Steps To Minimize And Prevent Your Conference Organizational Debt July 6, 2018 by Jeff Hurt To be successful in the 21st Century, we have to become comfortable with ambiguity and contradiction. We must learn to reframe our questions and rise above conventional mental models. We have to embrace experimentation and try new things. We have to adopt strategies that encourage us to abandon ingrained, comfortable ideas and employ new ones … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , Bounty Program, conference experimentation, conference improvement, conference organizational debt, culture of experimentation, growth policy, interest, organizational debt, purposeful abandonment, refactor, refactoring conference organizational debt
You’re Paying Too Much Interest On Your Conference Organizational Debt July 5, 2018 by Jeff Hurt Most organizations pay for it without knowing it. What is it? Conference organizational debt. Your conference organizational debt includes the static roles, traditional structures, outdated models, long-established practices, antiquated procedures and legacy policies that prevent your organization from adapting to evolving markets, technology and society. Your conference pays the interest on this debt in the … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , accumulated organizational debt, conference improvement, conference organizational debt, interest, obsolete organizational debt, organizational debt, refactor
Refactor Your Conference Archaic Planning Routines June 29, 2018 by Jeff Hurt Conference organizers and their planning teams should understand, identify and quash organizational debt. Once they pinpoint and distinguish it, they need to refactor it. “Refactor it?” you say. “What does refactor mean?” Refactor is a technology concept that meeting professionals can use as a metaphor. Software programmers refactor their code once they develop a better … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , conference legacy code, conference organizational debt, hackitecture, organizational debt, petrifed hackitecture, petrified design, Refactor refactor your conference, refactoring
The Conference Debt You Cannot Afford June 28, 2018 by Jeff Hurt There is one debt every conference organizer must face and vanquish. It can cripple a conference. It doesn’t show up on your profit and loss statement. What is this debt? Organizational debt—the interest your conference pays when its structures, policies, procedures, practices, committees and leadership roles stay fixed and accumulate even as the world around … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , conference organizational debt, hackitecture, organizational debt, petrifed hackitecture, petrified design
