Dr. Lance Mortlock

Dr. Lance Mortlock is managing partner at Ernst & Young Canada for the energy market segment, visiting professor at the Haskayne School of Business; and author of Disaster Proof: Scenario Planning for a Post-Pandemic Future. Lance leads EY Canada’s oil and gas, power and utilities and mining sectors across Canada. As a strategy practitioner working with the C-suite, Lance has provided consulting services on more than 150 projects to over 60 clients in 11 countries. He brings a broad set of strategic skills and experiences, helping clients solve some of their most complex strategic problems.

Dr. Lance Mortlock serves as an external advisory board member for the CEOWORLD magazine. You can follow him on LinkedIn.

C-Suite Insider

Measurements that matter: Unlocking success through performance management

Dr. Lance MortlockC-Suite Insider

You are what you measure: Why effective metrics are the heart of performance management. In the Forbes article “You Are What You Measure,” Jacob Drucker points out an essential truth: if you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it. This idea isn’t just theoretical; it’s at the heart and soul of effective performance management. Imagine your organization’s performance as a roadmap to success, where strategic goals meet practical execution. Measurement is the...

Global CEO Forum

See earlier, decide faster: integrating Risk Management and Strategic Planning

Dr. Lance MortlockGlobal CEO Forum

Businesses are operating in a tumultuous world full of risk and uncertainty. “The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that is changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” – Mark Zuckerberg The World Economic Forum highlights how today's challenges are fuelled by the frequency and complexity of threats across risk...

Executive Roundtable

Strategy frameworks – The death of creative thinking

Dr. Lance MortlockExecutive Roundtable

What are strategy frameworks, and why are they so useful? “Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.” – John F. Kennedy Strategy has ancient roots, with one of the earliest documented discussions in Sun Tzu's "The Art of War," written around 400 B.C. This seminal work...

Boardroom Advisory

Crafting cohesion: The tapestry of effective merger integration

Dr. Lance MortlockBoardroom Advisory

What is merger integration, and why does it fail so often? Benjamin Franklin once said, "If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail." Having been involved in numerous deals, I've learned firsthand that if you don't plan carefully, you're in for a rough ride once two organizations operate...

Boardroom Advisory

Royal treatment: Elevating performance with a customer-centric approach

Dr. Lance MortlockBoardroom Advisory

The historical context and a sporting example of a customer lead approach. The phrase "the customer is king" was popularized in the early 1900s by retail legends Harry Gordon Selfridge, John Wanamaker, and Marshall Field. While it's true that customer expectations and behaviour can make or break a business, they're...

Executive Opinions

From Chaos to Clarity: The Path to Strategic Execution Success

Dr. Lance MortlockExecutive Opinions

Why strategic execution is the ultimate game-changer. James Clear, renowned thought leader and author of Atomic Habits, once said, “You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.” It’s a powerful reminder that ambition alone isn’t enough. Success depends on the...

CEO Insider

Energy transition: An opportunity and risk for Canada’s metals and minerals dominance

Dr. Lance MortlockCEO Insider

Accelerating demand for metals and minerals driven by the energy transition revolution. The outlook is clear. The demand for critical metals and minerals is advancing dramatically as the energy transition gathers momentum globally. Rare metals and minerals such as lithium, copper, nickel, cobalt, and graphite are some of the essential...

CEO Insider

Racing to stay competitive in 2024: Business Resilience

Dr. Lance MortlockCEO Insider

A world beset with continued challenges. According to the International Monetary Fund, global recovery remains subdued, with growing regional divergences and little room for economic policy mishaps. The baseline forecast expects global growth to slow from 3.5 percent in 2022 to 3.0 percent in 2023 and 2.9 percent in 2024,...

Executive Roundtable

Generative AI: Hype or reality?

Dr. Lance MortlockExecutive Roundtable

Sam Altman (CEO of OpenAI) said, "AI will probably most likely end the world, but in the meantime, there will be great companies." The rapidly changing technology landscape pressures management teams to transform organizations. Generative AI (GenAI), a cutting-edge technology, accelerates this need to change. According to an article in...

Executive Agenda

What is strategy, and why is it so important?

Dr. Lance MortlockExecutive Agenda

"Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat." - Sun Tzu We live in a time of great complexity. Today’s business leaders need to navigate an environment that changes by the hour. The uncertainty faced by businesses today makes development of...

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