How can we make sure that the invaluable experience and know-how we share at international conferences like these gets turned into concrete business advantage? More specifically, how do you translate the intangible wealth of experience inside and outside your organization into big-time benefits to balance sheets? In this keynote given at J. Boye Philadelphia 13 and updated for J. Boye Aarhus 13, I tried to explain not only how to avoid pitfalls that other people have already encountered – and tackled successfully, but also on the broader perspective of supporting and encouraging these knowledge-sharing processes, and how to maximize the benefits. The talk is the first public presentation based on my upcoming book on this unexplored dimension of experience-swapping and knowledge-sharing, and I shared how I am developing and expanding this little-explored area of management, innovation, and organizational development.

1. Turning Experience
Into Advantage
J. Boye Aarhus 13
November 5
jb@jboye.com
#jboye13
Janus Boye
@janusboye

4. The New World’s wheel

5. Vikings had their
advantage

6. Welcome to
J. Boye Aarhus 13

8. A wilder ride than originally anticipated

9. ”Human intelligence is
richer and more
dynamic than we have
been led to believe by
formal academic
education”
-
Sir Ken Robinson

10. My hunger for learning

11. Rewind 15 years

12. Back in the 90s

13. Working in Munich

14. WWW7 in Brisbane

15. WWW8 in Toronto

16. Hypertext 99 in Darmstadt

17. Information becomes
knowledge

18. Knowledge becomes
experience
and experience
wins

20. We’ve come a long way since 2005

21. It has taken me 10 years

22. ”People don’t want a drill machine,
they want a hole in the wall”
- Philip Kotler

23. Let me ask you a question

24. Question:
What are the world’s 10 largest
cities?

25. Question:
What are the world’s 10 largest
cities
with a female mayor?

26. Question:
What are the world’s 10 largest
cities
with a female mayor?
Which of those mayors is best at
getting the job done?

27. A different perspective

31. ”I’m really sorry, but I
don’t see the point of
spending time or
money on something
with no real tangible
benefit to me or the
business”
-
A UK manager in
late 2012

32. Taking experiment
out of change

33. Vast untapped reserves

34. Blood donation – visiting Stockholm

35. …and bringing home new insights

36. Working together

37. Sharing is caring

38. Turn up sharing

39. Enter:
Experiology

41. Turn up business advantage

43. Turning Experience
Into Advantage
J. Boye Aarhus 13
November 5
jb@jboye.com
#jboye13
Janus Boye
@janusboye