Johan Widestrand

The climate challenge confronting the food industry is immense. With an estimated 300-400 million smallholder farmers in Southeast Asia and China, they are at the forefront of experiencing climate change. The impact on the supply chain of multinational food companies is complex but must be addressed. Blunomy works alongside Danone to support more resilient supply chains for milk sourcing. If you are in the agri-food industry and want to integrate sustainability and climate resilience into your operations, reach out to us today. #agrifood #ClimateAdaptation #Impact

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🔑 Six Imperatives to Build Consumer Trust 🔑 - Eco-Conscious Bonds: Connect with eco-conscious consumers through positive environmental impacts. 🌱 - Wellness & Nutrition: Offer products that meet desires for wellness, nutrition, and sustainable food production. 🍏 - Social Media Balance: Engage effectively on social media while addressing credibility concerns. 📱 - Data Safeguarding: Protect personal data and provide personalized services. 🔐 - Value Management: Balance value expectations with rising prices. 💰 - AI Integration: Use AI tools while maintaining a human touch in complex services. 🤖 - Building trust is essential for consumer-facing companies to thrive. 🌟 Read more about our survey: https://lnkd.in/e8kCxi6N #ConsumerTrust #Sustainability #Wellness #SocialMedia #DataPrivacy #AI

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Interesting insights regarding some #mergersandacquisitions principles and #postmergerintegration and transformation. https://lnkd.in/ecapWJhi Source: McKinsey #corporatefinance #CFA

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2024: A New Era for M&A? The latest insights from McKinsey suggest a potential inflection point for the M&A landscape. Despite the challenges faced in 2023, including a 16% drop in global M&A activity, there’s renewed optimism among dealmakers. Key drivers such as the rise of AI, sustainability, and a tech-enabled consumer class are making M&A a vital strategic lever once again. Notably, companies with a programmatic approach to M&A have consistently outperformed their peers, achieving higher total shareholder returns. As we move forward, how is your organization preparing to leverage M&A for strategic growth? #MergersAndAcquisitions #StrategicGrowth #CorporateStrategy #Innovation #Leadership

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Excited to share my latest episode of the Innovation Insiders podcast with you all. Have a look behind the scenes of innovation and AI at Nestlé Tune in for my interview with Mar Serra, PhD, the Accelerator head of Nestlé in Lausanne, about her view on the future of innovation and AI for food and beverage companies. Thanks Mar, for sharing all the great insights. Check it out, I've added the link in the first comment. #podcast #innovation #ai #innovationinsiders

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“Beyond cultivating a mindset that embraces uncertainty, to successfully navigate M&A transformation, leaders need to understand from the get-go that plans will change and they’ll need to remain flexible. (…) Playbooks can be your foundation for guidance, but consider them as fluid. To embrace a more agile approach for transformation through M&A, consider adopting these principles: 1) Design the deal, define objectives and key results (OKR), and divide work into sprints. View the deal vision as a “thesis”, to be tested and measured by OKR’s your team commits to from the beginning, and divide the work into short and long sprints. 2) Solicit, assess, iterate, and adjust. Once the integration launches, cross-functional team leaders should solicit data consistently and assess what’s working and what isn’t. 3) Debrief and operationalize where possible. Debrief throughout, breaking down the work sprints to identify successful aspects and areas for improvement. Look for patterns across similar situations and consider which practices can be standardized — this can improve processes, mitigate unnecessary costs, and foster teamwork. 4)Assess key employee metrics. Throughout this process, assess for key employee metrics tailored to M&A. “ #mergersandaquisitions #value #finance #cfo

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Global macro forces and deep societal changes will unearth rich opportunities and pose new challenges by 2035. In this insight, Joëlle de Montgolfier, Leah Johns, and Lyne Jaroudi break down eight areas where future consumer economies are likely to see concentrated new commercial opportunities and challenges.

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Many people in India have to deny themselves the simple pleasure of eating an ice cream due to the prevalence of #diabetes in the country. Products like O'Taste which contains reduced real sugar and not artificial sweeteners yet preserve the taste may just be the solution they are all waiting for! Delighted that O'Taste is working with Meivia Global Services LLP's client to bring these products to India. #managementconsulting

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Sustainability is a journey made of different milestones: discover Avertim achievements and commitments in our 2023 Sustainability Report !

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The 5 Truths and a Lie about Corporate transformations.......... A new global BCG study reveals on how you can beat the odds to deliver a successful transformation that creates value in both the short and long term..

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Good Business Process Management has a similar impact on the health of a company as physical exercise and good nutrition on personal health AND many people treat it the same way: They postpone it to tomorrow. Why? Because people shy away from the effort to change their habits as long as there is no immediate medical/financial urgency. There is no need to be shy. With the right focus, your Business Process Management can be improved in a pragmatic way. So, if you want to keep the fitness level of your company high and the "blood pressure" and "cholesterol levels" low, start today. Maybe you can get some inspiration and motivation from the Implement_ benchmark study report on the future of business process management: https://ow.ly/3OCc50S05jH #businessprocessmanagement hashtag #strategyimplementation hashtag #managementconsulting hashtag #implementconsultinggroup

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It’s never too late to "go back to school”. That’s what I told myself 2.5 years ago when I saw my 50 years in sight and started to trawl through business courses. From the outside, it may have seemed straight forward that I signed up to do an Executive Master in Change at INSEAD. But inside, doubts and questions were swirling. Why not continue the familiarity of my current role? Is this a wise investment of my savings? Will I successfully complete the final thesis? Crucially, how can I know it will be worth it? The answer was, I could NOT know. This was an inherent part of the process, the emotional messiness of uncertainty. Today looking back, I went through 20 months of deep learning and growth. Professionally, I explored the limitless nature of organisational and individual change, including launching my own research on women's #sponsorship. Personally, I deepened my inner knowing, uncovering delicate layers of myself and my relationships with others. I'd like to thank everyone in the INSEAD Executive Education faculty and my wonderful course peers for making this experience truly life-changing. I treasure the friendships and bonds we've forged 🤗 Special love and thanks to my family, especially my husband, for their unwavering support - particularly on days when I could not find the words to explain what I was experiencing. You are my pillars ❤️ Lastly, I wish to express appreciation to ICF for embracing the change and providing the flexibility and support needed to navigate this transformational period. Your genuine openness and interest in the learning kept me moving forward 🙏 Discover my story here: https://inse.ad/231vwxpb #Change #EMC #ExecutiveMasterinChange #INSEAD #INSEADExecEd #leadership #ICF

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“Research by two Harvard business school professors in partnership with Accenture and Grads of Life, an employment consultancy, points to a rapid rise in “degree inflation”. It identified 26mn US job postings over the past decade which required a four-year college degree, even though their existing incumbents did not hold such advanced qualifications. While that fresh “paper ceiling” may partly reflect the fact that many jobs now have more demanding requirements, the analysis concluded that it was also the result of “employers’ misperceptions of the economics of investing in quality talent at the non-graduate level”. “ #USjobs #USemploymemt #degreeinflation #qualityandpotential #regionsrecruiting

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Grateful to Peter Vanham and Fortune for the discussion on all things Generative AI. We have not yet reached the tipping point, there is a long way to go before Gen AI impacts everything we do. Bain & Company is helping clients across all industries understand and implement Gen AI into their organizations, and demand continues to increase. We’re excited to help shape this future and reinvent industries with our partners OpenAI and Microsoft. #atBain #GenerativeAI #GenAI

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In business and personally, I've learned that the easy choices in the short term often lead to harder outcomes in the end. Whether it's about making share price-based decisions for public companies or prioritizing faster returns in private equity-backed organizations, choosing the easy route now can impact long-term success negatively. Having worked in both these environments, it’s all too common. Avoiding difficult conversations or tasks may seem simpler initially, but it eventually catches up with you. With our team, we emphasize the importance of "doing the right thing," which involves making tough decisions today to ensure a stronger tomorrow for all of us. It's a simple concept, yet regrettably rare in today's business landscape. Let's embrace the idea of making the hard choices today to pave the way for a better future. #BusinessInsights #DecisionMaking #LeadershipDevelopment

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Each year Board Directors from across Switzerland gather to discuss the most important topics. This year Board Effectiveness was in the spotlight and MU Board and CEO Practice team ran workshops on how to evaluate and improve Board performance. What to do – and not do – to secure an Effective and Inclusive Board for your organisation: What is best practice in testing and developing Board effectiveness? What is Best practice in test and improving Board inclusion? What are the ‘no ‘go’s’ when it comes to testing and developing Boad effectiveness? To answer these key questions, participating Board Chairs and Non-Executive Directors added their insights to data collected from the MU BoardScan™. The result of the day was a comprehensive summary of Board Effectiveness best practice. Christian Schaffenberger, Mieke Weijenberg and Richard Moore form MU’s Board and CEO Practice tell us more about what was discussed – concluding on the top 3 answer to the most important questions Board Chairs and Non-Executive Directors raised. Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/eWAkw9mr

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After many years in Strategy, I could not agree more on some of the points highlighted in this article #Strategynow: 1) Embrace uncertainty to build resilience. So many companies (in both Retail and FMCG) avoid uncertainty and prefer to repeat the same old formula even if the "secret sauce" is not working any more. Being brave could become a matter of survival in some industries 2) Be quick and decisive. Trial & error, experiment, evolve. 3) Close the gap with execution. Strategy has never been more important but "Strategy is nothing without execution" (full pdf article in link)

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