Get Ready for Growth!

Friday, September 24, 2010
Qingdao, China

TENTATIVE AGENDA as of 5/17/2010

After a difficult recession, the world’s economies are growing again. But the severity and nature of the last downturn means this new era of growth will be structurally different than previous recoveries.  This interactive day will help participants identify and make sense of the major drivers of change over the next decade, and apply that knowledge to growing their businesses in the most efficient and effective ways.

Time Activity
8:30 – 9:00
30 min
ARRIVALS
- Participants arrive and take their pre-assigned seats.
9:00 – 9:15
15 min
WELCOME
9:15 - 9:45
30min

INTRO: Trends in the New Era of Growth and What they Mean for the Insurance Industry
- How to look ahead to find opportunities
- The major trends impacting your business over the next 10 years
- How  to connect trends to action

9:45 - 10:00
ICEBREAKER:  “It could never happen that…”
10:00-11:00
60min
EXERCISE: Trend Poker

Trade-In cards to identify the trends most important to the industry.

11:00-11:15
BREAK
11:15-12:00
45min
REPORT-OUT: Trend Poker

- Each table shares the top 5 trends they selected and why

12:00-12:45
45min
EXERCISE: Futures Wheels

- Participants brainstorm external impacts of these trends

12:45--1:00
Poster Session: Futures Wheels

- Participants walk around the room and view other futures wheels

1:00-2:15
75min
LUNCH & KEYNOTE
2:15-3:00
45min
EXERCISE:  Opportunity Spaces

- Participants brainstorm assets and capabilities, and core and context activities
- Participants compare them to top three trends to find where they have the best opportunity to innovate and grow

3:00-3:30
30min
EXERCISE: Operationalizing Opportunities

- Using the Insurance Industry Eco-System map, participants develop specific innovations for the areas of opportunity identified.

3:30-3:45 BREAK
3:45-4:15
30min
REPORT OUT: Operationalizing Opportunities
4:15-4:30 EXERCISE: Ideas Marketplace

- Participants are given “Innovation Yuan” fake currency and use them on “buying” the best ideas to operationalize opportunities
- Top money makers are identified

4:30-4:40 CLOSING: Praxis: Learning and Action

- Quick review of some of the major insights of the day
- Commitment of RSP to help participants follow up and take action

4:40 ADJOURN
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