Event Details
The Collaborator's Paradox
3:30 PM, Meeting Room 12B, 4th Floor
Tracks: CIO Summit, Open to All Registrants
- Fireside Chat with William Hurley (aka Whurley), Chief Architect of Open Source Strategy, BMC Software, Inc.
Hosted by Gary Beach, Publisher Emeritus, CIO Magazine
Join this discussion (open to ALL InnoTech registrants)
Wikinomics. Crowdsourcing. Groundswells, Innovation Networks. Around the world more and more visionary leaders are bestowing the benefits of working hand in hand with customers, partners, and even competitors. You can't start a conversation about technology without 'open source', 'community', or 'user driven innovation' quickly becoming the focal point. Customers are back and in unprecedented numbers, they are using previously unavailable technology to dramatically change the technology landscape. Many are taking a 'just open it and they will come' approach to what is arguably the greatest shift in business since the dawn of the industrial age. However, the truth is that collaboration is hard. In this session, we will explore the challenges of opening your business to collaborate with the world. We will explore the realities of collaboration, the metrics with which to measure success, and the factors that inevitably doom almost every collaborative project. Through this exploration we will help you develop the skills necessary to drive your organization to new levels of success.
