David Williams opened the conference by acknowledging the traditional owners and thanking everyone—the RMIT school of business and Arthur Shelley who arranged the facility, sponsors Charles Sturt University and Konica Minolta, and NSW KM which has sponsored a masters student to come to Melbourne and present to the group.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen people so enthusiastic about being in a conference room at EIGHT-THIRTY IN THE FREAKING MORNING on a Monday morning. Honestly. Almost without exception, the knowledge management professionals I’ve met are ridiculously curious about everything, enthusiastic about new developments in their business, and also key drivers for change in their business. It’s really weird seeing people who are so very happy about change, but it’s also the main reason I keep going to their events.
This morning’s program is a keynote speech what keeps ceos awake at night? by Phil Ruthven of IBISWorld about nowish followed by The Art of Conversation by Keith De La Rue.
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Luke Grange
10 October 2011
Really interesting presentation but one point I find really interesting is about Organisational Culture. “it’s the only thing a company own in relation to it’s employees. They go home every night buy what makes them come back the next day and tell their friends to come and join them is the Organisational culture.”
sarahj
10 October 2011
You mean how he said companies don’t own their employees? Yeah, that was a good point for CEOs, and, well, all managers really, to remember. I liked what he said about the info generation being one of the main things CEOs need to think about too.