Businesses at large and global society in general face many geopolitical and macro-economic issues from global warming to political upheaval. The changing face of the world, and the pace of change, have direct implications for businesses as new and possibly unanticipated risks emerge. The latest strategic threat to global stability and security is a rapidly developing global food shortage, which is already sparking civil unrest and is beginning to cause alarm amongst politicians, economic analysts and environmental groups.This article, published on 13th April in the UK ‘Observer Newspaper’ gives an overview of the problem and the potential implications:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/13/food.climatechange
ARC encourages all of its alumni to take the strategic view and to examine the context in which such threats can emerge and damage their own organizations. As with growing concerns about water, oil, gas and even metals such as copper becoming ever more scarce, this issue will be amongst those that shape global society in the coming years. Are you and your business thinking ahead and anticipating the inevitable impacts? Do you have robust contingency plans and the strategic vision to meet theses challenges?
ARC covers the issues of strategic planning, business continuity and crisis management in several of its courses. If you would like to know more, please contact Janet/David/Phil.
