Keeping our bottom-up approach in mind, we wanted to hear from our members what type of sessions and what topics will fit their needs. Over 30 enthousiasts gathered at Afspanning De Jachthoorn to share their vision for the future of ADM.  We can modestly say that the session was a great success. Feel free to have a look at the pictures of the session below and feel their energy. After all the hard work, the participants got an extra treat . as they were invited to try out the new Virtual Reality gear, provided by B·U·T. 

If you'd like to learn more; join us 8 september 2016 and be the first to meet the new ADM!

After this very practical segment Kim cleared the way for our next speaker; Jan Laurijssen (SD Worx). During his presentation on the transformation of work, Jan told us more on how to proceed in a world with robotising jobs, demographic evolutions, individualisation of working relationships and where old business models get challenged by new kids on the block etc.
 

To round up the session, Koen Pellegrims (Flow Pilots) took to the stage to tell the fascinating story of his company. During this very honest and authentic presentation Koen shared the successes ànd the struggles that allowed Flow Pilots to grow from a small organisation consisting of three employees and no office to a strong company with 20 employees and an office space in the heart of Antwerp overlooking the city.

Relive the session

Scroll down below to learn more about this session and relive the night with:

• the presentations by our speakers (Kim Oostvogels, Jan Laurijssen & Koen Pellegrims) which are available for download.
• pictures taken at the event that you can find below.
• the Storify summarizing the event in your own tweets.

Recommended reading by our speakers

• The Future of Professions - How Technology will Change the Work of Human Experts. Richard & Daniel Susskind 
  website for more info
  video
• Reinventing Organizations. Frederic Laloux
  website
• Help, de leuning valt weg. KWIC toolbox. Handvaten voor zelfsturende teams
  download the pdf
• The Toyota Way (on continious improvement)
  download the pdf
• Holacracy. De nieuwe manier van werken in een snel veranderende wereld. Brian Robertson
  info on the book and interview with the author

‘From thrill to trail’ was the topic of the evening. Chairman Jan De Schepper explained to us that ADM is both: people are, even after eighteen years, still thrilled to explore the trail of networking and continuous learning about their and others’ business. ‘Imperfection’ was a hot topic, yet people and food were more than perfect… 

Relive the night

If you want to feel the vibe, refresh your memory or see what you have missed; you can relive the evening with:

• pîctures taken at the event that you can find below
• A short video to give you an impression of the event and an interview with our main speaker Tom Palmaerts
• the presentation given by Tom Palmaerts, available for download below
• the ADM presentation of the evening, available for download below
• A short blog by Katrien Wemel (Quadrant Communications) with her findings on the presentation by Tom Palmaerts
• the Storify summarizing the event in your own tweets:

Content Marketing is not a sprint!

First in line was Philippe Gosseye, Head of Marketing at EMC Western Europe,  took the time to tell us a bit more about “The Extraverted Nerd”. In his book he explains that good content should be created for key people in your organization and that they should be the ones to spread it throughout their network. Important to remember is that a good content marketing strategy is spread out over a long period of time. It's a marathon, not a sprint!

Frederik De Schrijver was the second one to take the stage. He took us on a trip inside the world Xerius. During his presentation the Inbound sales & marketing manager to teach us how they have successfully invested in different techniques to improve their content marketing. In turn this affected how their marketing and sales division works (together) to make Xerius into the successful company it is today.

When Frank Van den Bossche took the helm at Quadrant Communications six years ago, he had an ambitious plan to help the company grow. And with great success! While content marketing was not the main focus/tool to help realize this growth it certainly helped to achieve its goals. In their bible “Lead generation met contentmarketing” (free download!) you can learn more about how that Marketing Strategy can help your organization grow!

Learn More

Our Social Media Manager Mic Adam has taken the time to summarize all your best tweets in short Storify:

You can scroll down to the bottom of the page for:

• The presentation as given by Philippe Gosseye
• The presentation as given by Frederik De Schrijver
• The presentation as given by Frank Van den Bossche (available for members only after login!)
• The pictures that were taken during the session

Jim Johnson, founder and chairman of the Standish Group, took the time to share the breakdown of the true cost of a project with us: the Money Pit research. This report reveals not only the budget cost but also the hidden costs such as business justification, executive meetings, development testing and education. 

Finally, as an extra treat, Jim gave the participants an exclusive look at the current numbers from CHAOS, the most comprehensive database on the success and failure of IT projects, whilst giving the ADM and AMS members present the opportunity to ask any questions they might have on the matter.

If you'd like to learn more on the presentation by Jim Johnson, you can download it below (available for members only after login).

Feel free to take a look at the pictures that were taken during the evening below to give you a better impression of the event.

Our Social Media Manager, Mic Adam, has also compiled your tweets in a short Storify to summarize the event in your own words:

First in line was a presentation by Jean Van Damme (Colruyt Group) and  Jonas Deprez (Möbius). During their presentation "Disj: Putting the customer in the driver’s seat" they explained how "Disj" came into existence. In the development process Colruyt activerly used input from students in the creation of both the product and the customer journey. Now, Disj is no longer just a product for college students, but for a much larger target group as well.
If you'd like to learn more on this case, you can have a look at the presentation below (available for members only after login).

Dries Debecker (Atlas Copco) brought the second case. Atlas Copco has been around for over 140 years, but they are still trying to improve their customer experience. In his presentation "First in mind, first in choice" Dries explained that they looked at the planning process from the customer's point of view. In doing so, the organisation has been able to improve/optimize every step of the process and thus creating the best Customer Experience possible.
If you'd like to learn more on this case, you can have a look at the presentation below (available for members only after login).

Last but not least was Steve De Veirman (CM) who took the time to explain the ambitious project CM is currently developing. During his presentation "Closing the loop : from Contentmanagement to Customer Xperience" Steve guided us through the challenges they face while implementing this ambitious project. In improving their customer experience they try to implement the newest technologies to satisfy the needs of every client. One of the challenges in doing this is creating a system where both young ànd older clients can still keep up. 
If you'd like to learn more on this case, you can have a look at the presentation below (available for members only after login).

Finally, Tine Peeters (Studio Dott.) was invited on stage to provide us with some Conclusions and Key Learnings on every case that was presented. If you'd like to learn more; the presentation she created during the session will soon be available for download below.

Feel free to take a look at the pictures that were taken during the evening below to give you a better impression of the event.

Our Social Media Manager Mic Adam has also compiled your tweets in a short Storify to summarize the event in your own words:

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been in the works for several years now. So, to start off this session, our Program Manager for the Legal track, David Lenaerts took the time to highlight the most important parts of the regulation and set the scene for the discussion rounds that followed. If you'd like to take a look at the slides, that David used during his presentation, you can download them below (for members only after login). If you'd like to read the full text of the GDPR, you can also download it below.

During the discussion rounds our members were given the opportunity to ask all their questions concerning the new Privacy Regulation. We invited experts to moderate these discussions in smaller groups and based on specific topics from the GDPR:

• Privacy by Design - Privacy Impact Assessment – Peter Berghmans (Thomas More Hogeschool)
• Data Breach Notification – Tine Carmeliet (Allen & Overy)
• Managing service providers & International data transfers – Filip Van Elsen (Allen & Overy)
• Data subject rights – right to be forgotten – right of data portability – Georgia Skouma (Deloitte)
• Transparency & Consent – Chris Senior (Deloitte)
• Privacy responsibilities - Data Protection Officer – David Lenaerts (Deloitte)

Filip Van Elsen and Tine Carmeliet prepared a few slides to help moderate these discussions. You can take a look at them as well below (available for members only after login).

Feel free to take a look at the pictures that were taken during the evening below to give you a better impression of the event.

New: Our facilitators from the session have taken the time to write down the conclusions from the session. You can download this document below.

Our Social Media Manager Mic Adam has also compiled your tweets in a short Storify to summarize the event in your own words:

Annemie Depuydt, Directeur ICTS at the KU Leuven, was awarded the trophy of ICT Woman of the Year. From her thank you speech, we take back two messages that are so typical for the person she is (apart from being a great ICT professional):

• IT is a people business: in order to success you need all types of people collaborating with each other
• And especially to the young women: grab your chances, do not question yourself, just go for it. (and for IT).

If you’d like to read the whole speech by Annemie you can find it below. Interview with both ladies can be found in the print version of DataNews of 5 Feburary 2016.

Congratulations to these two women with a heart for IT! We look forward to seeing them (and other finalists) during the coming ADM events.

Inspiration speech by Annemie Depuydt, receiving the “ICT Woman of the Year Award” by DataNews.

At the beginning of the session the participants were divided into small groups. 5 LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® facilitators (Michel Cloosterman, Marc Sonnaert, Jan Peeters, Mark Vandael & Christian Tijsmans) gave each team a set of Lego blocks which they had to use to complete various challenges. Every assignment, ranging from building the largest tower to designing the perfect ADM event,illustrated the power of LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®: a facilitated thinking, communication and problem solving technique for organizations, teams and individuals.

In the final exercise, everyone was asked to think about the future of ADM. First everyone completed the exercise individually but afterwards each group had to put their ideas and dreams for the future ADM together in one collective design. If you'd like to see a few of these designs, feel free to take a look at the pictures that were taken during the session below. 

Our social media manager, Mic Adam, has gathered your tweets and pictures as well in a Storify which you can take a look at below.

To round up the session, Christian Tijsmans took the time to give a short presentation about how LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® came into existence and what it's all about. If you'd like to learn more, feel free to visit the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® website or take a look at the document and presentation by Christian below. If you'd like to learn more on how Christian experienced our session you can read his blog on LinkedIn.

Peter Poeck, Solution Manager at Cegeka and participant during the workshop has also put his thoughts and experiences on this session in a short blog on our website.

• How do you prepare for these incidents and help your entire organisation to be prepared for cyberattacks?

• How do you detect Cyber threats or help others to detect them?

• How do you react in case of an attack or how do you help your colleagues to react correctly?

During the second part of our session we invited 7 experts in the three topics of our session. During three intense World Café sessions Marc Vael (Isaca), Wim Bartsoen (BNP Paribas Fortis),  Steven Goossens (Proximus), Tim Groenwals (NMBS), Peter Beerten (Securelink), Rutger Schenk (Hewlett Packard Enterprise) and Luc Beirens helped our participants to share their thoughts and learn more on every topic.
Afterwards the experts presented their conclusions gathered from the discussions. 

Rounding up our session, Wim Bartsoen took to the stage one last time to tell us a bit more on the Cyber Security Coalition. If you'd like to learn more about his presentation you can download it below. During the session Wim gave us a copy of the Cyber Security Incident Management Guide. If you haven't had the chance to take home your copy, you can find it here.

To give you a better impression of the event you can take a look at the pictures below.

We've gathered your tweets off the session in a short Storify:

Other interesting links:

• How safe is your password? Test it here.