I'm heading to Vegas next week for The Premier Business Leadership Series, where I'll be covering keynote and customer presentations on this blog and over on The Knowledge Exchange site.
Before I pack my bags, I have one final pre-conference blog post for you. We asked the conference speakers for their advice on getting the most out of business leadership conferences, and their answers ranged from strategic to tactical. I've pared them down to five quick tips for you:
- The best ideas are stolen from elsewhere. Learn from others and apply those lessons to your own business. – Jacob Kuijpers, Senior Manager, Information Management and Analytics Technologies, Deloitte
- Network. Don’t hang around with the people you are with at the office the other 361 days of the year. – Arthur Sweetser, CMO, 89 degrees
- Identify people whose experience/opinions are the most relevant for you and talk face-to-face, whenever possible. It is such a great opportunity for learning! – Tamara Gruzbarg, Sr. Director of Analytics and Research, Gilt Groupe
- Find an outlet for your computer so you can take notes about what you learn! – Tom Davenport, author, Judgement Calls, Analytics at Work and Competing on Analytics
- Learn how successful companies have organized themselves around a particular discipline such as analytics. – Jeremy TerBush, VP of Global Analytics, Wyndham Exchange and Rentals
To summarize: steal, network, identify, find and learn! Got it? If you're going to the conference, stop by and say hi. I'll be in the back of the room at the blogger table.
