Deloitte and the Lagos Business School (LBS) at the weekend signed an agreement on an annual Business Insights programme.
The programme would focus on empowering
business executives on trends in their industries so that they can
remain competitive and be able to serve the clients better.
Speaking at the event, the Chief
Operating Officer for West Africa and Risk Advisory Leader, Deloitte,
Mr. Anthony Olukoju said both organisations came together to sign the
memorandum of understanding (MoU) on what will be a mutually beneficial
journey in the Nigeria business market.
“This partnership is very important to
both organisations. We are learning organisations and believe we have a
lot of knowledge to share to and learn from the business community in
order to impact positively on the Nigerian economy as a whole.
“Our objective for the Insights will
also be about working together with key industry leaders to articulate
the implications of leading trends in the economic landscape as well as
with captains of industry and leading organisation,” Olukoju explained.
The discourse will take place annually
and the topics of discussion would be jointly selected by both
organisations. The audience will be C-Suite executives only, selected
from all sectors of the economy.
Also, the Dean of the LBS, Dr. Enase
Okonedo, said the whole idea of the programme was to bring together
business leaders to discuss emerging trends in businesses and see how
they impact the economy.
“I am delighted to partner Deloitte. I
think both organisations have a lot in common. The first is that they
desire impact on the society, which is one of the visions of the LBS. We
see management as a means to impact society and not just a way by which
managers and executives can make a living.
“One of the greatest problem we have in
Africa is the dearth of managerial and leadership skills. We at the LBS
are focused on developing managers across Africa,” she said
Furthermore, the West Africa Clients
& Industries Leader, Deloitte, Marie-Therese Phido, revealed that
this year’s theme would be “How new business is disrupting traditional
business in Nigeria”.
According to her, disruptive innovation
is a term introduced by Clayton Christensen, which has become the norm
in describing innovative driven growth.
“The thrust of this year’s session will
seek to establish how leading innovators within the Nigerian economy
have applied the four levels of innovation practically in their
organisations looking at: strategic alignment and approach; structures
and process – organisation; accumulation and use of knowledge –
resources and competencies; and general conditions – metrics and
incentives to achieve the positions they have attained in the economy as
they contend with established traditional players,” she said.
By Obinna Chima/Thisday
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