Future Leaders Programme

• LEARNING OBJECTIVE

• – The CPG and Retail industries are undergoing massive changes in recent years which will influence the industries’ outlook and competitive dynamics
• – Smaller/more agile competitors have challenged the dominance of leading industry players with new business models and innovative consumer offerings
• – Major disruptions (eg technology, environment) require companies to develop and expand new capabilities
• – BCG will share its latest perspectives on the ‘view of the future’ and implications for industry participants
• – Stressing the importance and impact of ‘doing well by doing good’; i.e. delivering both shareholder value and societal value

CONTENT DESCRIPTION

The session will focus on the main drivers of change of CPG and retail and key implications:

• – Looking back: what made the difference for companies that out-performed
• – Looking forward:
•   — Why the traditional ‘big box’ success model has been challenged
•   — Key disruptions and what it all means:
•       1. Amplification of consumer expectations and post-COVID ramifications
•       2. Continued erosion of traditional scale advantages, the rise of new competitors
•       3. Radical reshaping of channels, including the digital platform revolution
•       4. AI-powered transformation of traditional business models
•       5. A new era of collaboration between CPG and retail
•       6. Heightened focus on social impact and purpose
•       7. The need for new capabilities
•       8. New ways of working and the challenge of attracting/keeping top talent
•       9. Greater purpose and ‘doing good’ as key component of and driver of future strategy- how ESG focus can be a source of competitive advantage, as opposed to a‘cost’
• The big imperatives:
•   — Understanding the ‘new consumer’
•   — Becoming an ‘always-on’ portfolio manager
•   — Reinventing the demand model and supply chain
•   — Upgrading/Digitising the end-to-end capabilities
•   — Accelerating the ESG Agenda
•   — Inspiring with purpose
•   — Synthesis: what will the business look like in 2025 and beyond, how all this changes the way we manage and measure success
•   — The ‘so what’: what you can ‘take home’ and start actioning right away

SESSION FORMAT

• – Short presentations/real-life case studies
• – Discussion and debate

FACULTY LEADERS

  — Marcus Bokkerink, Senior Advisor
  — Chris Biggs, Managing Director & Senior Partner
  — Jessica Frame, Managing Director & Partner
  — Francesco Bellino, Managing Director & Partner