\u201cExecutives are bombarded with bestselling ideas and best practices for achieving competitive advantage, but sometimes these ideas and practices contradict each other. Should you aim to be big or fast? Should you create a blue ocean, be adaptive, play to win \u2013 or forget about a sustainable competitive advantage altogether? In a business environment that is changing faster and becoming more uncertain and complex almost by the day, it\u2019s never been more important \u2013 or more difficult \u2013 to choose the right approach to strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYour Strategy Needs a Strategy (June 2015)\u201d by The Boston Consulting Group offers a groundbreaking method to determine the strategy approach that is best for your company by breaking down existing approaches into five categories.<\/p>\n
On the occasion of coauthor, Martin Reeves\u2019 Japan visit to mark the release of the Japanese version (Nikkei Publishing Inc.), BCG and Waseda Business School will co-host a seminar.<\/p>\n
The seminar will touch upon how to assess your business environment, what the different strategies are, how to match your strategy to your environment, things to keep in mind when building and executing a strategy, and how to manage multiple strategies. The panel discussion will be moderated by Prof. Jusuke Ikegami and welcome one of BCG\u2019s partners in Japan.<\/p>\n
\u21d2<\/b>Register now<\/b><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n \u25a0<\/b>Speaker<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n Martin Reeves, Senior Partner and Managing Director, BCG New York Office<\/p>\n Martin Reeves leads the BCG Henderson Institute worldwide and has been a Fellow since 2008. Prior to joining BCG, Martin worked for Zeneca in Japan and the United Kingdom, where he focused on marketing and strategic planning. Since joining BCG in 1989, Martin has led a broad range of strategy assignments in the Financial Institutions, Consumer, Industrial Goods, and Health Care sectors. Martin is the coauthor of\u00a0Your Strategy Needs a Strategy<\/em><\/a> (Harvard Business Review Press).<\/p>\n \u25a0<\/b>Moderator<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n Jusuke Ikegami, Associate Professor\/Research<\/strong>er at WBS Research Center<\/strong>, Research<\/strong> <\/b>Institute of the Faculty of Commerce, Waseda University<\/p>\n \u25a0<\/b>Date \/ Time<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n Monday, February 22nd<\/sup>, 2016\u00a0 19:00\uff0d21:00<\/p>\n \u25a0<\/b>Program<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n 18:30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Doors open<\/p>\n 19:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Welcome Remarks<\/p>\n \u009f\u00a0\u00a0 Tatsuyuki Negoro, Professor and Director, Waseda Business School<\/p>\n 19:10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lecture (with Japanese\/English simultaneous interpretation<\/span>)<\/p>\n \u009f\u00a0\u00a0 Martin Reeves,\u3000Senior Partner and Managing Director, BCG New York Office<\/p>\n 20:30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Panel Discussion \/ Q&A Session<\/p>\n \u009f\u00a0\u00a0 Martin Reeves,\u3000Senior Partner and Managing Director, BCG New York Office<\/p>\n \u009f\u00a0\u00a0 Jusuke Ikegami, Associate Professor\/Research<\/strong>er at WBS Research Center<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n \u009f\u00a0\u00a0 Makio Kitazawa, Partner and Managing Director, BCG Tokyo Office<\/p>\n 21:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Close<\/p>\n \u25a0<\/b>Venue<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n Room 201, Building 22, Waseda campus, Waseda University *MAP<\/a><\/p>\n 1-7-14 Nishi-Waseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-0071<\/p>\n \u25a0<\/b>Registration<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n Free of charge\u3000\u3000\u21d2<\/b>Register now<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n \u25a0<\/b>Hosted by<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n Waseda Business School<\/p>\n The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)<\/p>\n \u25a0<\/b>Contact<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n