G2 Annual Conference News
Hard Truths: Transforming Business by Facing & Embracing Reality
The Highest Paid People’s Opinions (HIPPOs) can stifle and derail critical conversations within your organization. Mike Diaz and Carolyn Galvin rounded out Tuesday’s presentations with a session on “getting people on the same page,” and how to best advocate for...
Hacking the Feedback Loop
Hacking the Feedback Loop “Capture is more of a team sport. No individual will carry the day; collaboration is imperative and information is king.” Richard Caldwell and Richard Wiggins presented an interesting session on Tuesday afternoon concerning how CI...
Why Don’t People Trust Experts?
Chief Economist Steve Rick of CUNA Mutual Group discussed the reasoning behind why people don’t trust experts as the RECONVERGE:G2 symposium continued Tuesday afternoon. He began his presentation with an entertaining competitive intelligence quiz for attendees...
Imagining the Perfect Race: Projects that help us learn faster are the most value projects we can invest in
RECONVERGE:G2 Tuesday morning sessions concluded with a presentation by Doug Barton of Hyper Innovation who spoke about “Imagining the Perfect Race.” Barton discussed the source of supranatural competitive advantage via example of IBM’s sponsoring of bicyclist Dave...
Advancing AI Wisconsin Roundtable: Think Globally, Disrupt Locally
During a working lunch at RECONVERGE:G2, Barton transitioned his talk to a panel of audience participants who provided their own thoughts on thinking globally in periods of disruptive innovation—as influenced by artificial intelligence. Barton asked panelists to share...
2018 Jim Matthews Award Winners Micah Uveges and Holly Schnader honored at RECONVERGE:G2
2018 Jim Matthews Award Winners Micah Uveges and Holly Schnader honored at Reconverge G2 Aurora WDC’s RECONVERGE:G2 gathering continued Tuesday morning with presentation of the 2018 Jim Matthews Award winners by Aurora WDC’s Dr. Craig Fleisher. The prestigious...
Failure: The Best Teacher (Dan Brewer, Brewer Science)
Failure’s Lesson: The CI function is “the brain of the organization” and a pathway to growth. Aurora WDC kicked off the their annual Reconverge G2 symposium on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 with a lesson on failing: “Failure, the Best Teacher” led the stellar three-day...
Empathizing With Digital Disruption – Theme of the Day for RECONVERGE:G2 Thursday, April 26, 2018
Face it: business is unpredictable and unforgiving, but can we really justify being a jerk in order to return results to shareholders?
Awakening Cultures of Humility – Theme of the Day for RECONVERGE:G2 Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Case in point: Most people in the United States do not recognize the name Cher Wang, but if you own a smartphone, you owe a debt to her influence. In fact, she is as responsible for the modern smartphone as Steve Jobs.
Making Business Leaders Teachable – Theme of the Day for RECONVERGE:G2 Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Why is it so hard for business leaders to admit they know less than they thought they did about their circumstances and must instead come to grips with the facts in order to confront reality? Before we can answer that question we must first ask, why is it that we expect CEOs and others in the executive leadership suite to have all the best answers instead of asking all the best questions?