Global macro-economic trends, their impact and future implications for strategic planning, leadership and change
Monday 30 November 2026 · 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM GMT (UK time) · Online · Free to attend
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November 2026
- Time
- 1:00–2:00 PM GMT
- Length
- One hour, including Q&A
- Where
- Zoom · link emailed on registration
- Cost
- Free · places limited
Most strategic plans were written for a steadier world than the one we now operate in.
Over the past year, a disruption to energy supply has travelled through inflation, interest rates and government budgets, and from there into the decisions of every organisation that borrows, hires, imports or depends on public funding. At the same time, artificial intelligence is advancing in jumps and not in steps, and the business models of entire professions are being repriced. Governments and companies alike are moving from “just in time” to “just in case”.
None of these developments arrives alone. They arrive as chains, and they move slowly, then very fast. Behind them sit newer trends that are only beginning to show, and which few organisations have yet built into their plans.
The organisations that cope best are not the ones with the best forecast. They are the ones whose planning, leadership and culture were built to absorb a shock and adjust.
In this free one-hour webinar, Wale Buraimoh sets out what today’s global trends, and tomorrow’s, mean in practice for those who lead and plan.
Four questions for those who lead and plan.
The trends that matter now
The global developments reshaping the operating environment, and how they connect to one another.
The trends still forming
Emerging developments that are only starting to appear, and how they may affect businesses in the years ahead.
What it means for strategic planning
Why traditional planning cycles and risk registers miss the threats that sit between categories.
What it means for leadership and change
What leaders should do differently, and practical steps to make an organisation more resilient.
One hour, start to finish.
All times UK time (GMT).
| 1:00 PM | Welcome and introduction |
| 1:05 PM | The trends that matter now |
| 1:20 PM | The trends still forming |
| 1:30 PM | Implications for strategic planning, leadership and change |
| 1:45 PM | Questions and answers |
| 2:00 PM | Close |
Monday 30 November 2026
In the public and private sectors.
Wale Buraimoh
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, The Strategy Management Office Limited, trading as The SMO (UK)
Wale has spent more than 20 years building strategy and performance systems for government, semi-government and private organisations in the United Kingdom and the Middle East.
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This webinar took place on Monday 30 November 2026.