After a quick coffee, we spoke around the table about the things that struck a chord with us.

Our table flagged Simplicity, Sharing of IP (no value in owning content unless information is commercial in confidence, you can find duplicates of most information easily, no ‘handout’ is irreplacable), and Horizontal facilitation which is learners learning from each other, and also drawing on them as experts.

Innovation and creativity need to be supported through a program of sorts where people can present ideas and get support for ideas. If you make it too difficult to garner support for ideas, then people won’t bother. Also the process needs to b egalitarian - no favourites or hidden schemes.

‘The challenge we all face is to create an environment where people can reach their dreams’ Jack Welch Former CEO GE

There is fabulous power in taking on something that you are truly scared of.
An aside - again I am interested to note the small proportion of people in the seminar who are taking notes. How much of today will be shared with others back at work? In the previous section of sharing, some people talked about the lack of follow-through from training to the workplace. What strategies have the individuals here got up their sleeves for building today’s learning into their work next week or next year?

Flowing from a conversation about people networking and how the organisation gives permission to network both internally and externally. There are 3 kinds of people that are vital:
- Hubs - the people who can answer the questions focussed internally
- Linkers - who can refer you to a hub
- Bridgers - who network externally to the organisation and bring info in and feed info out.