"James perfectly set the framework for the conference."
Starcom Mediavest
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BIOGRAPHY
James Bellini has a distinguished track record as an analyst, writer and presenter. He specialises in future issues affecting business, with an emphasis on brand values and corporate reputation particularly within the retail, financial services and IT sectors.
After an early academic career in defence and military strategy, James was invited to become the first British member of the Hudson Institute - the US think tank. He then became Head of Political Studies at the Institute's European division in Paris.
He has presented The Money Programme, Tonight and Panorama. He also spent three years as editor and presenter of Financial Times Television, before switching across to Sky News. Amongst many award-winning credits, he scripted and narrated the 12-part series Nuclear Age.
James has served as Chair of a group of corporate communications companies under the umbrella of the ad agency Collett, Dickson & Pearce. He continues to sit on the European Advisory Board of the Global Future Forum.
James Bellini has written or co-authored eight books. His latest, The Bullshit Factor, examines the psychological drivers of 21st century companies and explores the role of the psyche in corporate success and failure.
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TOPICS
Retail, Digital & Online Business, Business Strategy
SPEECH TITLES
The effects on the talent marketplace
Horizon 2025
UK, European and world economic patterns
The business implications of emerging technologies
Retail issues for the 21st century
FEE BANDS
CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
£2.5K TO £5K
AFTER DINNER SPEAKERS
£2.5K TO £5K
PRESENTERS
£2.5K TO £5K
Q&A
JLA: How will digital change the way we work?
JB: We will increasingly embrace the 'anywhere' economy, a connected business eco-system in which we work where and when we choose. The future is free agent. There are already 4 million in the UK who are neither employers not employees, and this total is set to climb.
JLA: Has recession changed medium and long-term trends?
JB: In general no, but it has pushed back the adoption of new technologies. It's also made companies refine their business model towards a leaner and more responsive framework, with fewer long-term and full-time employees.
JLA: Which old assumptions are already turning out to be false?
JB: The one that said we would soon return to business-as-usual. Instead we're entering a 'new normal' in which the rules of global business and management thinking will need to be re-written. The old gurus with their 'mechanical' theories will be increasingly redundant.
February 2011