sunnuntai 15. marraskuuta 2015

Nexterday and Slush

I visited two consecutive events at Helsinki i.e. Nexterday north and Slush. Some random thoughts:
  • Patric Dixon has published a book called the Future of almost Everything. Patric focused on the small data and customer angle: how business faces the customer and what kind of emotions are raised are the most important parts. Customers are getting impatient and only willing to wait for less than five seconds for web pages to load. This impatience is transferred to other business segments. You should be aware of the institutional blindness and from time to time act as a customer trying to purchase your own companies products.
  • Risto Siilasmaa discussed open information sharing and how discussion builds trust. Risto said they did not have to vote for any decisions. I think what Risto is referring to is great minds think alike: when you get enough information you will probably end up into the same conclusion.
  • Kjell Nordström is the author of Funky Business. He discussed how knowledge is opening up and what that does to institutions and individuals. Kjell discussed temporary monopolies that pop up and are destroyed after they become a necessity to do business. Kjell also outlined the karaoke nature of business and literature: most of the true inventions have already been said.
  • Mårten Mickos dicussed leadership and has a blog called the School of Herring. One of the points touched me was that you should think about on what grounds you build your organization: attitude can be more important than the skills. Information is openly out there and you can learn, but it is harder to fix the attitudes.
It is very important how you approach and interact with the audience. It is nice to listen when a person puts his or her character on the line. I guess most of the things have already been said by great thinkers. Today it is more about interaction and communication.

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