COP29 Debriefing – Insights, challenges and opportunities

As the outcomes of the 29th UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku come into focus, stakeholders across industries are assessing the implications for business and sustainability. While the vision for a low-carbon economy is clearer, challenges in implementation and scaling persist. Join our virtual event, "COP29 Debriefing – Insights, Challenges, and Opportunities," where our Partners Yvonne Ruf, Daria Koroleva and David Frans will provide an overview of COP29's key takeaways, insights on aligning your business with climate goals, and a live Q&A session for your questions. More information is available here.

LFP - Leadership in times of change

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October 16, 2013

A roadmap to agility

What can managers in today’s uncertain, unimaginably complex world learn from President Obama’s military doctrine? Or what about from Chinese management style? In his new book Light Footprint Management: Leadership in Times of Change (Bloomsbury, 2013), Charles-Edouard Bouée, CEO and member of the Global Executive Committee and President of Roland Berger, Asia proposes the adoption of “light footprint” management—comparable to President Barack Obama’s military doctrine and similar to the recent emergence of vision and tactics over strategy in Chinese management.

Bouée argues that this shift in approach blazes a trail that Western companies will be obliged to follow, and explains how conventional management methodologies, techniques and tools can be adapted to the conditions of an increasingly ambiguous and apparently unmanageable world. Light Footprint Management sets out a roadmap for the transformation of companies into adaptable, "post-strategic" business organizations.

You can buy the book online at amazon.com.