The Knowledge and Innovation Network (KIN) at Warwick Business School over the last 19 years has been influential to the way knowledge and innovation has been established across a number of organisation in the UK and beyond.

We are sad to announce that after 19 years of working closely with Global Knowledge Managers, Communities of Practice members & leaders and Innovation specialists across a wide range of sectors, we are closing the KIN Network. Our final event will take place online using just two of the technologies that we have come to love (or loathe) over the past few months: Zoom and Mural. If you are not familiar with using either of these platforms, then follow the links below to check them out before the session, or join the 'Mural overview' ahead of the start of the main programme.

This event will be hosted by the KIN Facilitation team and will start with reflections of what we have achieved over the last 19 years, followed by a number of KIN member case studies, sharing what has been developed, amended, re-used and applied since KIN was created back in 2001. We will pay special attention to the rapid learning that has taken place in the last 7 months with changes in working practices, knowledge sharing and innovations as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. This first session will include interactive polls and the opportunity to ask questions via the Zoom Chat facility and will end with an open Q&A based upon points raised in the chat during the session.

We will then take a 5 minute comfort break before moving onto an interactive Mural session, where we will explore your key lessons and take-aways, as well taking a look at collaborating in the future, highlighting the pros and cons of synchronous V's asynchronous collaboration, showing that online interactions can be both engaging and productive if you know which technologies to use for which outcomes! If you have not used Mural before, then you can sign up for a 20 minute overview which will take place at 10.30 ahead of the main event.

The final session of the event will be a practical exploration of how you can continue to drive the Knowledge and Innovation agenda across your organisation and stay connected with contacts made across the KIN network.

10.30 - 10.50 - Mural overview

10.50 - 11.00 - Main session welcome and sign in

11.00 - 11.55 - KIN 19 years of collaboration and sharing - members case studies

11.55 - 12.00 - Comfort break

12.00 - 12.50 - Mural session interractive exploration of key lessons

12.50 - 13.00 - Staying connected

Key Learning Outcomes

- Recognising the value add of KIN membership

- Lessons learned from KIN member organisations

- Synchronous V's asynchronous collaboration

- The power of networking

- Using Zoom for online meetings

- Using Mural for online collaboration

The Speakers:

- Erica Hurley

- Debbie Lawley

- Michael Norton

- Davide Nicolini

Format: will include a live presentation, breakout room discussions, audience polls, chat discussions and then a chance to ask a few questions. It is best to join this online not by phone and ideally with your microphone and camera on. It will be recorded and shared with everyone who registers.

Tickets: this is a free event. Please register as spaces are limited.

Webinar: once you have booked a place, you will be sent an email confirmation with the Zoom dial in details and again just before the webinar.

Audience: This webinar is suitable for all our KIN colleagues; Knowledge Managers , Community Managers , Innovation Managers , Information Managers , KIN current members , KIN alumni and KIN associates.

The Innovation Network KIN: is....

The leading business to business knowledge network where expertise flows between knowledge and innovation practitioners, researchers and world leading experts. Members have found that the tools, good practice and world-class expertise available in KIN have helped them achieve their business goals through:

• Improving staff time to competency, often replacing formal and expensive training & development* Improving productivity by applying learning from practice techniques to projects or processes
• Avoiding costly mistakes through peer-to-peer learning, challenge and support
• Identifying, retaining and transferring unique knowledge identified ‘at risk’ for senior management transitions, key retiring staff, mergers, acquisitions or restructuring
• Helping achieve existing business objectives faster and at less cost, through the better use of latent knowledge
• Challenging existing approaches through exposure to new thinking about innovation in managing knowledge with staff, suppliers and customers
• Helping make ‘business change’ programmes sustainable by addressing cultural and motivational issues around sharing knowledge

https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/wbs/research/kin/

Contact: if you have any questions, would like more information or if you can't make this and are interested in being notified about more events like this, please contact Louise at KIN@Wbs.ac.uk

Your Data and Future Events: By registering for this event, you are providing the Innovation network consent to contact you via the email address you provided about only future KIN events. Your data will not be shared with anyone else or used for any other reason. If you prefer not to be notified about future events and want to be removed from this list, please let KIN@WBS.ac.uk know.