IIPM-Business School
Speaker: Dr. Thomas frey
Date: 16th august 2007
Venue: inter-continental the grand
The students of “Indian Institute of Planning & Management” Mumbai had a seminar on “The Future of Business” 8D View ,which was Conducted on 16TH August 2007 by Dr. Thomas Frey, the Executive Director and Senior Futurist at the Da Vinci Institute, specialist in the future of technology and its impact on business and society.
The seminar was designed to help the students understand the eight dimensions of the future and give them the tool to unlock the powers to shape the future of their business.
He enlightened the session by discussing the process of launching new businesses and technologies with several unique methodologies for helping inventors and entrepreneurs to think through their primary competencies and build a profitable business model.
Event: Global Outreach Program
Presented By: Prof. Stephen Covey
Date: 26th July 2007
Internationally respected leadership authority, family expert, teacher, organizational consultant, and author Dr. Stephen Covey took a special session with the students of IIPM Mumbai. Dr. Covey who has dedicated his life to teaching principle-centered living talked about the very important subject of trust not only at an individual level but also at a professional and organizational level. He emphasized how trust plays a pre-dominant role in today’s business. Today’s business gives more credence to Trust rather than due-diligence.
He explained the concept by using Warren Buffet and Bill Gates as an exemplary evidence. Warren Buffet gave close to 30 billion dollars to the Melinda-Gates foundation in a mere 29 days even though both these business tycoons hardly knew each other. The transaction was based more on trust and in today’s business it plays a very important role.
