The economic downturn offers Northern Ireland companies a great opportunity to rethink how they do business, says international knowledge management guru Larry Prusak. The founder of global consortium, the Institute of Knowledge Management (IKM), will share his expertise and insights with local business leaders in a major lecture at Queen's University Belfast on Monday night (17 November).
The three-year programme, a partnership between InterTradeIreland, Queen’s University Belfast, University College Dublin and University College Galway, will support an all-island research community on innovation.
It will also deliver an annual series of lectures, an all-island conference and master classes aimed at specific audiences such as senior company management, policy makers and innovation researchers.
Larry Prusak believes that Ireland, North and South, has a definite advantage over its bigger competitors in tackling the current recession.
He says: “The credit crunch offers companies on this island, whatever their size, a great opportunity to sit back and review what they really need to do to become a 21st century organisation.
In his lecture entitled ‘The Future of Knowledge’ Larry Prusak will discuss the impact of the break-up of the western world’s monopoly on knowledge and the influence of the IT revolution on wealth creation.
The lecture will take place on Monday, 17 November in the Canada Room, Queen’s University at 6pm. Anyone wishing to attend should email regional@qub.ac.uk or call 028 9097 2575.