Success in the marketplace increasingly depends on learning, yet most people don’t know how to learn. Those who assume to be the best at learning are, in fact, not very good at it, especially the well-educated, high-powered, high-commitment professionals who occupy key leadership positions in the modern corporation.
Chris Argyris, James Bryant Conant Professor Emeritus of Education and Organizational Behavior at Harvard University points out that more and more jobs—no matter what the title—are taking on the contours of “knowledge work”. People at all levels of the organization must combine the mastery of some highly specialized technical expertise with the ability to work effectively in teams, form productive relationships with clients and customers, and critically reflect on and then change their own organizational practices. And the nuts and bolts of management—whether of high-powered consultants or service representatives, senior managers or factory technicians—increasingly consists of guiding and integrating the autonomous but interconnected work of highly skilled people.
For more details, please, have a look at the article of Professor Argyris, republished in Harvard Business Review, today:
https://hbr.org/1991/05/teaching-smart-people-how-to-learn/ar/1
Our knowledge management approach offers unique solutions how to reason highly skilled professionals about their learning behavior in new and more effective ways, it breaks down the defenses in knowledge sharing that block learning.
The Danube Region Strategy addresses a wide range of international cooperations from the Black Forest (Germany) to the Black Sea (Romania-Ukraine-Moldova), home of 115 million inhabitants.
Today's Danube Region Strategy conference had a significant focus on international energy priorities.
The Energy Priority Area of the Danube Region Strategy has three major objectives. First, it coordinates regional energy policies in various topics in order to exploit the full potential of an integrated energy market. Second, it is instrumental in the integration of the energy markets of the non-EU countries and supports them in the implementation of the EU energy priorities. Third, it is committed to launch cutting edge technology developments, which will increase the energy efficiency of the region and enhance the use of renewable energy sources.
Horizon 2020, the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme ever with nearly €80 billion of funding available over 7 years (2014-2020) offers a wide range of financing opportunities for innovative knowledge management projects within the energy sectors of the Danube Region.
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We participated at a workshop on Digital Roadmap for Visegrad Cooperation, today. The Digital Agenda is a key priority topic of current Slovak Visegrad Presidency. It also contains policy recommendations for European Union, how to develop its digital single market.
Dr. Zoltan Csedo, Managing Partner of Innotica Group, emphasized the key role of innovative SMEs within the Digital Roadmap. SMEs with proven track record, operating in local ICT industries are most responsive to commercial and technology needs. Governments of Visegrad Cooperation should ensure favourable policy environment for their innovative SME sector, Dr. Csedo said.
Participants discussed key challenges of digital economy as driver of systemic changes, and new source of economic growth in Visegrad countries. The aim of the discussion was to focus on joint concerns, policy ideas and expectations, and turn them into comprehensive policy recommendations for V4 Governments.
The event was organised by Central European Policy Institute (CEPI) and Centre for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Democracy (CEID) in cooperation with Embassy of Slovak Republic in Hungary.
You're kindly invited to join our webinar focusing on Innovation and Competitiveness in the European Digital Single market, on the 17th of March. Dr. Zoltán Csedő, Managing Partner of Innotica Group, will also participate as a speaker, talking about knowledge sharing and knowledge management in the digital market.
The webinar is organized by V4 British alumni community and British Embassies of Budapest, Bratislava, Prague and Warsaw. Industry professionals and policy-makers from Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the UK are going to provide a valuable insight into key drivers of innovation and competitiveness in the European digital single market.
The webinar aims to reach out to a wider business, investor, economic and political audience to raise the level of debate in order to deepen the understanding of what the European digital single market offers to V4 countries economically, how best to exploit the opportunities and how to effectively manage the challenges.
In order to attend the webinar, a registration is required by 16th of March. For more information and registration, please, click on the following link:
http://www.britishalumni.org/blogs/-/blogs/webinar-program-and-call-for-...
The Global Commission on the Economy and Climate was set up to examine whether it is possible to achieve lasting economic growth while also tackling the risks of climate change.
Its recently published report with the title 'Better Growth Better Climate - The New Climate Economy Report' seeks to inform economic decision-makers in both public and private sectors, many of whom recognise the serious risks caused by climate change, but also need to tackle more immediate concerns such as jobs, competitiveness and poverty. The report brings together evidence and analysis, learning from the practical experience of countries, cities and businesses across the world.
The report’s conclusion is that countries at all levels of income now have the opportunity to build lasting economic growth at the same time as reducing the immense risks of climate change. This is made possible by structural and technological changes unfolding in the global economy and opportunities for greater economic efficiency. The capital for the necessary investments is available, and the potential for innovation is vast. What is needed is strong political leadership and credible, consistent policies.
Key findings of the report will be discussed at the New Climate Economy Conference in Budapest, on Wednesday, 25th of Feb 2015. Let's meet us there!
