Every day another company announces job cuts. The United Nations predicts another 20 million job losses as a result of the financial crisis. If correct, it will mean little innovation or growth. One possibility is that organizations abandon ideas for going "green." Another is that funding for education dries up. Yet another is that we face deflation – every economist’s nightmare. There are many, many more. All negative. All unacceptable. All unnecessary.

BetterManagement.com has teamed up with SAS and International Speakers Bureau to recruit some of the sharpest minds, and ask them to share their thoughts – regardless of how radical they may seem – on how organizations can improve.

Archived Webcasts:

• The Wake-Up Call (Part 1)
  Presented January 7, 2009
  
  If you haven't begun to think through the implications, this is your wake-up call. Hear from:
  
  
  • Carl Schramm, CEO of the Kaufman Foundation on the impact to entrepreneurs.
  • Joel Barker, the man behind paradigm shifts, on how organizations will have to rethink the future.
  • Jonathan Hornby of SAS on the ties to technology and some of the insights SAS’ customers have witnessed.
    
    
• Where to Focus (Part 2)
  Presented January 14, 2009
  
  You can't do everything.  Focus, alignment and agility will be the keys to success. Hear from:
  
  
  • Peter Turney, author of Common Cents  on understanding the drivers of value and ability to optimize.
  • Tor Dahl, economist and productivity expert, on how to increase productivity, increase demand and grow.
  • Jonathan Hornby of SAS on ties to technology and some of the insights SAS’ customers have witnessed.
    
    
• Creating Sustainable Advantage (Part 3)
  Presented January 28, 2009
  
  When putting the ideas into action, how will we need to adapt? Hear from:
  
  
  • Kevin Freiberg, author of  BOOM! 7 Choices for Blowing the Doors off Business as Usual on how ordinary people can achieve extraordinary results
  • Gabor George Burt, Blue Ocean Strategy expert, on how organizations have created new market space to make competitors irrelevant
  • Geoffrey Moore, author of Dealing with Darwin, on the innovation life cycle and need to align and recycle resources for maximum value
  • Jonathan Hornby of SAS on the ties to technology and some of the insights SAS’ customers have witnessed.
    
    
• Marketing Your Way Out (Part 4)
  Presented February 4, 2009
  
  How will we need to think about customers, brand and contact strategies? Hear from:
  
  
  • Mark Thompson, author of Success Built to Last, on the importance of communication & brand
  • Martha Rogers, co-author of Rules to Break, Laws to Follow, on the value and insights gained from customer relationships
  • Gary Hoover, entrepreneur, on how to communicate and market your ideas
  • Jonathan Hornby of SAS on the ties to technology and some of the insights SAS’ customers have witnessed.