Just Back From EBIC

I went to my fifth European Business Information Conference last week, hosted by TFPL. This year the venue was The Ritz/Four Seasons in Lisbon. Spectacular as usual. The networking was terrific; an excellent mixture of new faces and regular attendees. If you know anyone who went, ask them about the “bad” bus. (I was on it.) The sessions this year were a bit disappointing, as it seemed as though, with the exception of the breakout on Outsourcing, most of the talks would have been fresh a few years ago. Charles Leadbeater gave an interesting talk about innovation. The highlight was the final session given by Richard Reeves, author of Happy Mondays. Briefly, Richard’s talk was about work being a great thing, and that people who like their work want to work more and are generally happier people. I plan to pick up the book soon.