University of Bath's Change Management Forum, organised by the superlative Iain Colville, gave the platform over to Stephen Kelly (@SKellyCEO) last night - currently CEO of Sage, the accounting software company.
It was an honour to meet the man who was UK Government COO. That's a pretty big job. He saved the government nigh-on £1bn (as told to me in conversation) by renegotiating existing service contracts with the likes of Microsoft, Oracle and SAP, according to The Register article from August 2014: "Strategy-flinging No 10 civil servant Stephen Kelly turns Sage CEO"
Kelly obviously has spades of intuition about what is appropriate and possible in any situation, and could clearly propose sound ideas that immediately resonate and make sense. That's quite some skill. Fantastic opportunity to meet the man.
But Colville had more treats in store; introducing me to the work of Wanda Orlikowski.
"Her research examines technologies in the workplace, with a particular focus on the ongoing relations among technologies, organizing structures, cultural norms, control mechanisms, communication, and work practices. She is currently exploring sociomaterial practices in social media."
Definitely interested.
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