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The Synergy48 Group Knowledge Sharing Dinner Series
The Background and Inspiration Behind the Knowledge Sharing Dinner Series
Information is Noise – Knowledge is Power
A 2016 survey of 300 business leaders from 16 countries conducted by CIMA and AICPA found that senior leaders are struggling to make the right decisions, with 72% of organizations admitting to at least one strategic initiative failing in the last three years as a result of flaws in their decision making processes.
A top cause of poor decision making identified in the study is information overload, with 36% saying their organization is not coping with information overload, and that it is making life harder for those charged with decision making because they are unable to extract relevant information and turn it into insight.
The dilemma is clear: on the one hand, business leaders receive too much information, while on the other hand, they don’t get enough knowledge and insights to make sound decisions and develop new capacities for action.
Peter Senge, author of The Fifth Discipline distinguishes information sharing (giving and receiving data, facts and opinions) from knowledge sharing, with knowledge sharing occurring when people are genuinely interested in helping one another improve decision making and develop new capacities for action.
This idea of “Knowledge Sharing” working collectively to help our clients improve decision making and take action to develop stronger business practices across all areas of their business inspired the creation of the Synergy48 Knowledge Sharing Dinner Series.
How the Knowledge Sharing Dinner Series works…
1. Four Guiding Principles
Every dinner in the series is based around Four Guiding Principles:
- Singular Focus: Every dinner focuses on exploring a specific business issue which SMEs have consistently identified as a significant concern.
- Multiple perspectives: Each dinner panel is made up of four specialists from four different industries/professions to provide multiple perspectives on the issue.
- Relevance and Significance: Your guests have the opportunity to explore the issue in depth with each of the experts to determine how it applies to their business.
- Capacity for Action: Your guests leave with a clear and prioritised action plan developed for THEIR business – NOT a generic “To Do” list.
2. A Proven Formula
In addition to our four guiding principles every dinner is based around our proven formula so you can have complete confidence in inviting your clients to attend as guests.
- Attendance is by invitation only and is only open to Synergy48 Group members and their clients.
- The full dinner series for each year is planned at a meeting of all advisors in the region each December based on the identified needs and interests of their clients.
- Each dinner is allocated to a panel made up of four specialist advisors from different industries/professions who bring differing perspectives to the topic for the evening.
- Typically panelists are selected from the advisors in the region, although where appropriate a guest panelist may be included.
- Every dinner program consists of two elements: a facilitated panel Q & A and a series of small group discussions with individual panelists.
- The panel Q&A is hosted by the facilitator for the region to ensure an optimum experience for all guests.
- All dinners are held at quality venues and include a two course meal.
- To ensure an optimal experience each dinner is capped at 32 attendees.
- All guests are provided with a workbook for the evening including a customisable action checklist.
- A carefully planned follow up process ensures that your guests are only contacted after the dinner when they have expressly requested it and you are closely involved in the follow up process to ensure outstanding value for your clients.
What S48 members and their clients say about the Knowledge Sharing Dinner Series
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