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2017 Beyond Budgeting Conference

At Beyond Budgeting 2017, the third conference run in partnership between Happy and the Beyond Budgeting Institute, we welcomed seven speakers from a variety of commercial backgrounds: Bjarte Bogsnes, Anders Oleson, Mira Gvozdenovic, Henry Stewart, John Seddon, and Kevin McCoy and Chris Hannay of Next Jump.

Watch clips and read excerpts from the conference

Speakers include Mira Gvozdenovic, formerly of Coloplast, on Beyond Budgeting; Paul Gapper of Happy, on mindfullness; Chris Hannay and Kevin McCoy of Next Jump, on changing a workplace into a great place to work; Bjarte Bogsnes of Statoil, on transcending targets, and John Seddon of Vanguard Consulting on efficient, considerate ways to lower costs. Through this page you can find clips from the speakers at the conference.
Freedom, Purpose and Values

Freedom, Purpose and Values

At the 2017 Beyond Budgeting Conference, Henry Stewart talked about why you should make your people the main focus of management in your organisation, and gave examples for organisations who have achieved that.

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Driving Performance and Reaching Higher Ambitions at Coloplast

Driving Performance and Reaching Higher Ambitions at Coloplast

At the 2017 Beyond Budgeting Conference, Mira Gvozdenovic talked about how Beyond Budgeting was implemented at Coloplast, and how this created impressive results across the business.

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Beyond Budgeting: A New Management Philosophy for Your Organisation

Beyond Budgeting: A New Management Philosophy for Your Organisation

Anders Olesen is the Director of the Beyond Budgeting Institute, and in this full-length video, he talks about the 12 Beyond Budgeting principles and the benefits scrapping the annual budget has to your organisation.

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Happy Workplaces Save Lives

Happy Workplaces Save Lives

In this two-minute video, Henry Stewart explains the financial evidence and academic research behind happy workplaces. The Best Workplaces have a Four Factor Alpha of 3.5% on the stock market, compared to ordinary workplaces. Plus, happy workplaces save lives – for every 96 deaths in a happy and engaged hospital, 103 people die in a hospital where staff are disengaged and unhappy.

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The Problem With Annual Budgets

The Problem With Annual Budgets

In this 2-minute video, Mira Gvozdenovic (formerly of Coloplast) explains the issues with the traditional yearly budgeting model – and why Coloplast changed to a high-level rolling forecast instead.

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Evergreen Targets and Why Your Business Should Use Them

Evergreen Targets and Why Your Business Should Use Them

In this two minute video, Bjarte Bogsnes (Chairman at the Beyond Budgeting Institute) talks about evergreen targets at Statoil, and why you should deploy them in your own business.

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If You Manage Costs, Your Costs Will Go Up

If You Manage Costs, Your Costs Will Go Up

In this two-minute video, John Seddon (Managing Director Vanguard Consulting) explains about failure demand – and why managers shouldn’t focus on managing costs.

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Do You Recognise These Problems in Your Organisation?

Do You Recognise These Problems in Your Organisation?

In this two-minute video, Kevin McCoy (Co-Founder at Next Jump) talks about some of the issues that come up when trying to push as much decision-making capability down to the lowest level of your organisation as possible. Do you recognise these behaviours in your organisation?

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The Paradox Around Innovation in Business

The Paradox Around Innovation in Business

In this two minute video, Anders Olesen (Director of the Beyond Budgeting Institute) talks about the paradox between management innovation and technological innovation.

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