Guest Speaker: Prof. Eddie Obeng

“We spend our time reacting rationally to a world we recognise and understand but no longer exists.

About the Workshop

Have you noticed the bewildering pace of change? What about contemporary trends like hybrid working?

Did they take you by surprise? Have you unnoticed technology is changing faster than you can work out the implications.  Do you find your interactions with other people more complex and perhaps less satisfying than you were used to? Have you noticed the forecasters can’t forecast properly anymore?  Have your costs risen inexplicably and unexpectedly? Have you noticed that much of what you read and hear in the media doesn’t stitch together? Do your projects seem to unravel surprisingly?

Could you, like millions of other people, be using deep knowledge and capability that is now obsolete?

Eddie thinks so. In his popular TED Talk he explains in 12 minutes what is happening. He explains that the world ‘flipped at midnight and altered all the rules assumptions and heuristics but we all slept through it and carried on regardless.  Watch the talk in advance  https://EddieObeng.com/TED

Workshop Content Outline

Eddie will expand and explain the implications of not responding to these new ‘…Beyond midnight’ challenges and some of the behaviours emotions, actions and thoughts that we will need to adopt to survive and thrive in the current world. This interactive, dynamic thought-provoking session will cover:

• Why change?
• What to change to that seems to work?
• What to do to shift where we are stuck?
• How to make the transition?
• How to sustain the transition and engage colleagues and others for success

Eddie will use pragmatic examples and illustrations. He will share some of his 12-minute People Engagement and Possibility Exploration Tools (PETs). You will have fun learning, discussing, and applying.

Now you’ve read the outline if you have specific topics or questions, you wish Eddie to cover post them to  https://qube.cc/TellProfObeng-HopesAndFears/ 24 hours before our talk

Workshop Outputs in a nutshell

You will leave with plenty of questions, some immediate concrete actions, and a resolve to go further.

There will be more to apply with your colleagues  by taking advantage of the opportunity to sign up for Dojo-On-QUBE an 8 session Learn and Do programme structured in the traditional Japanese style delivered in a digital super reality campus.   https://QUBE.cc/Dojo-on-QUBE

About Eddie Obeng

PROVOKING | INSPIRING | EDUCATING | FACILITATING | ENABLING.

 Eddie was educated at Cranleigh School, at University College London, where he earned a double first in chemical and biochemical engineering, and Cass Business School. He was granted 2 patents during his engineering career at Shell International and achieved a European award for energy efficient design at Unilever before moving to Ashridge in 1987 where he became the youngest Executive Director of a European Business School.  In 2011 Eddie won the Sir Monty Finniston Award for lifetime achievement by The Association for Project Management for his contributions to the study and practice of Project Management. He is also a helicopter pilot – which greatly assists in his taking “the helicopter view” as applied to the world of business.

Described by the Financial Times as a ‘leading revolutionary’ and ‘agent provocateur’, Eddie is a professor at the School of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Henley Business School and Learning Director at Pentacle The Virtual Business School. “The Rock Star of Business Education” Duke Corporate Education

Eddie is a pioneer in digital transformation, design thinking, he created QUBE. QUBE is a complete set of answers to the questions senior business leaders ask when facing complex challenges with distributed teams. With QUBE, you get access to tools and methods in the supportive culture you need to solve problems, expert tutors who facilitate collaboration and learning, and a 3D online campus where you can meet and work with others. Whether you’re tackling a tough project or just need help navigating a difficult issue, QUBE has all you need to succeed.

“QUBE, an innovative virtual world from Pentacle The Virtual Business School” Financial Times

Eddie is a regular speaker at TED, Thinking Digital, Poptech, Google Zeitgeist, USI, Communitech and Gartner Conferences.   “The remarkable Eddie Obeng” Chris Anderson TED

Two of his ten books have been Financial Times bestsellers.  “His books are an antidote to the dryness of much managerial theorising. Old World they are not!”  Financial Times.