Leading the response to the global challenges

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Leading the response to the global challenges
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• Flemming Bligaard Pedersen
• Ramboll

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the community knowledge service provider
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It is a rather concealed fact We are an
influential and ambitious profession or industry.
We will be
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We are challenged by the Global Mega Trends
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Globalisation of society, people, business
competition, production, money
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Demographic changes, aging population,
overpopulation, health issues, new diseases and
new intensity in old diseases
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Environmental issues, degradation of ecosystems,
scarcity of natural resources, water, energy,
food, air

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Urbanisation, strong demand for new
infrastructure, failure and deterioration of old
infrastructure

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Global climate changes, increased intensity of
natural disasters like storms, flooding,
earthquakes

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The trends are rather depressive in nature but
represent as a matter of fact a huge potential
for the engineering and consulting profession

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Our ambition is to be the partner offering world
class solutions to these challenges

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Our daily life

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A consequence is a need for building company
multidisciplinary expertise within multiple
service areas
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Service Areas
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• Buildings Design
• Infrastructure Transport
• Energy Climate
• Environment Nature
• Industry Oil/Gas
• IT Telecom
• Management Society

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All nations share the same Earth and are bound by
a common global destiny- we must be there
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Knowledge is global Business is local- we must
be there
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Competition for jobs and resources is global- we
must be there
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The 6 Consultancy Mega Trends
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• From local business to global competition
• From consultants to knowledge service providers
• From customer interface to costumer relation
• From project expertise to process expertise
• From development focus to sustainable balance
• From consulting engineer to holistic community
  consultant

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How do we do business?
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TRUST!

• Transparency
• BIMS
• PIMS

InsightIntegrityEmpathyEnjoymentEmpowerment

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Innovation must be integrated
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• All people, nations, regions develop continuously
• New thoughts, ideas, technologies and paradigms
  materialise every day
• Demands from Customer, Community and Society
  changes
• Companies and businesses will follow or even lead
  the change
• - The business response is Innovation - to
  suit the local customers ever changing needs,
  fashion and taste. But also to take advantage of
  new opportunities

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How are we challenged by Knowledge and Expertise
Management?
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Two dimensional organisation at least

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Our Response our challenges
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• Our profession must become global and reveal the
  secret
• We must learn to master Holistic Knowledge
  Management
• Customer perspective must extend to a long term
  perspective
• Partnership must replace relationship with
  customers
• Specialists must learn a holistic approach to
  engineering solutions
• In future Development means always Sustainable
  Innovation
• Trusted Adviser means transparent operation
  with strict integrity

- this will also make our
profession attractive to the young talents and
next generation!

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The Prerequisite and Condition
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• Our profession must among other elements invest
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• Growth
• Branding
• Innovation
• Education
• Human Resource Development
• Talent attraction and retention
• - to be able, we must increase our margins!

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THANK YOU
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- yes, together we can lead the future

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