ARCTIC
L e a d e r s h i p P ro g r a m f o r E x e c u t i v e s – A L PEX
We need to take corporate action in the Arctic now
The High North has received increased attention from many parties because of the developments we see in the corporate market.
Meanwhile, the rapid ice melting is very unsettling and expresses one of the greatest challenges of climate change. The private
business sector should take a lead in these debates. Increased activity in the area creates new opportunities, but it also entails a
particular responsibility to contribute to a sustainable development.
With this in mind, the Norwegian Shipowners’ Association (NSA) and DNV GL have teamed up with Duke Corporate Education to
develop and operate the Arctic Leadership Program for Executives (ALPEX).
Based on our good experience with Duke CE from the MAREX program (Maritime Executive Program) operated by the NSA, and the
fact that they have been ranked by Financial Times for 12 consecutive years, as well as by Business Week, as the world’s No 1 provider
of custom executive programs, we invited Duke CE to work with us on this outstanding program for our industry to take a lead in the
Arctic. Together we have developed a program unique in ambition, scope, and content.
We welcome you to participate and to gain important knowledge about business opportunities, threats, political processes, and
climatic conditions in and about the Arctic.
Welcome to ALPEX!
ARCTIC
Leadership
Program for
Executives
ALPEX
Henrik O. Madsen
Group President & CEO,
DNV GL Group
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Sturla Henriksen
CEO, Norwegian Shipowners’
Association
Ian Turner
Executive Director,
Duke Corporate Education
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The program philosophy
The Target Group
The overall thread which runs through the design of this program
is the concept of systems. The world in general and the Arctic in
particular is an open system, which develops through both positive (reinforcing) as well as negative (stabilising) feedback loops.
• Shipowners and their Board Members
Although connections are rarely linear, the Arctic system connects via feedback loops with a number of important sub-systems:
economic, ecological, political and legal.
• Future political leaders
Understanding the Arctic system and sub-systems and determining what individual or collective strategies are likely to be successful requires sense-making, a key leadership capability in a connected world.
Sense-making, a term coined by Karl Weick, refers to how we structure the unknown so as to be able to act in it. Sense-making involves coming up with a plausible map of a shifting terrain and testing this map with others through data collection, action, and
conversation.
Sense-making is emergent. It is about learning through experiencing and experimenting rather than through pure analysis
and prediction.
Arctic Leadership Program: March 2015 - February 2016
• Executive Group members (CEO, CFO, CTO, COO, CRO etc.)
SET UP
MODULE 1: EXPLORING THE ARCTIC SYSTEM
• Strategy and technology executives
Virtual
Work
Introduction to
the Arctic
SET UP
MODULE 2: INTEGRATING DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES
Understanding
the Environment
The Regulatory
System
Arctic
Exploration
Arctic
Exploration
MARCH 9–13, 2015
TROMSØ, NORWAY
• Coast Guard, governmental officials and similar
• NGOs with leading political influence
FEES
Participation Fee: NOK 325,000
excl. travel and accommodation
Virtual
Work
SET UP
Virtual
Work
SET UP
Virtual
Work
Technology
of Ice
Technology
and Innovation
The Economics
of the Arctic
The Geopolitics
of the Arctic
MODULE 3: engaging with the political dimension
The Politics
of the Arctic
Super-Power
Politics
Risk
Management
MODULE 4: creating a new arctic map
Alternative
Philosophies
Learning from
Organizations
Integrating the
Learning
Thinking
Literally
JUNE 29–JULY 3, 2015
HELSINKI, FINLAND
october 26–31, 2015
washington DC, USA
february 16–18, 2016
OSlo, norway
The program design is still provisional and illustrative only.
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Photo: DNV GL
Module 1
Module 1 Exploring the Arctic System
Tromsø / Svalbard, Norway. March 9–13, 2015
DAY 0
Module 1 is about Exploring the Arctic System.
It develops participants’ skills as sensemakers and sets the tone for the program
by starting in the largest city in the Arctic
Region – Tromsø – and including a visit to
Svalbard, so that participants can have first
hand experience of the Arctic ecosystem.
In Tromsø the participants deepen their
knowledge of the environmental system
with inputs from expert speakers and by visiting the Arctic experience at Polaria, where
through films and installations they can
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learn how the ice is melting in the Arctic,
how it affects nature and the animals living
there, and what this means for the people of
the region.
They also gain an historical perspective
by visiting the PolarMuseet and learning
how the Arctic was opened up by explorers like Nansen and Amundsen.
In addition to an understanding of the environmental system, the participants also
gain their first insights into the political
and regulatory systems of the Arctic: they
visit the Permanent Secretariat of the Arctic Council and discuss the political governance of the region and the main treaties
and agreements.
Finally, they have a session on the national
regulatory regimes which impact on the
Arctic and on the development of international law as it impacts the Arctic.
Welcome
Dinner
DAY 1
DAY 2
DAY 3
DAY 4
DAY 5
Introduction
to the arctic
understanding
the environment
the regulatory
system
arctic
exploration
arctic
exploration
Introduction to
the Program
Health, Operating in
a Cold Environment
Visit to PolarMuseet
Preparation Session
for Svalbard
Infrastructure,
Logistics, Navigation,
Communication
Introduction to
the Arctic System
Visit to Polaria,
National Centre
for Polar Regions
Visit to Arctic
Council
– Arctic Governance
and Exploration
Travel to
Longyearbyen,
Svalbard
Weather and Ice
Warnings
The Environmental
System
Sense-Making as key
Leadership Skill
The Arctic Regulatory
System and
International Law
Arrive Svalbard
Next Steps
Husky Sledding
Program Close
View
Northern Lights
Optional Weekend
Stay-Over and Trip
to Barentsburg
Dinner
Dinner
Dinner
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Module 2
Module 2 Integrating Different Perspectives
Helsinki, Finland. June 29–July 3, 2015
DAY 0
In Module 2 the action moves to Helsinki
where the theme is Integrating Different
Perspectives. This means understanding
the technical challenges of operating in arctic conditions as well as the geopolitics of
the region.
This enables us on the first two days to explore the challenges of operating in extreme
conditions whilst respecting health and
safety and the natural environment. It also
explores how technology is developing to
address these challenges.
Helsinki is home to many of the key organisations with expertise in the Arctic including Aker Arctic which tests vessels in
arctic conditions.
The other perspectives which are included
are commercial and economic with an emphasis on how the maritime industry can
benefit from arctic developments and how
to make significant commercial decisions.
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Helsinki is also close enough to Russia to
allow us to invite speakers that can inform
us on the Russian political perspective.
To complete the picture we schedule a session on the future of the region from an
EU perspective.
DAY 1
DAY 2
DAY 3
DAY 4
technology
of ice
technology
and innovation
the economics
of the arctic
the geopolitics
of the arctic
Re-Connect
Technology and
Innovation in the
Arctic System
Commerce and
Shipping in the
Arctic Region
Russia and the
Arctic
Ice and
Ice Conditions
Mitigation
Technologies Related
to Environmental
Protection
Commercial
Opportunities
in the Arctic
The Future of
the Arctic from
a European
Perspective
Ice Model
Testing
Welcome
Dinner
Dinner
Next Steps
Dinner
Dinner
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Photo: DNV GL
Module 3
Module 3 Engaging with the Political Dimension
Washington DC, USA. October 26–31, 2015
DAY 0
Tour of
DAY 1
DAY 2
DAY 3
DAY 4
the politics of
the arctic
super-power
politics
the economics
of the arctic
thinking
laterally
Re-Connect
Russia’s Arctic
Strategy
– The Western
Perspective
Decision-Making in
Complex Areas
Learning from Cases
Testing our Emerging
Hypothesis on
the Arctic
Washington from
the Inside
Investing in
unfamiliar Terrain
The Politics of
the Arctic
Canadian
Speaker
Risk Panel
Investing in
Specialised
Equipment in
Uncertain Conditions
– Learning from Other
Industries, e.g.
Drilling Rigs, Airlines
Washington
Module 3 explores the political and commercial dimensions, and the location of Washington DC and the US allows us to incorporate
these dimensions.
We plan 3 sessions which focus on the political dimension with visits to think tanks
and official bodies as well as inputs from
academic researchers.
Washington is a magnet for political lobbying. We therefore challenge the participants
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to develop a political strategy and invite a
professional lobbyist to explain how the system works.
We also address the commercial dimension with sessions on investing in unfamiliar areas, making decisions in complex
environments and managing business risk.
This includes an invited speaker from a
Canadian shipowner.
Participants will also learn from experience in this module. A relevant case study
will explore the parallels with the Arctic
and identify lessons learnt and we will
look at other analogous industries where
operators make key investment decisions
in equipment in conditions of uncertainty.
Next Steps
Reception at Council
for Foreign Relations
Welcome
Dinner
Dinner
Dinner
Dinner
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Module 4
Module 4 Creating a New Arctic Map
Oslo, Norway. February 16–18, 2016
DAY 0
Module 4 finds the group in Oslo, an appropriate location for most of the participants
to take an outside-in approach to what
they have learnt.
The Module is called Creating a New Arctic
Map – this means that the participants integrate the different perspectives on the
Arctic into a new collective view of the
challenges and how businesses can address
them. For this reason, we devote space in
this module to hearing the views of other
important actors we have so far not consid-
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ered, e.g. oil and gas companies and indigenous peoples and NGOs. We also invite
a panel of experts to help the participants
frame their thinking and test their assumptions.
An objective of this module is for participants to start to embed their new thinking
back into their own organisations. To that
end, we invite them to share their thinking
with their teams before the module and to
incorporate the results into the program on
the third day to help co-create their strategies.
The climax of the program is a session where
participants work in groups to present their
new Map of the Arctic to invited guests
with an interest in the region.
In the final session they work with the orchestrator to map the networks they will need
in order to ensure their map of the Arctic
is constantly updated.
DAY 1
DAY 2
DAY 3
alternative
philosophies
learning from
organisations
integrating
the learning
Re-Connect
Alternative Business Models
for the Arctic
Working with the Participants’
own Strategies
Reflections on the
Washington Experience
The Barents 2020 Project –
International Cooperation
for Developing the Arctic
Testing the
New Arctic Map
The NGO Viewpoint
Making Sense of the
Arctic System
– Panel Session with Subject
Matter Experts
Mapping the
Key Stakeholders
Ice Wisdom – Perspectives
from Indigenous People
Welcome
Dinner
Dinner
Final Dinner
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Virtual Work
Recognising the pressure of work on participants, virtual work will be designed to
prepare the participants as efficiently as
possible for the coming modules.
• Connected with the key stakeholders in the region and appreciated their interests and the potential for collaboration.
This will consist of webinars either with
the orchestrator or with invited experts
who can offer context for the next module.
• Acquired knowledge to develop a viable business model for sustainable business in the region.
Learning Outcomes
By attending this program, the participants will have:
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Gained an appreciation of the technical issues and regulatory framework as they affect strategic decision-
making and operation.
• Gained insight on how the Arctic system is evolving.
• Assessed the likely operational and political risks and developed a plan for addressing them.
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Gained a thorough understanding of how changes in the Arctic system will impact on the maritime and off-shore industries and its eco-system.
Built lasting connections with other senior decision makers which will prove valuable for knowledge sharing and collaboration.
Arctic Map - Circumpolar States
• Explored possible scenarios for the Arctic and tested how robust their own business strategies are against them.
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Contact information ALPEX
ARCTIC LEADERSHIP PROGRAM FOR EXECUTIVES
Tom O. Kleppestø, Competence Advisor,
Norwegian Shipowners’ Association
[email protected], +47 48 14 40 00
Leif Magne Nesheim
Project Manager, DNV GL AS
[email protected], +47 913 76 351
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BODØ, NORWAY