LANCE MORTLOCK

If your dreams don’t require a team, they are too small. After every mountain, particularly the tough ones like Mt Robson, McKinley, or the Matterhorn, I always say, “That’s the last one, and I’m never doing that again”....

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Tensions between Alberta and the federal government are slowing Canada's shift to cleaner forms of energy, say experts, warning Ottawa and the fossil fuel-producing province need to align quickly on a nationwide approach....

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With less than 30 years left to meet net-zero targets and the impetus to decarbonize and address climate change looming, Canada must act now on the energy transition if the country expects to tackle its energy trilemma and continue as a world leader in sustainability...

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Refocusing your strategic approach to ride continuous waves of unprecedented events and shifting priorities starts by framing your planning around three fundamental priorities...

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The world has been plagued by the disruptive forces of climate change, COVID-19, the war in Ukraine, and rising inflation causing social and economic upheaval at a scale we have not seen in decades... 

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Success is becoming harder in a competitive and uncertain world: Today’s business environment is a cocktail of competition and uncertainty... 

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Canada fell five spots in an index that rates how prepared nations are to bring electric vehicles (EV) into their economies, despite a notable increase in government efforts to develop the sector in the past year...

 

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R&D for emerging tech is sometimes viewed as a discretionary expense. But it's critical for oil-and-gas companies if they want to reduce their massive operating costs amid energy-price volatility...

 

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By 2025, global data creation is expected to reach 175 zettabytes and the global big data and analytics market is on pace to reach $135.71 billion. Data will fuel global economic development throughout the remainder of the 21st century...

 

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Wall Street’s fear gauge, the Cboe Volatility Index, is up 75%. Conventional approaches to strategic planning are no longer agile enough to respond to this volatile, complex and uncertain business environment we find ourselves in...

 

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The more things change, the more things change. That’s just the way it is these days. As we learn how to navigate one complexity, a new one emerges...

 

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The more things change, the more things change. That’s just the way it is these days. As we learn how to navigate one complexity, a new one emerges...

 

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In the midst of an increasingly volatile geopolitical environment, Canada has a unique opportunity to foster energy security abroad while leading the energy transition at home. These priorities are not mutually exclusive. Rather, Canadian stakeholders can — and should — focus on decarbonization while also working to solve today’s urgent global oil and gas demand challenges...

 

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There’s no skirting around it, the travel industry was among the hardest hit at the onset of COVID-19. According to International Air Transport Association, the global airline industry incurred net losses of $52bn in 2021 and is expected to lose an additional $12bn in 2022...

 

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With conversations wrapping up at the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties last month, there’s an ongoing narrative and heightened awareness about the importance of accelerating action towards meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement...

 

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Canada can not afford to miss out on the potential of hydrogen as an energy source as it did with liquified natural gas (LNG), says one of the authors of a new report on Canada’s hydrogen future. The report, Canada’s hydrogen future – risks and rewards, notes hydrogen currently makes up less than one per cent of Canadian energy demand but it is projected to reach 27 per cent by 2050...

 

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I’m excited about the future of energy. Granted, unknowns abound, and ambiguity persists. It’s also fair to say the energy sector faces greater complexity than at any other time in recent memory. Even so, there’s a new year just around the corner, and I’m optimistic about what that means for energy in Canada, and businesses nationwide...

 

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Leaders must be prepared, even for the unforeseen. This is the origin of business continuity and disaster recovery plans, and for the most forward-thinking, disaster avoidance planning. Author Lance Mortlock takes it a step further with his book "Disaster Proof: Scenario Planning for a Post-Pandemic Future"...

 

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Management and the board should define “long-term” and develop a strategy that is focused not on where the organization “is going” but where it “can go." It is essential for an organization’s talent strategy and ESG priorities to be aligned and integrated with the overall strategy...

 

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C-suites have adapted to the tumultuous environment created by the global pandemic, and only a few could have predicted the rebound occurring in specific geographies and sectors so quickly...

 

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The best business minds hosted by Marc Kramer explores Disaster Proof - Scenario planning for a Post Pandemic Future...

 

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We live in a time of unparalleled disruption: Supply chains are being knocked sideways, consumer markets altered, and public institutions are stretched to their limits. The world over, organizations are spending significant amounts of time, talent and treasury navigating our increasingly complex business system...

 

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Today’s guest is Lance Mortlock, a Strategy Partner at EY (Ernst & Young) Canada, where he manages a team tasked to drive growth for clients in the oil, power, and mining industries. Earlier this year, Lance authored his first book, Disaster Proof: Scenario Planning for a Post-Pandemic Future...

 

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As Beverly Sills once said, “There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” Mt Robson is the most prominent and highest mountain in the rocky mountain range. The mountain is heavily glaciated with a colossal snow-capped peak. It has an insane failure rate for climbing to the peak...

 

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The strategist’s dilemma: According to Forbes, the amount of data created in the last two years is more than 90 percent of the world’s total data combined. Furthermore, IDC Global DataSphere forecasted in May 2020 that more than 59 zettabytes of data...

 

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In recent months the number of people who are leaving the workforce or switching jobs has become so great that it has been characterized as the "Great Resignation". Indeed, a recent survey from Microsoft found that over 40% of workers...

 

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In this OODAcast, we ask Lance for insights into what planners can learn from major global events from the last few decades and how scenario planning can help organizations prepare for the big shocks...

 

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Lance Mortlock has spent his career working in the strategy space. Early on, he was part of a team at Shell looking into its planning processes, which gave him exposure to one of the imminent leaders in scenario planning...

 

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How can you prepare for an unexpected challenge? How do you plan for something you can't predict? Strategist Lance Mortlock demonstrates how scenario planning can help identify risks and expose vulnerabilities...

 

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Scenario planning is not exclusively an enterprise organizational tool. It can be just as effective with high-level global issues like climate change and disease, or even smaller business units and functional issues within an organization...

 

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Despite numerous warnings over the last decade from various leading international experts at organizations like the World Economic Forum, CSIS and others leaders failed to recognize the warning signals of a potential global pandemic...

 

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We talk real world scenario consequences of disasters that can affect your business, keys of how to stay on the ball, and what the next disaster he sees on the horizon. It's a discussion filled with incredible knowledge and insight, so buckle up and enjoy!...

 

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Can you use scenario planning to prepare for the future and the future of work? As the pandemic has shown, you can never be completed prepared for what might happen, but planning and imagining scenarios can definitely give you an advantage...

 

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In this episode, Lance Mortlock, A Six Sigma Black Belt who spent more than 20 years consulting, talks about planning for the future and the lessons learned from the pandemic...

 

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As the vaccine rollout marches on and borders and businesses begin re-opening, every entrepreneur, small to mid-size business and global behemoth in the world right now is confronted with the same fact...

 

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If we assume, as we should, that history will inevitably repeat itself in some shape or form, how can we ensure we'll be ready for the next crisis?...

 

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What is scenario planning, and what is EY looking for in its new recruits? Lance Mortlock, EY Senior Strategy Partner based out of Canada, is here to answer those questions and much more...

 

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You might ask yourself what scenario planning in business has to do with climbing, and I would not blame you. However, business leaders can find all kinds of lessons from the most unlikely sources...

 

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“Scenarios in some way help with the thinking process that may lead to wanting to transform.” Transformation leads to the preparedness of any possibility, which could result in a turnaround of a company or just the need to retain the current success....

 

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Trans-ocean crossings are serious business. They can be carefully prepared and a great experience, but they can also be an encounter that hits you broadside with no prior warning...

 

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As finally start to see the light at the end of the tunnel of the catastrophic COVID-19 pandemic, many business leaders are looking for ways to better anticipate future disruptions and prepare for the uncertainty ahead...

 

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How soon is now? Scenario planning for a post-pandemic future. A new book has been issued titled Disaster Proof: Scenario Planning for a Post-Pandemic Future...

 

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We had a great conversation about Scenario Planning, why it is important, and how to implement it...

 

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Lance Mortlock’s new book, Disaster Proof: Scenario Planning for a Post-Pandemic Future couldn’t be more timely...

 

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‘Difficult’ decisions needed to save City of Calgary money: consultant...

 

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How To Prepare For The Automated Workforce Of 2040 In 2021...

 

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Automation could replace up to 30% of oil and gas jobs by 2040...

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Automation making inroads into upstream oil and gas due to pandemic and price pressures...

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As Canada dithered, America signed off on 3 oil pipelines to carry 2.4 million barrels a day...

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CEPA Report Calls For Changes To Increase Regulatory Certainty, Competitiveness...

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Oilpatch AI keeps a wary eye on remote wells after human officials go home...

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Council set to stickhandle fate of new arena, other mega-projects...

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Canadian oil and gas sector struggles to identify where to focus advanced technology investments...

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Oil and gas sector looks to digital technologies to save costs...

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How smug politicians — including Harper — sabotaged Canada's dreams of energy superpowerdom...

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Welcome to the wild world of weed...

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Opinion: More oilsands growth ahead, but threats loom — including Trump...

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Opinion: Oil and gas industry faces unknowns beyond pipelines...

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Data analytics helping upgrader, refinery operators reduce maintenance spend without compromising safety...

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Rise of the robot: The ‘technological renaissance’ automating the energy patch...

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Energy firms judge job cuts as integral to reorganization, survival...

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Cenovus fund entrepreneurs as innovation key to viability of oilsands...

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Oil and gas quarterly financial results highlight need to improve operational excellence...

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Canada’s oil, gas companies lack long-term strategy amid price plunge, survey shows...

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