“Being adaptable, knowing how to ‘learn how to learn,’ will become one of the most important assets any worker can have, because job churn will become faster, because innovation will happen faster.”

Thomas Friedman
The World Is Flat, 2005

Meeting Announcement

October18, 2006: Meeting Extended Enterprise Learning Complexity

 
Value networks are emerging as the key frame through which to understand and manage organizations effectively. Advocates of this perspective recognize that a successful organization creates value by exchanging far more than just goods and money with partners and stakeholders. Indeed, frequently overlooked intangible exchanges (e.g., knowledge, information, data, learning, innovation, and business opportunities) contribute significant value and benefit to the future of the company.
This explosion of interest in network analysis signals that we are at long last ready to move beyond mechanistic hierarchies and linear process tools to embrace dynamic, whole-system approaches. But how do we make this new perspective more accessible to everyday managers and work groups? Simply adopting the language of networks and collaboration is not enough. Questions to be explored:
  1.  What are value networks, how can they be used in a diverse set of organizations
  2. What do they mean for organizational learning, innovation, and value creation beyond the boundaries of the enterprise.
  3. How can a “global network movement” continuously create and improve IP around the concepts and application of value networks
  4. How can illustrative examples of these organic, new ways of sharing and advancing knowledge and insight transcend our current understanding of how we learn and collaborate across entities.
 Verna Allee, M.A. (http://www.vernaallee.com) is recognized worldwide as a pioneer and thought leader in value networks, knowledge management, intangibles, and new business models. She consults with organizations around the world, and is a fellow of the World Business Academy and advisor to the European Commission. In 2001 and 2003, she was featured in cover articles for knowledge management journals as a pioneer in that field. Verna is co-developer of The ValueNet Works Fieldbook™ (www.alleevaluenetworks.com) and the GenIsis™ application. Her Europe-based colleague Oliver-Schwabe leads certification in her methods. She hosts an open resource website for the growing community of VNA practitioners (www.value-networks.com) and is a sponsor of the Value Networks Clusters (www.vnclusters.com).  Her books include The Future of Knowledge: Increasing Prosperity through Value Networks (2003) and The Knowledge Evolution (1997), bestsellers in the knowledge management field. She is co-editor with Dinesh Chandra of What is True Wealth and How Do We Create It? (2003) and an editorial board member of Inside Knowledge magazine. 
 
Agenda:  Wednesday, October 18, 2006
  • 8:30 am--Registration, Coffee, and Seating (First 15 registrants will receive an autographed copy of Verna Allee’s most recent book: The Future of Knowledge: Increasing Prosperity through Value Networks (2003)
  • 9:00 am--Introductions, Forum News, and Direction Update
  • 9:30 am--Verna Allee Program
  • 11:00 am--Moderated Roundtable Discussion
  • Noon – 1 pm--Box Lunch and Networking
Speakers
  • Verna Allee:  Consultant and Author
  • Eilif Trondsen:  Founder and Chairman, eLearning Forum, Director, SRIC-BI Learning on Demand Program
  • Del Langdon: CEO eLearning Forum, Moderator
  • John Maloney: CEO Colabria, Roundtable Commentator  http://www.vncluster.com/VNVAC.htm
Location

SRI International 333 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park, CA. , International Building, Umura Conference Room.  (SRI is on Ravenswood Drive between Middlefield and El Camino Real.)  Please use the parking lot at the corner of Ravenswood and Middlefield (next to the church) and walk the half block to the meeting. SRI has very limited parking in front of Building A and those spaces are reserved for SRI's use.
 
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  • The fee for in-person attendance, including morning refreshments and lunch, is $35. 
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Further Information
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Eilif Trondsen, Founder and Chairman, eLearning Forum
etrondsen@sric-bi.com. 650-859-2665



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