Doing More With Less-Closing the Resource Gap
October 6-8, 2010 | Lubbock, Texas
Keynote Speakers
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Jim Carroll to deliver Opening Keynote Address
Jim Carroll's book, What
I learned from Frogs in Texas, uses an analogy to get his point
across. "If they don't get off that road, there is going to be a big
problem and it's going to be ugly!" With that quirky
observation of a group of frogs in Texas, Jim Carroll captures the essence of
the challenges faced by Higher Education today.
We
live in an era of unprecedented and relentless change. The emergence of China
as a superpower; hyper-innovation and business market turmoil; constant career
change and rapid scientific advances. Competition is changing over-night, and
product life cycles often last for just a few months. Permanence has been torn
asunder. We are in a time that demands a new agility and flexibility: leaders
must have the skill and insight to prepare for a future that is rushing at them
faster than ever before.
Jim Carroll provides concrete guidance on how to turn challenges into
opportunity:
- Anticipate future trends that will impact you
- Move from a culture of indecision to one that is forward thinking and
decisive
- Instill an innovative culture within your organization
- Develop key leadership skills for the future
- View change as an opportunity to pursue not as a threat to be feared
His "Things You Need To Do Right Now:
Aligning the Fast Future to Your Current Strategy" are ready to take home
and put in your plan, which is key to managing "How to Do More with
Less!" in our ever changing world.
Jim's powerful, articulate, thought provoking and energetic presentation style
delivers the importance of staying abreast of rapidly changing trends where we
can learn to adopt to changing the way we do business!"
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Barbara White Bryson - An Insider's Perspective
Luncheon Keynote address
The design and construction
industry is one of the most inefficient on the planet, wasting billions of
dollars a year of public and private owners' money. Architects, engineers,
builders and developers have struggled in this environment for years. Barbara
White Bryson, associate vice president for facilities, engineering and planning
at Rice, explores how owners and clients can drive innovation on their projects
and create profound change in the building industry.
Her new book, written with Canan Yetmen, "The Owner's Dilemma: Driving
Success and Innovation in the Design and Construction Industry" (Ostberg
Library of Design Management, 2010) seeks to "identify tools that have
been very successful in helping owners achieve greater value and examine why
those tools, when used improperly, can contribute to failure."
She is an insider...knows
us, knows our industry, speaks our language! Bryson wants to facilitate a
change in intellectual approach to designing and delivering projects and
prepare more professionals to participate in projects in a collaborative and
innovative manner.
Owners are "uniquely positioned to innovate." By planning the design
and delivery process, becoming team leaders, collaborating deeply throughout
the industry and applying key elements documented in "The Owner's
Dilemma," owners can summon meaningful and lasting change.
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