Bjarte Bogsnes at Beyond Budgeting 2014

In this talk from the 2014 Beyond Budgeting Conference, Bjarte Bogsnes uses engaging analogies to challenge the two main assumptions behind traditional management, that the future is predictable and that people can't be trusted, and to explain the principles of Beyond Budgeting. He summarises Statoil’s Beyond Budgeting journey, outlines some of the problems faced in implementing their ‘Ambition to Action’ strategy and answers questions from the floor.

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As organisations grow, they can become less happy and more sad. There are a lot of big benefits from growth, but at the same time, you will need to look back and see what you can keep around from when you are a smaller organisation. Bjarte talks about management and figuring out what the most efficient way to manage would be. 

When it comes to budget, there are a lot of problems and it’s a flawed process, but not a lot of managers have agreed on the solution. Beyond Budgeting is an alternative way to budget which aims at fixing smaller problems. This talk is well-encompassing a lot of different key topics on management, growth, business models, and the way that things have been run across the world.

What you will learn in this video:

  • What management processes make sense for which principals.
  • The importance of making sure that there is logical within rules, but there isn’t too many rules.
  • Traditional management vs new systems that allow managers more freedomes.
  • The importance of being dynamic on your processes. 

Related resources:

Learn the 10 core principles to create a happy and productive workplace in Henry Stewart's book, The Happy Manifesto.

About Bjarte

Bjarte Bogsnes headed up the implementation of Beyond Budgeting at Equinor (formerly Statoil), and led a similar initiative at Borealis, one of the companies that inspired the Beyond Budgeting model. He is Chair of the Beyond Budgeting Roundtable (BBRT), a popular international business speaker and Beyond Budgeting coach, and winner of a Harvard Business Review/McKinsey Management Innovation award. He has a long international career and is amongst the few who have worked both in Finance and HR.

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