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On 4 June, MDBC members were invited to a webinar with Dato’ Sri Idris Jala (CEO, PEMANDU Associates) on Managing Business in Crisis. Dato’ Sri is a renowed transformation guru with a proven track record in both business and socioeconomic transformation, advocating and rigorously practicing PEMANDU’s Big Fast Results (BFR) methodology. He was the ideal speaker for this webinar on Managing Business in Crisis. CEOs are equipped to deal with business in good times but the current scenario of lockdown and travel restrictions is one most of us were unprepared for. While there have been plenty of articles written on key principles and framework on how to manage business in crisis, the key action during this pandemic has been speed of execution. In this situation, most companies need practical “hand rails” solutions to help them. PEMANDU Associates has developed a fit - for - all,
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step - by - step approach to helping others manage the crisis. This, along with the key points of: coordinating a crisis management action plan, development of scenarios and financial simulation, as well
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as effective communication were discussed during the webinar as practical, workable steps to help companies ride out the crisis towards recovery.
and Alex Krijger (Founder, Krijger & Partners). The panel was moderated by Edo Offerhaus (Managing Director, NLinBusiness). In this second webinar, Konings provided an update and outlook on Global and European Economies, continuing from the initial presentation back in mid May. She covered effects on different sectors, outlook for value chains, and scenarios for internaitonal trade in goods and services. Also discussed were developments on Geopolitics by Krijger, who has more than 20 years of international experience in managing complex business related international government affairs issues and geopolitical security risks with high business / financial value at stake.
NLinBusiness hosted the second “Impact of COVID - 19 on Global and Dutch economy” webinar featuring 10
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Joanna Konings (Senior Economist International Trade Issues, ING), Hans de Boer (Chairman, VNO - NCW),
Attendees were able to ask the speakers questions during the Q&A session after the presentations.
