Recently I was invited to attend the DMGT Chairman’s conference in India. We visited companies and NGOs (you can read about this experience in the post “Insights into India: a glimpse into the future?) and had two days of internal sessions on innovation, globalisation and leadership. It was good, really good.
Keith Potts has already written an exciting post inspired by our experiences and his vision for Evenbase going forward. This post is based on the second part of the conference, the internal sessions. To give you a taste of the inspiration, insight and energy on display, I decided not to write a post, but just let the quotes speak for themselves.
Subi Rangan – Professor Insead and facilitator
“Leadership is about doing the right thing, management is doing things right”
“Money is the currency of the economy; time is the currency of life”
“Things will become worse before they become better: as we will lose customers, groups of employees and need to get rid of companies that we love.”
“Display courage not only for risk but also courage for significant loss. Risk is just an index between upward and downward. You are not risk averse but loss averse. Risk is therefore a euphemism.”
“Sophistication requires the ability to deal with ambiguity.”
Peter Duffy, HRD, dmgt
“Culture is defined by the conversations we are having and the stories we are telling.”
Kevin Beatty, CEO A&N Media
“Great things come out of chaos.”
Suresh Kavan, CEO dmgi
“Thinking bigger and bolder means changing the operational mechanisms and the culture of a company.”
“Passion without talent and people without empowerment is meaningless.”
“We are too accepting of mediocrity.”
“The urgent gets into the way of the important.”
Bill Raduchel (Technology advisor for dmgt)
“Technology isn’t important but how it affects human behaviour is.”
“The Internet is a destination for relationships and engagement – not display.”
“Content is king, unique content will distinguish everybody. Habit (commitment) is important.”
“Continuous innovation is required. We need to be changing; not once, not twice, but all the time.”
“Ready, aim, fire, is now ready, fire, aim. You most likely will always be wrong, but you’ll get better.”
Lord Rothermere, Chairman DMGT:
“The capital is in the people and not in the enterprise.”
“We are in the cusp of an information revolution. History is like lava, it is fluid and then it cracks. The ramifications will be as significant as the invention of the printing press. It has caused a shift of power from businesses and nation states to customers and citizens.”
“Principles for success: pride in our products, belief in our people and courage to challenge yourself to innovate and change.”
“We are not bound by values or traditions but we respect them if they help us act with authenticity.”
“We want you to think like owners not managers.”
Galen Poss, COO, DMGT Events
“Leaders need to become learners.”
Hemant Shah, CEO & President, RMS
“Culture starts with a mindset. It starts with looking into the mirror and asking ourselves: do we really believe that we need to change and do so with a sense of urgency?”
“Take individual responsibility as leaders. Take risks to meet different outcomes. Change profoundly.”
“The journey and transformation is very painful. The outcome is uncertain.”
“Cultural change needs oxygen which is autonomy because that gives purpose. Autonomy to make decisions and being prepared to be held accountable. Accountability morphs into control, when it should be empowering.”
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