5 Class Hours
Instructor: Cassie Solomon
Why this course is important:
The traditional way of doing strategic planning is no longer fit for purpose. In this discussion-based course, you will learn how to do an updated kind of strategic planning to help you and your bank face a disruptive financial services environment. The goal is for you to leave this course and be equipped to influence the way your bank looks at strategic planning. Traditional resource planning will always remain important, but now you will also know how to think about different possible futures and how best to prepare for them.
Our goal is to challenge your thinking and equip you to go home to influence the way your bank prepares for disruption. As William Gibson famously says, “The future is here, it just isn’t evenly distributed.” Learn to recognize the signals from the future that are hiding in plain sight and use them to change the culture and strategic trajectory of your bank. This course will help you and your bank become future-ready.
Key takeaways of this course:
- Traditional strategic planning and how your bank currently does strategy
- Definition of the characteristics of a vigilant organization and their leaders and the characteristics of vulnerable organizations and their leaders
- The impact of future technology on community banking
- What are signals of the future? Create a “foresight” practice for yourself, your career, and for your organization
- Leading change: The Wharton School of Business change model, “The 8 Levers of Change”
Annual School Session
Third Year Readiness Elective
Competency: Innovation & Engagement