Our Team Goals for Practical Knowledge and New Thought

It’s coming to that time of the year when most of us plan to do some reflecting and thinking. It’s far from an easy thing to do with new virus threats, economical and social conundrums and the holidays' logistics upon us but I’m willing to bet everyone has at least the intention to be introspective and thoughtful if not even create those polarising new year’s eve resolutions.

Anyone reading this newsletter knows PeopleNotTech do nothing if not bang on and on about the importance of the practical, intentional and habitual human work and work tirelessly to eliminate its biggest enemy: empty rhetorics. We’re all about knowledge and learning if it then rapidly translates into data and action and doesn’t remain sterile or exclusively academic. That said, this is a time for thought and theory.

We’re all about talking if it’s to co-create and build not to hear the sound of our own voices. We’re all about musing if it is real, valuable, new insight-creating thought and not unexamined platitudes. And we are not shying away from repeating these things ad nausea and keeping it all uncomfortably real despite how we know they don’t endear us to some. As part of that, we keep a keen eye on how the communities we’re part of exchanges ideas.

Obviously, a big part of it is the conversation here on LinkedIn and then on Twitter. As opposed to yesteryear when professional forums existed everywhere, these days, these are the only two avenues remaining for interactive communication alongside professional events. This brings me to my point - conferences.

Over the past 20 years of my career, I've been part of hundreds of real-life and virtual gatherings, sometimes in the audience, most times on stage as a panellist or speaker, so I've seen my fair share of these events as I'm sure most of us have. The quality of the content has always fascinated me.