Good Morning to all of you!

Team Turn the Tide on Plastic set out on Leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race, from Melbourne to Hong Kong. Photograph: Jesus Renedo/Volvo Ocean Race

Some updates for today: It is a new Monday and we are happy enough to stay in Hong Kong for two weeks. For those of you who are new to my blog, our Strategy Journey started in Alicante, Spain in October 2017. For each Leg, I have covered the majority of the promised strategy topics. When in Hong Kong, the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-2018  has organized several events: there will be an In-Port Race on the 27 January & a Round the Island Race the day after. Leg 5 will start on the 1st of February, a non-scoring transition to Guangzhou for a full stopover. To conclude leg 5, the boats will head back to Hong Kong. Leg 6 is expected to start on the 7th of February 2018.

Hong Kong. Source: Leungchopan / Shutterstock

After sailing 5,800 miles from Melbourne to Hong Kong, the sailors will be looking for some well-deserved rest. “Surrounded by beautiful waters, Hong Kong boasts not only a great sailing heritage but also a rich history of shipbuilding and engineering innovation”. I have never been to Hong Kong and I hope to visit Asia as part of my next global voyage …  

As far as my Strategy Race, let´s see where we stand:

If you wish to download the last updated Timeline (22-Jan-2018), click here: Eliescalante VOR 2017-2018 Updated Timeline

During the next two weeks, we will see the Life Cycle Model theme. We will see the industry structure, competition, and success factors over the life cycle. My reference book is still the same “Contemporary Strategy Analysis” by Robert Grant. To make the theme more interesting, I will provide some thoughts and examples related to several of the topics and trends which are relevant to all of us such as Digital Transformation and the role of education, particularly the role of education for women to build a nurturing atmosphere for a healthy and balanced family model for the future.  To become a mom, and be successful in our own endeavors will be a challenge for every woman nowadays. Digital Technologies will disrupt our traditional family model, and we will have to be ready to protect and raise kids in this context. Sometimes I wish I could go back to the 1980s, just to raise kids as then.

Moreover, during Leg 5, we will remake the last presentation slides from Leg 4. I have reframed the subject from “Predicting a well-fine-tuned segmentation using social media” to a broad scope “Predicting the Future with Digital Technologies”. Digital technologies are supporting everything we do. And when I say everything, that means everything. This topic is one of the pivot points at the WEF Annual Meeting 2018: “The present challenge is for global collaboration to help harness the potential of the internet for the benefit of humankind”.  This is all for now, tomorrow we will see our outline for Leg 5, and start our Life Cycle Model Theme at full speed.

See you tomorrow, Thank you. Blessings!

Source References:

http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/route/leg-5.html

https://www.weflive.com/

https://asiancorrespondent.com/2017/11/hong-kong-safest-city-travel-world/#1HrIML5V5FbxEJcx.97

Disclaimer: The content and presentation slides shown on this blog are prepared by me. Nevertheless, all the pictures or videos shown on this blog are not mine. I do not own any of the lovely photos posted unless otherwise stated.