rethinking risk & the board agenda
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Adam Hartung Managing the Status Quo Risk 12-2013TRANSCRIPT
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ADVANCING EXEMPLARY BOARD LEADERSHIP© NACD. All rights reserved.
Managing Status Quo Risk
Rethinking Risk & the Board Agenda
NACD SummitDeer Valley, UT December, 2013
Adam HartungManaging Partner, Spark PartnersCEO, Soparfilm Energy CorporationChairman, The Content Laboratory
2013 Adam Hartung
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Which of these companies do you think is most likely to double revenue in the next 5-10 years?
Boeing
Disney
Starbucks
Apple
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Which of these companies do you think is most likely to fail in 5-10 years?
NBC/Universal/Comcast
Microsoft
United Airlines
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On which of these Boards would you prefer to have served in the last 3 years?
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Doing things right, or doing the right thing:What’s the Board’s Role?
Value Proposition:
What You Need to Know, at Your Fingertips
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Publishers Enhanced Delivery, But Missed the “Game Changer” Surrounding Them
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The true secret to business success surprised us
Overcoming Lock-in to past success
The biggest risk in business today is
Status Quo Risk
Core
Focus
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Apple’s success came from creating new markets – Changing the Game
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Apple’s best skill has been anticipating the future - rather than “execution”
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How can Boards help companies manage Status Quo Risk?
Be future-oriented
Obsess about competitors
Encourage disruption
Force white space
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VS.
Step 1 – Focus on future trends;not past markets/solutions
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Rethink the Board agenda; Reallocate the discussion time
60% ?
33% ?
20% ?
Less than 20%?
What percentage of your Board’s time is spent discussing
Market Trends?
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Step 2 – Focus on needs and competitors; not current solutions and customers
Key Question: How much is spent on improving the current business model vsDeveloping new markets, opportunities and business models?
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Obsess about fringe competitors and Game Changing opportunities
VS.
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Step 3 – Ask how your company will be disruptive; not just how it will be better, faster, cheaper
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No company is beyond Game Changers, and Managing Status Quo Risk
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Step 4 – Ask about white space projects and teams
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Prediction
Boeing
Disney
Starbucks
Apple
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Revenue Doubler:
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!NBC/Comcast
Microsoft
UAL
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Likely Investor Failure:
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Manage Status Quo Risk for superior rates of return
Invest for the future, not from the past
Focus more on competitors, less on customers
Be Disruptive,sustaining will decline
Look for White Space projects to innovate and learn
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