	{"id":21165,"date":"2019-05-08T12:01:41","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T02:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=21165"},"modified":"2019-05-09T07:18:29","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T21:18:29","slug":"dealing-with-digital-disruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/dealing-with-digital-disruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Dealing with digital disruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JAMES Stewart, Managing Partner of Ferrier Hodgson, is speaking at Commerce Ballarat\u2019s Business Day Out on Wednesday, May 29.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Stewart\u2019s presentation will illustrate how consumers and their behaviour are changing in a digital disruption environment.<\/p>\n<p>Digital disruption is the change that occurs when new digital technologies and business models affect the value proposition of existing goods and services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe take away is for businesses not to lose relevance in the market place because of their product or their service delivery model,\u201d Mr Stewart said.<\/p>\n<p>Ferrie Hodgson specialises in corporate recovery, corporate advisory, forensic accounting and forensic IT.<\/p>\n<p>As an expert in global and local consumer trends Mr Stewart has seen what goes wrong and what goes right with businesses.<\/p>\n<p>His aim is to contextualise the change in technology in the last ten years and explain what this means for the Business Day Out delegate\u2019s business and their strategies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy address is designed to get people reflecting on their businesses and how they can adapt for digital disruption in the next five years,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is about change management and positioning for relevance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Known as one of Australia\u2019s leading corporate doctors he will ask the delegates to consider if their business is relevant and likely to stay relevant in a digital future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI intend to show them how they should be adapting their business models over time to adjust to a different business environment,\u201d Mr James said.<\/p>\n<p>The session won\u2019t be all talk and no action. 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