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Free Strategy & Innovation Webinars for Business Leaders
Informa Connect Academy's strategy and innovation webinars are free, expert-led sessions covering strategy execution, innovation management, business process improvement, performance measurement and the impact of AI on how organisations plan and compete.
Join live for interactive Q&A with our course directors, or watch on demand at a time that suits you. Sessions are delivered in English and 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.
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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.
FAQs
Are Informa Connect Academy webinars free?
expand_moreYes. Every strategy and innovation webinar is free to attend live and free to watch on demand. Registration simply gives you your joining link and access to the recording.
How long is each webinar?
expand_moreSessions run for one hour: typically 45 minutes of expert-led content followed by 15 minutes of live Q&A.
What time do webinars run?
expand_moreMost sessions are scheduled for mid-afternoon Gulf Standard Time (UAE), with the GMT equivalent published on each registration page, making them accessible for attendees across the Middle East, Europe and Africa.
Can I watch a webinar I missed?
expand_moreYes. Registered sessions are made available on demand after the live broadcast. Register even if you cannot attend live and the recording will be accessible through the same link.
Are webinars available in Arabic?
expand_moreYes. A growing number of sessions are delivered fully in Arabic by native Arabic-speaking course directors, alongside the English-language programme.
Who delivers the webinars?
expand_moreSessions are led by Informa Connect Academy course directors and faculty - practising consultants, trainers and facilitators who deliver our certified strategy, innovation and process management courses worldwide.