GeopoliticsNow! for Leaders, Entrepreneurs & Executives

Are you an executive, consultant or entrepreneur doing business internationally? Are you an expatriate manager leading teams and operations in Asia? If so, this is for you.

Since 2018, Futurist Charlie Ang has been warning about the "Perfect Storm in 2020s" where geopolitical disorder, climate emergency and technology revolution accelerate and collide. Today, with the COVID-19 crisis and Ukraine War, these escalating disorders and unexpected upheavals are playing out and have become obvious to everyone.

In the age of rising geopolitical tensions, the shift from power from West to East and intense superpower competition, geopolitics has returned to the fore. In today's highly integrated global economy, international politics, economics and trade have a deep and direct impact on regional companies' strategies, growth and performance.

Geopolitical fluency is no longer a good to have but a must have for any international executive, consultant and entrepreneur of all industries. Your ability to plan key strategies, make intelligent decisions, advise clients wisely, spot emergent opportunities and execute responsively depends on your appreciation of what is happening around the world across political, economic, technological, environmental and social spheres.

Yet, today's executives are ill-equipped to analyse geopolitical developments and its implications on their business. Your deep understanding of geopolitics can be your unique competency and unfair advantage in this decade.

Join this highly interactive and insightful masterclass to appreciate the past, present and future of international affairs and the impact on your business.

Each session has a participant size limit so that there is enough airtime for each participant to ask questions. Registration will close once the masterclass is full.

“This is an extremely useful and unique sharing session on Geopolitics by Charlie Ang. He does not merely scratch the surface but deepdive into the core of current state of affairs to help us understand the past and present and, better still, anticipate the future of global developments. He is able to connect complex topics like history, geography, psychology, economics and politics into easy to digest narratives. Highly recommended for any manager and entrepreneur doing business or managing operations in the region!”, Wee Chin Chuan, Executive Director, Oriel Group of Companies

In this interactive and insightful session, Global Futurist and International Analyst Charlie Ang will help you filter the essence from the noise and cut through the fog to truly understand the international affairs of today.

In a no-holds barred, crisp and clear style, Charlie will elucidate the past, current and future state of affairs, from the lens of history, politics, geography, economics, psychology, civilizations, culture and technology. If you come with a fuzzy world view, you will leave with a clear eyed perspective that will forever change the way you view the world.

Do you want to learn:

• The future of the world in 2020s?
• What is the state of humanity and where is it heading?
• How might the new multipolar World Order look like with intense competition between US and China?
• The 5 major civilizations and how do they think differently at a fundamental and deep level? (Protestant-Western, Hindu-Indian, Catholic-Tropical, Muslim-Arabic, Confucian-Chinese)
• What is liberal hegemony and why it is on its last legs?
• How does the West and China innovate differently?
• How will the world be reshaped by the 4th Industrial Revolution?
• What is the foreign policy and strategic thinking of each major nation?
• Which are the countries and markets to watch in the next ten years?
• Are we heading towards a climate catastrophe and can the climate be saved?
• How will the future of technology and energy will be transformed and how will they re-configure international politics? And vice versa?
• Why are Western liberal democracies in trouble and can it be fixed?
• What is the strategy, motivations and future of China's Belt and Road Initiative?
• Why is there no Clash of Civilization but Collision of Values instead?
• Why is capitalism failing and is Marxism making a comeback?
• What is happening in the Middle East and where is it headed?
• What is Singapore's strategy and can it win in the future?
• Why is ASEAN the most exciting market in the 2020s?
• Are we heading towards a new Cold War between USA and China?
• What is the fate of US, China, Japan and India and who is best positioned to do well in the future?
• What are the Chinese leadership's ambition, psyche, principles, organization, strategy and future?
• What is the China model and will it thrive or fail moving forward? Why is China closing up instead of opening up in recent years?

*You will be provided with useful resources and reading guide to continue your learning journey after the event.

"Thanks very much Charlie. Greatly appreciate your thought-provoking and highly insightful presentation on the geopolitics now and future, as well as the potential implications to the world order. You have adroitly juxtaposed the disciplines of history, psychology and geography and weaved a coherent storyline of future possibilities and challenges that face humankind, as well as sounded a clarion call to action, which if unheeded, will have far-reaching consequences for decades to come.", Vincent Lye

Who Will Benefit:

• Corporate Leaders and Executives

• Entrepreneurs and Business Owners

• Consultants and Analysts

• Diplomats and Government Officials

• Bankers and Investors

• International Trade and Investment Professionals

• Reporters and Journalists

• Trainers and Educators

• Human Resources Managers and Practitioners

Benefits:

• Deepen your appreciation of international affairs, global economy and national markets

• Understand the cultural psychology of governments, companies and consumers of respective countries

• Learn how cultures think, behave and interact with others

• Anticipate the future of the world, new paradigms of business and fate of nations

• Plan key strategies, make intelligent decisions and execute responsively with international affairs and geopolitical considerations in mind

• Improve your strategic analysis, business development, human relations, employee management and operational performance when working across countries and cultures

• Manage emerging and disruptive risks in your industry and to your business

"A truly amazing session. This is thought provoking, full of valuable nuggets, from start to end. I am not a novice in international matters, but you have brought my appreciation to another level.

This is worth triple my time here as Charlie has compressed decades worth of self-learning into four engrossing hours. By attending this, I can advise and serve my clients in the region even better. Thanks a million, Charlie! ", Melissa Sim, Senior Banker

About the Speaker:

Charlie Ang is a Keynote Speaker, Global Futurist and International Analyst. He has spoken to thousands of leaders to preview, preempt and prepare for the hyper-disruptive future.

As a a former trade diplomat with the Singaporean government, he was based in Indonesia and Philippines as the Head of Commercial Department in the Singapore Embassy and Centre Director of International Enterprise Singapore.

He was elected as the Vice President of Enterprise Singapore Society, the alumni society of Enterprise Singapore and on the Governing Council of Singapore Chamber of Commerce Indonesia (SCCI). He has delivered guest lectures and programmes at Civil Service College and Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. He is a recipient of several government awards including Singapore Civil Service's Star Service Award, Singapore Ministry of Trade's GEMS Award (Top IES Winner) and IE Singapore's Service Excellence Award (Top Winner).

Today, he is a leading Business Futurist in South East Asia and his views has been featured in International and Asia media, including BBC, Al Jazeera, The Telegraph, Financial Times, National Geographic, Straits Times, Business Times, Asian Scientist, Channel NewsAsia, Esquire and others. He is the Founder of Everything 4.0 and Ambassador of SingularityU Singapore, the local chapter of Singularity University.

Charlie is trained in strategic futures, design and innovation at Singularity University (in Silicon Valley), Oxford University’s Said Business School and Stanford University. He received his MBA from the NUS Business School and BSc (First Class) Honours in Computer Science from University of Manchester, UK.

With a diverse career in international relations, government, private sector and entrepreneurship, Charlie is able to connect disparate dots from multiple vantage points to tell compelling and easy to digest narratives of the world and our future.