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I was very pleased to welcome Juan Carluccio<\/a> to the Surrey Business School, University of Surrey<\/a> Leadership Academy yesterday.

Juan presented \u201cA Stormy Global Economy: Challenges and Opportunities for Businesses\u201d,\u00a0so pertinent to the issues many business leaders are facing as we speak.

Many topics were raised during the lively session including the impacts of AI and being more resilient to headwinds. Surprisingly one which resonated for many was that in these ‘stormy’ times, procrastination and delays to decision making were causing problems for many businesses.

Many thanks to Betty Jensen<\/a> for organising everything in her usual brilliant fashion, Iis Tussyadiah<\/a> for her continuing support, the staff at the University of Surrey<\/a> Lakeside Restaurant and our excellent facilitators on the tables including Pam Jestico<\/a>, David Gosen<\/a>, Claire Hobson<\/a> and the volunteers including Charles Whelan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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