Serendipity is a wonderful thing.
Through a little good fortune and some vigorous email back and forth, I have been confirmed as a speaker for the Office 2.0 Conference in San Francisco from September 5-7 2007.
This will be my first trip to the USA (although I’m back less than a month later for a holiday with my wife and daughter), so I’m really looking forward to it.
Here’s my abstract:
I Am Knowledge Worker 2.0, Hear Me Roar
Business in the early 21st Century has changed. Along with it, workers have changed. No longer tied up in process, modern knowledge workers need to be synthesizers or T-shaped or fuzzy or bursty. Or all of these things. They want tools that the IT department hasn’t approved - and isn’t going to any time soon. They are as demanding and insistent as those Gen-Y kids, yet they aren’t the right age. They want to “connect” and “have a conversation”. They talk about “engagement in a community” and want to open the wall to your clients and customers. Worse yet, they want to be the ones talking to clients and customers! They refuse to answer email as it arrives. They’re never at their desk. Yet they always get things done and more often than not, they over-deliver on their commitments.
They are Knowledge Worker 2.0.
How do you deal with these people? How do you get their managers and peers to understand they’re not slacking off? How do you get them and their thoughts in a place where they can play nice with their more traditional co-workers?
Stephen Collins introduces the Knowledge Worker 2.0 and offers up some strategies and tactics for them to deal with their “frustrating” co-workers and for their managers and peers to cope with, understand and learn from them.
We’re talking about Charlie here.
So, if you’re coming to Office 2.0, or are one of the people I only know as an avatar that lives in San Francisco, comment here or drop me an email and we’ll try to meet up while I’m there.
Result! Scott and I are going to be there too and speaking. We should meet up when we’re out there.
Simon, I don’t think there’s any doubt - the Brits and Aussies will need to stick together. If only to find acceptable beer.
Great news - look forward to seeing you there!
Congrats! I’m glad the trip worked out.
Go Steve!
Well done, buddy, enjoy it
Good to see someone pushing the Knowledge Worker 2.0 barrow 
Cheers, Andrew
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Stephen I’ll be traveling out with Scott & Simon. Been a fan of your Slideshare postings so I’ll be looking forward to meeting up with you while w out there.
Ben, definitely want to put as many flesh and blood faces to the names and avatars as I can. Looking forward to it.
wish I could be there. Sounds like a great talk!