Strategy & Innovation Resources: Free Webinars, eBooks, and Expert Articles
This is Informa Connect Academy's hub for free strategy and innovation resources - expert-led webinars, downloadable eBooks and articles from the course directors who train government bodies, banks, telecoms operators and multinationals across the Middle East.
Explore practical thinking on business transformation, strategy execution, decision-making and organisational change. Every resource is free, available live or on demand, with a growing number of sessions delivered fully in Arabic.
Strategy & Innovation Webinars
Explore expert-led sessions designed to help you navigate the evolving landscape of strategy and innovation. All webinars are free to view, live and on demand.
Having trouble registering or logging in? Email the Informa Connect Academy team.
Why Innovation Stalls Before It Starts (and How to Win Buy-In) with Rody Vonk
This 60-minute interactive webinar explores why promising innovations stall and provides hands-on strategies to overcome organizational resistance. Participants engage in live exercises to learn how to build momentum, secure buy-in, and turn ideas into concrete action.
Process Management, Architecture Design & Improvement with Amin Issa
This webinar offers a strategic introduction to Business Process Management, focusing on process mapping, stakeholder engagement, and aligning operations with the customer journey. Participants will also learn to monitor performance using methodologies like Six Sigma, Kaizen, and PDCA.
Business Process Management in the Age of AI: Driving Efficiency, Agility & Smart Automation (Arabic) with Amin Issa
In today's fast-moving business landscape, organisations can no longer rely on traditional process mapping alone to stay competitive. This webinar explores how modern process management - powered by digital tools, automation, and AI.
Why Attend a Free Business Strategy Webinar?
Informa Connect Academy's webinars give you an hour with the experts who train the region's leading organisations - completely free.
Business webinars for professionals in the Middle East and beyond
Informa Connect Academy is one of the region's largest professional training providers, with courses delivered in Dubai, Riyadh, London, and Amsterdam. Our webinars are scheduled with Gulf audiences in mind. Most sessions run mid-afternoon Gulf Standard Time, with GMT equivalents published for international attendees.
A growing number of sessions are delivered fully in Arabic by native Arabic-speaking course directors, covering the same strategy, performance management and process improvement frameworks as the English-language programme. Wherever you are based, every session is free and open to register.
Learn from the people who train the region's leading organisations
Every webinar is led by a practising consultant, facilitator or course director from Informa Connect Academy's faculty - professionals who spend the rest of their week running strategy workshops, certification boot camps and transformation programmes for governments, banks, telecoms operators and multinationals across the Gulf, Europe and Africa.
You are getting an hour with someone whose day job is helping organisations execute strategy, and who will answer your questions live.
From a one-hour webinar to a professional certification
Many attendees use webinars as a first step. If a session sparks something, the same frameworks are taught in depth on our certified training courses, including:
- BSI Balanced Scorecard Professional (BSP) Certification Boot Camp
- BSI Certificate in Strategic Thinking & Planning
- EFQM Certified Assessor
- AIPMM - Certified Innovation Leader (CIL)
- CXO Transform - Certified Digital Transformation Practitioner
- IASP - Strategy Management Professional (SMP) / Strategy Planning Professional (SPP) Exam Preparation
- ABPMP - Certified Business Process Associate (CBPA)
Courses run in person in various locations and live online, in English and Arabic.
Strategy & Innovation eBooks
Download practical guides from Informa Connect Academy's course directors, covering strategy review, the EFQM Model and organisational performance. All eBooks are free, with no paywall after registration.
Having trouble registering or downloading? Email the Informa Connect Academy team.
Strategy & Innovation Articles
Written by the course directors who deliver Informa Connect Academy's certification programmes.
FAQs
What is the Strategy & Innovation Resources Hub?
expand_moreIt is Informa Connect Academy's free library of strategy and innovation resources, covering expert-led webinars, downloadable eBooks and articles written by the Academy's course directors. All content focuses on strategy execution, business process management, innovation and organisational change, and is aimed at professionals working in the Middle East and beyond.
Are the webinars and eBooks free?
expand_moreYes. Every webinar and eBook in the Resources Hub is completely free, with no charge to attend live, watch a recording or download a guide. Registration takes under two minutes and there is no paywall or fee at any stage.
Who delivers the webinars and writes the articles?
expand_moreAll content comes from Informa Connect Academy's faculty of practising consultants, facilitators and course directors who spend the rest of their week running strategy workshops, certification boot camps and transformation programmes for governments, banks, telecoms operators and multinationals across the Gulf, Europe and Africa. Contributors include Ted Wainman, Rody Vonk, Amin Issa and Eddy Abou Chakra.
How long is each webinar and what time do they run?
expand_moreMost webinars run for 60 minutes, including live Q&A with the presenter. Sessions are scheduled with Gulf audiences in mind and usually start mid-afternoon Gulf Standard Time, with GMT equivalents published alongside each session for international attendees.
Can I watch a webinar I missed?
expand_moreYes. Past sessions remain available on demand from this page, so you can watch a recording at any time. Register using the same form on the session you want and you will get access to the recording immediately.
Are the resources available in Arabic?
expand_moreYes. A growing number of webinars are delivered fully in Arabic by native Arabic-speaking course directors, covering the same strategy, performance management and process improvement frameworks as the English-language sessions. Informa Connect Academy also runs certified training courses in both English and Arabic.
How do the free webinars relate to Informa Connect Academy's certified courses?
expand_moreThe webinars introduce frameworks that are taught in depth on the Academy's certification programmes, so many attendees use a session as a first step. Related certifications include the BSI Balanced Scorecard Professional Boot Camp, EFQM Certified Assessor, AIPMM Certified Innovation Leader and ABPMP Certified Business Process Associate, delivered in person in Dubai, Riyadh, London and Amsterdam, and live online.
Do I need to register separately for each webinar and eBook?
expand_moreYes, each resource has its own short registration form, which confirms your place for a live session or releases the download for an eBook. The form takes under two minutes and you can register for as many resources as you like.