CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
“ Being a wallflower at these events does not serve you at all . Learn from your peers and make some friends ”
— Alex Chard , Senior Program Director , WBR
38 be in the same room together and learn from leading minds . It is good to have a variety of industries here because these people don ’ t interact with each other on a daily basis – some are competitors , some are in industries that may not interact day to day . Having that variety of companies allows them to share and exchange ideas .
What have been some hot topics at this year ’ s event ? Alex Chard : One is talent : that seems to be a big issue , especially when it comes to succession planning and ensuring you have continuity . Often , with new employees taking on roles and the old guard starting to retire , you lose a lot of that knowledge base that perhaps hasn ’ t been digitized , for example , or isn ’ t in a format that is readily available to new employees .
Another key topic is change management : really driving that internally and ensuring that you have buy-in at all levels of the organization in order to ensure that you ’ re making headway .
One of the biggest challenges that
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