Future of Work and Agility
Zoom Interactive Event: Grow The Pie: How Great Companies Deliver Both Purpose and Profit
Alex Edmans, Professor of Finance at the London Business School, will explain how purpose and profit need not be an either-or choice. The highest-quality evidence shows that companies can achieve both – but only with a rigorous framework for decision-making that recognises the existence of trade-offs and the need to turn down ‘worthy’ investments for commercial reasons. He will illustrate this framework with real life examples spanning industries and countries, and apply it to the current coronavirus crisis.
During the session Alex will explore:
- What is responsible business
- How to overcome the trade-offs between profit and purpose
- A framework for running a responsible business.
This practical and timely session will enable senior HR and Reward leaders to develop a plan for the future at a time when current ways of working are under threat from the challenges posed by the crisis.
Who is it for?
This interactive event is aimed at HR & Reward Professionals. Attendees should be prepared to share their views, experiences and questions.
Speakers
Alex Edmans
Professor of Finance, London Business School
Alex Edmans is Professor of Finance at London Business School. Alex has a PhD from MIT as a Fulbright Scholar and was previously a tenured professor at Wharton and an investment banker at Morgan Stanley. Alex has spoken at the World Economic Forum in Davos and given the TED talk “What to Trust in a Post-Truth World” and the TEDx talks “The Social Responsibility of Business” and “The Pie-Growing Mindset” with a combined 2.7 million views. Alex’s book, Grow the Pie: How Great Companies Deliver Both Purpose and Profit, was a Financial Times Book of the Year for 2020.
