Professor Boon-Siong of NUS to speak about innovative decision-making at the CIMA Symposium

Professor Neo Boon-Siong will deliberate on ‘Innovative decision-making: driving triple-loop thinking’ at the CIMA Technical Symposium to be held at the Cinnamon Lakeside Hotel on 24 November.

Professor Neo Boon-Siong

Professor Boon-Siong is a founder member of the Asia Competitive Institute of the National University of Singapore which aims to provide intellectual leadership to the ASEAN region, aiming to improve understanding of competitiveness issues facing Asian countries. The institute works in affiliation with Professor Michael E. Porter’s institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School.

Professor Boon-Siong is a renowned expert in driving business strategy, organisational change and process improvement both in private and public sector organisations, and has served on the boards of numerous private and public sector organisations. He has conducted strategic planning workshops which have been well received by many multinational, regional and local companies worldwide. Professor Neo is an award winning author, whose work has been published by the Harvard Business School and best-selling international textbooks like Management Information Systems (Laudon & Laudon). For his continued contribution to the sector he received a public administration medal (silver) from the president of the Republic of Singapore in the 1999 National Day Honours Awards.

In a world of uncertainty and change, current achievements are no guarantee for future survival. Organisations need to rejuvenate and renew their strategies and business models: to develop and tap new ideas, develop fresh perceptions; undertake quick action and continual upgrading to achieve flexible adaptation. This session examines why innovation is critical to success in a world of rapidly increasing globalisation and unrelenting technological advancements. Innovative decision-making involves developing and driving triple loop thinking capabilities: thinking ahead, thinking again and thinking across. This paper will focus on practical and strategic insights on how organisations could maximise value addition using these methods in light of changes in the external environment.

‘Transformation: the compulsory choice’ is the topical theme of the upcoming Technical Symposium, and will focus on timely business areas such as the impact of globalisation and technology on management accounting, ethics and sustainability, innovative decision-making, business and supply chain agility, finance transformation and leading a knowledge workforce. It will feature an eminent array of local and foreign theoreticians and practitioners who have excelled in their chosen fields, and will intellectually connect business leaders and executives who continuously strive to revive their technical knowledge and business acumen. Contact Jennifer Gnaniah for registration Tel.  0773 312624, E. [email protected]