Alcon Maddox On Air

4th August 2020 - In order to stay relevant in the new economic landscape, many SMEs are weighing up the opportunity cost of pivoting, or not. In this session, with Abe Seksek, COO at Rainmaking, we discuss varying degrees of pivot and the strategies available to mitigate risk: 1) Get your finances in order; 2) Get your team in order; and 3) Get an advisory board that can provide you with the necessary insights.

14th July 2020 - Switching from a CAPEX to OPEX model is currently the focus of many board room discussions as companies attempt to chart a path through a period of extended cost sensitivity. We are joined by Mouteih Chaghlilby, CEO at Bespin Global MEA, where we discuss managing the decision to switch and three main strategies: 1) Educating clients on how to understand the measures; 2) The need to have a client-side ambassador or steering committee; and 3) The evolution of finance from AR/AP to FinOps.

30th June 2020 - What sets apart managers that have performed well during the COVID crisis? Guest speaker Gareth Way, Chief HR Officer at Creditsafe Group, joins us to discuss how the global pandemic forced high levels of change on the commercial world over night. With thousands of companies quickly transitioning their workforce from an office base to home working, the challenge of maintaining employee engagement and performance became a key focus.

9th June 2020 - This week our guest speaker is Change Management Expert Inge Wallage, who made a significant shift in both her life and career when she moved from big oil (VP of Communications International E&P at Statoil) to Director of Communications at Greenpeace. This session focuses on three main strategies: 1) Redefining organisations and  leadership; 2) The theory and practice of Deep Democracy; and 3) Communications.

2nd June 2020 - Our guest speaker this week is Silicon Valley based Kevin Iwamoto, Chief Strategy Officer of Bizly Inc., a globally recognised industry influencer and subject matter expert in corporate travel, procurement, GDPR and strategic meetings management (SMM).  He is the former President & CEO of the Board of Directors for the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA). The three strategies covered in this webinar are: 1) Using the crisis period for out-of-the-box strategic thinking; 2) repositioning for the new normal; and 3) criticality of timing.

26th May 2020 - This is the first of our Singapore focused webinars - bridging the gap between the Middle-East and Asia - with Dennis Mark, former Vice President & General Manager, Services & Solutions, Hewlett-Packard APJ. We cover three main themes: 1) Lessons from China on ways to emerge from a pandemic, with key insights into their latest investment strategy; 2) The case for data driven digitisation, customer business model change and a gravitation towards China; and 3) The necessity for a brave leadership style, with the ability to visualise, communicate and activate the ecosystem around us.

19th May 2020 - We are joined by artificial intelligence specialist Amin Islam, CEO of WDigital a leading strategist and a trusted go-to advisor in the field of both Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence. This session focuses on how AI can be used by business managers to: 1) Enable workforce collaboration; 2) Gain insights on the health and effectiveness of managers and employees; and

12th May 2020 - Fahd Khater, Founder and CEO of Sky High Advertising, joins us to discuss how business continuity strategies from other industries can be applied to our own. Advertising and events has been one of the hardest hit industries during the crisis. Fahd discusses how he is managing to improvise, adapt and overcome  - if advertising and events can survive, then the tech industry can thrive.

5th May 2020 - We are joined by Bruno Delamarre, General Manager, One Commercial Partner & SME, Microsoft MEA. During his 9-year Microsoft career, Bruno has successfully managed and deployed program and product initiatives growing market share through strategic alliances with Services and ISV partners. He joins us to discuss strategies to navigate ambiguity, such as: 1) Communication; 2) Clarity of updated expectations to your channel; and 3) Conversion i.e. recognising the need for change from a business process point of view, and embracing it.

28th April 2020 - Eve Hester-Wyne, Co-Founder of HW Media, is one of the most respected crisis communications specialists and media experts in the Gulf region, having worked for broadcasters such as National Geographic, the BBC, CNN, NBC, CBC, Bloomberg and RTE. In this session we discuss effective communication strategies with different business groups such as employees, clients, and non-paying clients and investors with cold feet.