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Keynotes TUESDAY KEYNOTE August 28, 2012 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Potomac A Beyond Brainstorming: Planning for the Unknown in an Uncertain World Ask any 10 people to describe how they collaborate to take on complex challenges and it's likely all 10 answers will somehow include the term "brainstorming." For the better part of the 20th century, brainstorming was a staple of meetings – from the backroom to the boardroom. So where did you learn to brainstorm? Like most people, you never did. It has just been an accepted part of how we come up with new ideas. But what if brainstorming is fundamentally flawed? What if the challenges we are facing today and in the future demand a much more rigorous approach – one that will speed up collaboration and produce unimagined solutions, while eliminating the politics and time involved in brainstorming? In this special "roll up your sleeves" keynote, Tom will introduce you to a scenario-based approach for team collaboration that allows you to break down even the most complex challenges, quickly generate novel ideas, focus on the best ideas and select the ideas that have the right balance of risk and value. Get ready to roll up your sleeves, challenge your most basic assumptions about problem solving and walk away with an approach that will forever change the way you plan for the future. Hashtag #KEY2 Sponsored by: About the Speaker: Tom is the author of eight books, including his most recent best-selling book "The Innovation Zone." Tom has been praised by luminaries such as Peter Drucker, VISA founder Dee Hock and management guru Tom Peters, who called his writing "a brilliant vision of where we must take our enterprises to survive and thrive." Forbes. com has called him a business visionary with an incisive view of world trade, and InformationWeek named him one of the industry's top 10 consultants. Advanced Curriculum Track The Advanced Curriculum Track (ACT) at ILTA 2012 aspires to bring "graduate" level content to senior executives in IT, knowledge management, finance and marketing. It targets thought leaders in these four areas — those already at the "C" level and those who aspire to the C level — and pulls together thoughtful, provocative content that you're not likely to encounter elsewhere. 78 Program Guide ac2dc 2012