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Plenary Session Three. Thought Leadership on Risk and Change. Dr. William H. Glick Dean and H. Joe Nelson III Professor of Management at the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business Rice University. Perfect Storm. Is the current storm good or bad for your firm?.
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Plenary Session Three Thought Leadership onRisk and Change Dr. William H. Glick Dean and H. Joe Nelson III Professor of Management at the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business Rice University
Perfect Storm Is the current storm good or bad for your firm?
Returning to Normal Profits Are you trying to be the first in your sector to return to normal profitability?
Silver Lining in Storm Cloud “Watch out for emergencies. They are your big chance.” Fritz Reiner Symphonic Conductor
Don’t waste a crisis "Never let a serious crisis go to waste…it's an opportunity to do things you couldn't do before.” Rahm Emmanuel White House Chief of Staff
Crisis is an Asset “When you have a crisis, the crisis itself becomes one of your biggest assets … Everyone gets very modest and humble and listens. If you need to do rough things, you do rough things.” Carl-HenricSvanberg President and CEO of Ericsson Incoming Chairman of BP
Crises Force Us to Think "Crises and deadlocks … have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.” Jawaharlal Nehru First Prime Minister of India
Academic Perspective “There is no crisis to which academics will not respond with a seminar.” Old saying
Crises Stimulate Change • Great Depression • Photocopies • Television • Paperback Books • Jet Engine
Crises Stimulate Change Great Depression LSD Car Radio
Dot.Bomb Crises Stimulate Change iTunes 99¢ Solution
Reinvention as Competency • Seismic Exploration to Submarine Detection • Cell Phones to Embedded Processors
Capacity to Change Energy Industry has Demonstrated Capacity to Change Deep sea exploration Sugar based ethanol
Confronting Change Mergers National Oil Companies
What happens to you? Disrupted or Disruptive Innovator? How can you survive and thrive as the change leader?
Simple Model of Change Unfreeze Move Refreeze
Challenge of Change Unfreeze • Knowing when to change • Challenging beliefs
Supply Chain Volatility Amplification:“The Bullwhip Effect” Retailer Customer Distributor Factory Equipment Tier 1 Supplier Information lags Delivery lags Over- and under ordering Misperceptions of feedback Lumpiness in ordering Chain accumulations SOLUTIONS: Countercyclical Markets Countercyclical Technologies Collaborative channel mgmt. (Cincinnati Milacron & Boeing) Source: Fine, MIT
Feeling the Crack of the Whip Are you on the wrong end of the bull whip?
Scapegoats Is Scapegoating effective?
Unfreezing Beliefs • Lead, follow, or get out of the way • We have a winning team, but game has changed • Compelling case for action/ burning platform • Reframing context as opportunity rather than a threat
Opportunities for Change Move • Creative exploration • Thriving on knowledge of others • Crafting a vision • Communicating a vision
Reinforcing Change Refreeze • Small wins • Positive reinforcement • Creating heroes
Simple Model of Change Unfreeze Move Refreeze
Which Crisis? Which crisis will give you the greatest opportunity? Access to reserves (4) Uncertain energy policy (6) Price volatility (new) Cost containment (3) Worsening fiscal terms (2) Human capital deficit (1) Climate & environmental concerns (8) Competing services from IOCS & OFS (new) Supply shocks (9) Aging infrastructure (new) 2009 (2008) Ernst & Young Business Risk Report – Oil & Gas
Legacy of 1980’s Lessons from the past Dramatic down-sizing Inability to predict long-term prices Bullwhip effects on supply chain Talent supply chain
Rebuilding Talent Supply Executive Education Executive, Professional, and Full-time MBAs Undergraduates K-12 focus on science and math
Energy at Rice Center for Energy Education & Leadership Jones Graduate School of Business Rice MBA concentration in energy management Fulbright & Jaworski Energy Director’s Conference Energy Finance Forum Baker Institute for Public Policy Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science & Technology /AEC Rice’s Energy & Environmental Systems Institute
Conclusion Strategic change starts with an idea The winner in the next decade will be the smartest investor, not the first to turn a profit