July 2013

Resilience: Riding the Waves of Change

Dee Hock – Founder of Visa

"We are at that very point in time when a 400-year-old age is dying and another is struggling to be born…

The Facts

• Average life span of an S&P 500 company– 1938 – 60 years– 2012 – 15 years

• 20 out of the last 30 largest insurance catastrophes in the last 60 years have occurred since 2001.

• Digital Natives and Immigrants– 2013 – 65% of the workplace – Digital Immigrants– 2018 – 75% of the workplace – Digital Natives

purpose• We believe design matters and plays a key role creating the context for

engagement. It has the transforming power to address many of the chronic challenges leaders currently face.

values• We value challenging the status quo, embracing positive outliers and

coming together as a diverse coalition willing to tackle tough questions.

mission• Our mission is to focus that belief to tackle the chronic challenge of high

employee disengagement and the incredible waste of space. The two are linked.

Black Swans

Game Changers

Framework of a Narrative

Jason Roberts – Name It

4th Place – Connect/Teach/Do

Outliers

Are the Seas of Today