Vistage Executive Summit

The climb ahead
Roger Martin-Fagg Economic Update: Roger is an economist turned strategist, he has been a Vistage speaker for 30 years. During this session he will consider the key indicators of Global economic activity and forecast interest rates, growth and inflation for the next two years. Although war muddies the landscape he will focus on some fundamental drivers to inform your decisions.

• Money supply in the major economies, how it might evolve, and the impact on inflation, interest rates, and exchange rates
• The demographic profile of the major economies , the management challenge presented by Gen Z, and wage expectations
• The outlook for equities and property
• The impact of economic sanctions and war on commodity prices, household spending patterns and Government policy

CEO Projections 2022: Embrace the Revolution

Despite mixed economic signals, small and midsize enterprises are adding employees at record levels, providing workers with more options, opportunities and power than ever before. The decisions, investments and leadership challenges CEOs are focused on in 2022 center around talent, specifically the hiring, retention and development of people. In this session, you'll gain perspectives on how to embrace the workforce revolution with the latest UK CEO data and insights from Vistage Research.

The Virtualised Leader & Inventor Mindset
Named one of Britain's leading ‘Women of the Year’ for 2021, futurist Shivvy Jervis advocates for human-led innovation and focuses on the critical intersection of three vital areas – digital advances, scientific developments and human psychology. She is described by the World Economic Forum as ‘having the unique ability to address complex topic in such a human-centred manner’ and by TED Talks as ‘having a remarkable capacity to uncover the relevant from all the noise’.

In this keynote there will be fascinating facts about human behaviour and how our minds work, as well as surprising opportunities that have arisen from the events of the past 2 years. 

Three ground-breaking advances for your radar, that influence how we do business - high-energy snapshots that will help get orgs more future ready

1) The Science of motivation (a breakthrough from neuroscience): the biology of why we disengage from people, projects, brands ; and how to use this insight to identify the triggers and pre-empt it from happening with our workforces and customers/clients

2) Adaptive or human centred AI: A new approach that is bridging the gap between man and machine - Emotionally aware software Ie digital apps or platforms (often backed by AI and data science) that are more geared to perceive and adapt to our human needs and way of working; and has the ability to grasp a fuller situational context of what we are asking of it. Use cases in customer engagement, workplace learning/training/upskilling and workforce productivity.

3) “Augmented Information” - mixed reality ie fusing the digital and real worlds without taking us out of our real scenarios will shape the next wave of e-commerce, how we relay information and as a part of our future of work. Using easy-access immersive tools such as augmented reality to help consumers visualise your service or product in their actual environment has been shown to have 6x more impact than traditional methods. AR has huge commercial value but many orgs are missing a trick by not realising its explosive potential. It is also being powerfully used to grow business, pitch to new customers, train, onboard and to prototype.
Within this connected world ecosystem, we also briefly look at what the Metaverse is, demystifying its potential use, and its tangible limitations (eg The innate need from people not to constantly live through their digital avatars and dangers of this; actual access ie how many people would actually afford or wear a mixed reality headset; ethical considerations)

Finally when looking towards a meaning digital future which elements tip the success scales in the right direction and what are the most high-growth jobs of the future.