LEAP Connected Ambition Highlights
Fri 17 September 2010
, Alberta Opoku, LEAP!
The pictures said it all: the LEAP Connected Ambition Event –powered by IBM, was a dazzling success. Here are some of the highlights from the day’s presentations.
Harry van Dorenmalen: ‘Let go, or get involved’
In his welcoming speech IBM Benelux’ General Manager Harry van Dorenmalen underscored that the time to act is NOW! “In The Netherlands diversity in general is shockingly stagnant. Are you technologically and organisationally positioned enough to work in an era of social media? Getting connected on LinkedIn, Lotus and what have you is just the beginning, doing something with those connections will tell you whether or not you can remain a winner in the social media epoch. I challenge you to let go, or seriously get involved.”
Erica van Ooyen: ‘Women know and understand social media’
LEAP founder and director Erica van Ooyen, referring to a Volkskrant article on the stagnant number of women in top positions, asked ‘what is it going to take to change the game for future generations?’ The answer: women and social media. “Women are the change agents in the transformation to new leadership. Not only is change easier for women because they didn’t make the rules of the old game, but more so because women know and understand the importance of social media. Don’t take my word for it, glance through the results of the Social Media Profiler.”
Peter Korsten: ‘be passionate about creative leadership’
He couldn’t be there in person as scheduled, but Peter Korsten, VP Global Leader and Partner Strategy & Change with IBM’s Institute for Business Value, joined in through a live connection from Cambridge, Massachusetts. His presentation on standout companies and creative leadership left us with two profound questions:
- In what ways can you explore, reward and integrate diverse and unconventional points of view?
- How will you leverage those new communication styles, technologies and tools both to lead a new generation of talent and to encourage breakthrough?
We will post Peter Korsten’s presentation soon on www.leapwomen.com, but for those of you who can’t wait, here’s a hint: creative leadership.
Executive Learning Partnership: ‘How 2.0 R U?’
The Executive Learning Partnership (ELP) team - Ann De Jaeger, Berend Jan Hilberts and Araz Najarian - demonstrated they are true masters of the art of presenting. And IBM’s Liselore Ammerlaan-van Rijn showed she isn’t called the embodiment of web 2.0 in her organisation for nothing. The ELP-speakers, illustrated with Liselore’s anecdotes and real life examples of smart work, gave a sizzling hot presentation on how consumers and organisations can use social media in a smart (and not so smart) way. The keywords are ‘transparent process,’ Ann emphasised. “Diagnose the gap, start the discussion, design the journey and start a movement,” ELP concluded.
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