Driving Disruptive Business Model Transformation

This workshop is tailored for participants from re/insurance companies with management experience that are involved in business development, process optimisation, product development, innovation or transformation projects or are about to take on a role in one of these areas.

Basic understanding of business transformation processes and frameworks. Good command of English. As this is a fully virtual training, good internet access is required. This is a hands-on workshop – active participation is expected. In addition to the workshop sessions, about two hours per week will be required for teamwork (preparation of presentations and other deliverables).

Onboarding sessions (choose one)
Monday, 7 March 2022, 08.30 – 09.30 CET or
Tuesday, 8 March 2022, 08.30 – 09.30 CET

Training sessions
Monday, 14 March 2022, 08.30 – 12.30 CET
Wednesday, 16 March 2022, 08.30 – 12.30 CET
Thursday, 17 March 2022, 08.30 – 12.30 CET
Monday, 21 March 2022, 08.30 – 12.30 CET
Wednesday, 23 March 2022, 08.30 – 12.30 CET
Thursday, 24 March 2022, 08.30 – 12.30 CET

EMEA and Asia friendly time zone

The event may be photographed, videotaped, filmed and /or digitally recorded. You consent to Swiss Re's use, free of charge, of any memorialization of the event in which you may appear for any Swiss Re publication or promotional purpose.

Industry experts sharing their insights in this course:

• Evangelos Avramakis, Head Digital Ecosystems R&D, Swiss Re Institute
• Yannick Even, Head Digital & Smart Analytics APAC, Swiss Re
• Venkatesh Srinivasan, Head Innovation and Consulting (P&C), Swiss Re
• Andreas Meinheit, Customer Insights and Trend Research, Audi
• Florian Schubert, Senior Innovation Manager, Property Underwriting EMEA, Swiss Re
• Daniel Fuchs-Bauer, Head of Cities Austria, Hungary, Slovakia & Switzerland, TIER Mobility
   

This interactive case-study workshop is an experience-based retrieval learning exercise. In a total of six sessions, in teams of 3 to 5 participants you go through an accelerated business model transformation process in a dynamic and volatile marketplace. Each session and the whole workshop structure follow the analyse – apply – reflect cycle.

• Analyse: Industry experts and facilitators provide insights that relate to the case study and are relevant for the information gathering and analytical phase.
• Apply: In your teams you apply what you have learned to develop your own business model transformation strategy.
• Reflect: We debrief and reflect on what has been learned and how these insights are useful for you in your own unique business context.

Please choose one of the two sessions:
Monday, 7 March 2022
or
Tuesday, 8 March 2022

In these onboarding sessions we do a quick tech check with all participants, introduce our facilitator team, present the programme overview and answer any questions you may have.

To kick off the programme we start with a meet and greet of the participants, followed by a high-level overview of the content and timing of the six modules. Evangelos Avramakis, Head Digital Ecosystems R&D, Swiss Re Institute, presents an overview of trends and disruptions in the motor insurance industry. In a roundtable conversation, we then discuss what a perfect storm of disruptions means and how a probabilistic approach to decision-making can address these challenges.

In the second part of this module, you are put in teams of 4 to 5 participants and receive the first part of the case study together with a radar chart. In breakout sessions each team analyses the data received, maps the trends and disruptions on the radar chart and presents their analysis to the larger group.

In this module we revisit the radar charts and start the first phase of a more dynamic and probabilistic approach to decision-making. Yannick Even, Head Digital & Smart Analytics APAC, Swiss Re, introduces the topic of business model and business process analytics, and facilitators complement the introduction by presenting tools and methods to analyse a business model.

In teams you then receive the second part of the case study where you apply a selected reading grid to understand your unique business model in the context of the marketplace presented in the case. You identify the strengths and weaknesses of your business model and prepare a short presentation of your findings.

In teams you present your business model analytics as well as your choice of tools and we discuss the results. After an input presentation by Venkatesh Srinivasan, Head Innovation and Consulting (P&C), Swiss Re, on taking a probabilistic approach to decision-making, you map out a strategic roadmap for your company.

Based on your conclusions from Module 1 on which trends and disruptions you consider the most likely to occur as well as the conclusions of your business model analytics from Module 2 you now map out a high-level strategy on the change and transformation journey your company must take and you prepare a short presentation of your strategy.

In teams you present your strategic roadmap. Andreas Meinheit, Customer Insights and Trend Research, Audi, then shares his view on the future challenges for the automotive industry and its transformation path. 

After a group reflection and discussion, you receive a decision sheet and operationalise the strategy through a business model transformation process. You have both strategic and operational decisions to make for your company. Your strategy must consider risk, data and economic viability in alignment with your unique business model and market dynamics. You also select KPIs to track in alignment with your strategy and you prepare a high-level overview of your decisions.

In teams you present your business model transformation projects to the “board” and discuss the pros and cons of your selected strategies. Together with the facilitators, Florian Schubert, Senior Innovation Manager, Property Underwriting EMEA, Swiss Re, drives and challenges the conversation.

After a reflection round of managing sustainable transformation, you go back into your teams and review your decisions. You can make changes to your decisions if you want to. You prepare a presentation highlighting the main insights of the journey and make a projection on the success of your strategy compared to what you know or assume about the other teams.

In teams you present your findings and insights as well as your projections for the simulation result. You also reflect on your decision-making process as teams through the different steps of the exercise. Facilitators then show and debrief the results of the case study. We discuss how skills like adaptability, resilience, decision-making quality, perception change, and agility are key to succeed in a business model transformation process.

Daniel Fuchs-Bauer, Head of Cities Austria, Hungary, Slovakia & Switzerland, TIER Mobility, then shares some best practices from the trail on how to build a resilient business model in new mobility. We close the workshop with a roundtable reflection on key takeaways including potential application in the context of each unique personal, business, and strategic environment.

This workshop is tailored for participants from re/insurance companies with management experience that are involved in business development, process optimisation, product development, innovation or transformation projects or are about to take on a role in one of these areas.

Basic understanding of business transformation processes and frameworks. Good command of English. As this is a fully virtual training, good internet access is required. This is a hands-on workshop – active participation is expected. In addition to the workshop sessions, about two hours per week will be required for teamwork (preparation of presentations and other deliverables).

Onboarding sessions (choose one)
Monday, 12 September 2022, 14.30 – 15.30 CEST or
Tuesday, 13 September 2022, 14.30 – 15.30 CEST

Training sessions
Monday, 19 September 2022, 14.30 – 18.30 CEST
Tuesday, 20 September 2022, 14.30 – 18.30 CEST
Thursday, 22 September 2022, 14.30 – 18.30 CEST
Monday, 26 September 2022, 14.30 – 18.30 CEST
Tuesday, 27 September 2022, 14.30 – 18.30 CEST
Thursday, 29 September 2022, 14.30 – 18.30 CEST

EMEA and Americas friendly time zone

The event may be photographed, videotaped, filmed and /or digitally recorded. You consent to Swiss Re's use, free of charge, of any memorialization of the event in which you may appear for any Swiss Re publication or promotional purpose.

This interactive case-study workshop is an experience-based retrieval learning exercise. In a total of six sessions, in teams of 3 to 5 participants you go through an accelerated business model transformation process in a dynamic and volatile marketplace. Each session and the whole workshop structure follow the analyse – apply – reflect cycle.

• Analyse: Industry experts and facilitators provide insights that relate to the case study and are relevant for the information gathering and analytical phase.
• Apply: In your teams you apply what you have learned to develop your own business model transformation strategy.
• Reflect: We debrief and reflect on what has been learned and how these insights are useful for you in your own unique business context.

Please choose one of the two sessions:
Monday, 12 September 2022
or
Tuesday, 13 September 2022

In these onboarding sessions we do a quick tech check with all participants, introduce our facilitator team, present the programme overview and answer any questions you may have.

To kick off the programme we start with a meet and greet of the participants, followed by a high-level overview of the content and timing of the six modules. An industry expert presents an overview of trends and disruptions in the motor insurance industry. In a roundtable conversation, we then discuss what a perfect storm of disruptions means and how a probabilistic approach to decision-making can address these challenges.

In the second part of this module, you are put in teams of 4 to 5 participants and receive the first part of the case study together with a radar chart. In breakout sessions each team analyses the data received, maps the trends and disruptions on the radar chart and presents their analysis to the larger group.

In this module we revisit the radar charts and start the first phase of a more dynamic and probabilistic approach to decision-making. An industry expert introduces the topic of business model and business process analytics, and facilitators complement the introduction by presenting tools and methods to analyse a business model.

In teams you then receive the second part of the case study where you apply a selected reading grid to understand your unique business model in the context of the marketplace presented in the case. You identify the strengths and weaknesses of your business model and prepare a short presentation of your findings.

In teams you present your business model analytics as well as your choice of tools and we discuss the results. After an input presentation by an industry expert on taking a probabilistic approach to decision-making, you map out a strategic roadmap for your company.

Based on your conclusions from Module 1 on which trends and disruptions you consider the most likely to occur as well as the conclusions of your business model analytics from Module 2 you now map out a high-level strategy on the change and transformation journey your company must take and you prepare a short presentation of your strategy.

In teams you present your strategic roadmap. An industry expert then shares his view on the future challenges for the automotive industry and its transformation path.

After a group reflection and discussion, you receive a decision sheet and operationalise the strategy through a business model transformation process. You have both strategic and operational decisions to make for your company. Your strategy must consider risk, data and economic viability in alignment with your unique business model and market dynamics. You also select KPIs to track in alignment with your strategy and you prepare a high-level overview of your decisions.

In teams you present your business model transformation projects to the “board” and discuss the pros and cons of your selected strategies. Together with the facilitators, the board members drive and challenge the conversation.

After a reflection round of managing sustainable transformation, you go back into your teams and review your decisions. You can make changes to your decisions if you want to. You prepare a presentation highlighting the main insights of the journey and make a projection on the success of your strategy compared to what you know or assume about the other teams.

In teams you present your findings and insights as well as your projections for the simulation result. You also reflect on your decision-making process as teams through the different steps of the exercise. Facilitators then show and debrief the results of the case study. We discuss how skills like adaptability, resilience, decision-making quality, perception change, and agility are key to succeed in a business model transformation process.

An industry expert then shares best practices from the trail on how to build a resilient business model in new mobility. We close the workshop with a roundtable reflection on key takeaways including potential application in the context of each unique personal, business, and strategic environment.