RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif.The subject of business change and risk will be hotly debated by industry leaders at CO-OP Financial Services THINK 13 Conference.
CO-OP has added a session“The Disruption Challenge”to its conference lineup in which two debating teams will be pitted against each other to argue competing approaches to business change and risk.
One teamPatrick Basler, president, First Financial Credit Union; Michael Bell, attorney and counselor at Howard & Howard; and Sarah Snell Cooke, publisher/editor-in-Chief at Credit Union Timeswill make the case for swift, dramatic and significant change to credit unions. The opposing teamFrank Diekmann, publisher at Credit Union Journal; Jill Nowacki, VP of Development at MAPS CU; and Sandra Scott, VP of card services and product management at Patelco CUwill argue that credit unions will succeed and ultimately thrive if change is implemented incrementally.
The debate will feature a panel of experts that the two teams will ask questions of to help support their arguments. To date, participating panelists include:
* Mollie Bell, chief engagement officer, Filene Research Institute
* Chip Filson, chairman, Callahan & Associates
* Susan Mitchell, CEO, Mitchell, Stankovic & Associates
* Dr. Brandi Stankovic, partner, Mitchell, Stankovic & Associates
“THINK 13 is focusing on change management in a business environment characterized by disruptive forces,” said Stan Hollen, president/CEO of CO-OP. “We have assembled two highly qualified teams of presenters, and a panel of experts, on massive and measured change. Both approaches are options credit unions should consider, and our design with this unique debate is to help credit unions determine the best way to navigate these disruptive times.”
The debate will be held at the start of the Thursday, May 2, general session at the Swissotel in Chicago.
