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 2 Sturla Henriksen CEO, Norwegian Shipowners’ Association Ian Turner Executive Director, Duke Corporate Education 3 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. 4 5 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 6 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 7 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. 8 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 9 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 10 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 11 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- 12 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 13 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: • 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. • • 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. 14 15 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 2O14 BODØ, NORWAY
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