways their competitors simply will not.
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In this presentation, James covers the capabilities organisations need to develop to harness intelligent data, and how they leverage it to drive profitability, growth and competitive advantage.
SUSTAINING PROFITS
BY PROFITING
SUSTAINABLY
We live in a world facing unprecedented environmental and social challenges. It is no longer enough to produce the best products to survive. The way governments, consumers, and investors view value is rapidly shifting. Companies embracing ethical and sustainable innovation will soon wield a weapon that drives efficiencies, cements brand value and opens up profitable new markets.
In this presentation, James covers how organisations can shift from historical strategies focused on sustaining profits to ones that create new capabilities to profit from sustainability.
WINNING
TOMORROWS CUSTOMERS TODAY
Consumers are becoming hyper-connected, influential, tech-savvy and empowered. There is a tectonic shift in how they perceive value. This move towards digital experiences over physical products, convenience over brands, personalisation over scale and innovation over heritage requires a radical shift in strategic approach organisations need to prepare for today.
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In this presentation, James covers the dynamic trends moulding the customers of the future and the things they will value while outlining the strategic milestones organisations should target if they want to win now.
MASTERING
THE DIGITAL
WORLD
Our world is now undeniably digital. New technologies have already made our lives unrecognisable from even 20 years ago. The pace at which disruptive technologies arrive is accelerating – changing the face of entire industries along the way. New business models are creating new value, and organisations need to adapt quickly.
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In this presentation, James covers the evolving digital landscape, the emerging technologies changing the face of supply chains and the capabilities companies need to develop if they are to master the digital age.
CREATING COMPELLING VALUE FOR STAKEHOLDERS
Building compelling business cases has long been a challenge for supply chain leaders. With a myriad of different stakeholders to win over (many with competing goals), crafting the right approach can be difficult. As we enter a new era where supply chain capabilities will be critical to the success of most organisations, we must get it right to win.
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In this presentation, James covers the evolving corporate landscape, the powerful trends redefining key stakeholders agendas and what they need to buy into supply chain value.
DISRUPTING
THE
DISRUPTORS
The digital revolution is radically changing the way corporate leaders think about their supply chains. With disruption rife across sectors, many are now realising the investment required to modernise their capabilities is insignificant compared to revenues lost to emerging digital competitors. Now on the back foot, they are struggling to stem the tide of disruption.
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In this presentation, James covers how organisations being disrupted can move to the front foot and return fire at their technologically-enabled rivals by leveraging their historical strengths and scale.
FROM
AUTOMATION TO SYNCHRONISATION
With emerging developments in digital, we are entering a time where supply chains will be capable of not only reacting but executing in real-time. Synchronising supply and demand data in harmony to drive autonomous physical assets. The idea of self-regulating, autonomous, and intelligent supply chains is becoming a reality.
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In this presentation, James covers the emergence of synchronisation in the supply chain arena, the key technologies driving it, and how companies can develop the autonomous, intelligent supply chains of the future.
THE ART & SCIENCE
OF MODERN
STRATEGY
Due to many factors designing a modern supply chain strategy has become as much an art as it is a science. Modern supply chain leaders now need to account for cost and service, along with less tangible areas, like sustainability, technology, innovation, and talent, all while balancing competing corporate goals.
​In this presentation, James covers how leading organisations balance the art of developing the intangibles along with the science of achieving cost and performance targets when formulating their strategies.