We all know that if we want to move on, progress, dare I say it, innovate! We need to take leaps of faith, educated guesses or sometimes just do the entrepreneurial gut feeling thing. As long as you’re not cavalier about risk it keeps you fresh, on your toes and moving forward. Risk is progressive!
This year the CIPD has in my humble opinion embraced a little risk. They have taken the raw idea of two of last year’s speakers, Perry Timms, Head of Talent & OD at Big HR and myself and turned it into a living, breathing entity.
They have pushed themselves away from their well-trodden path and given this years conference delegates the chance to engage with real experts with real opinions on real subjects. What I’m talking about is VBI (Velour Based Innovation) and it’ssomething that appeared out of the ether, albeit on one slightly vodka fuelled evening! Even I don’t know why the idea of sitting on a purple velour sofa and having conversations about how to build amazing organisations popped into my head.
However, what I do know is this; both Perry and I are advocates of thinking differently, trying new things, taking leaps of faith and inspiring others to do so in an attempt to change the organisations we work with into world class communities of exceptional people.
If you want to show the CIPD that you as their community are up for that then join us for an hour each day and participate in our keynote conversations. We’ll kick off the direction of each session but what happens after that is up to you and where the conversation goes. Help Perry and I avoid a Juvendiceed and launch a format that deserves its place on every conference agenda.
Oh, and if you haven’t got a clue what a ‘Juvendiceed’ is then you’ll just have to buy my book or if you’re one of the lucky ones I might give some away in our sessions!
So, come and take up the challenge or help your fellow peers learn from some of the amazing stuff you’ve done by joining Perry and I in one of our VBI discussions, I dare you!
You can join us for our VBI sessions on the following days and times:
Day 1, Tuesday 9th- 13.00-14.00
Day 2, Wednesday 10th- 13.00-14.00
Day 3, Thursday 11th- 12.15-13.15
See you there…
Cris
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