Vijay made the obvious sound profound
Monday, September 27th, 2010One of the privileges I enjoy in my role is attending the best business conferences, primarily because I usually takeaway more than I came with. This was certainly true of the recent Narta Seminar in Europe which featured several cutting edge presenters.
Vijay Govindarajan, was one who seemed to managed to motivate as well as educate the delegates with an unusually moderate delivery (if anyone has seen Deepak Chopra present, Govindarajan’s style was similar).
Almost mesmerising at times, Govindarajan made the obvious sound profound: that you can’t succeed in the future if you continue to hold onto your old ideas. With a simple timeline he explained that concepts that were once held in concrete, such as how to highjump, have been constantly innovated over time. But because nothing changes overnight, the Govindarajan said the skill of the champion was to “selectively forget” about the old concept while “managing the present circumstances” and most importantly “creating the future”.
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Meanwhile, I am now up for more learning this week when I attend the annual Forbes Global CEO Conference commencing in Sydney tomorrow. The theme is ‘Full Sail Ahead’ and presenters will address enormous issues including, ‘How should CEOs and entrepreneurs navigate in the face of perils such as weaker consumption, fluctuating costs, stricter bank lending, increased government regulation and global competition?’ Not a subject for the faint-hearted.
